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The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm

Released Sunday, 4th October 2020
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The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm

Sunday, 4th October 2020
 1 person rated this episode
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After signing a treaty with the king, the Covenanters find it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. The General Assembly meets once more, but the Parliament of Scotland is held up in procedure for weeks, before being prorogued. Aware of the danger of foreign intervention, the Covenanters continue their diplomatic offensive with fantastic results.Listen to Agoraphobia here: https://pod.link/1068901505Check out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | DonateFor this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions

Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War

Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed

Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660

Harris, T. Rebellion 

Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars

James Miller, ‘The Scottish mercenary as a migrant labourer in Europe, 1550-1650’, in Erik-Jan Zürcher (ed), Fighting for a Living Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000

Alexia Grosjean, Steve Murdoch, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

Steve Murdoch (ed), Scotland and the Thirty Years' War

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