Bonus - The Great Defiance with Dr David Veevers
I speak with Dr David Veevers, author of The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire. Order The Great Defiance from Penguin or from your local bookstore. Join the Mailing List and sta...
24 Maj 20231h 22min
02.63 - The Putney Debates
Discipline in the New Model Army breaks down, and new political ideas become possible. Fairfax and Cromwell attempt to keep their troops in line, and radicals attempt to rebuild England's political sy...
7 Maj 202333min
02.62 - The Burning of Cashel
Parliamentary armies go on the offensive in Ireland. Check out the podcast website or join the mailing list! Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For this episode, I f...
13 Mars 202326min
02.61 - London Has Fallen
The New Model Army seizes the king, and begins to march on the capital. Fill out the survey HERE Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For...
26 Feb 202333min
02.60 - You and What Army?
Denzil Holles, now the leading Presbyterian in the English Parliament, has a cunning plan for dealing with Charles I. But he needs the New Model Army to just go away. But the army has other ideas. Fil...
25 Jan 202330min
Bonus - Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?
By virtue of him becoming the face of English Puritanism, warts and all, Cromwell tends to get blamed for the ban on Christmas during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Commonwealth. There are ple...
23 Dec 202216min
02.59 - A King's Ransom
Charles is a captive of the Covenanter Scots, but he hasn't given up. His enemies are divided, and he is determined to conquer them. But as he will find out, the patience of his hosts is not infinite....
5 Dec 202229min
02.58 - The Entropy of Victory
The English Civil War is over, and former allies turn on each other. The entropy of victory breaks down the common bonds within Parliament, as Independents and Presbyterians squabble and fight for con...
17 Nov 202227min
