Samuel Hume
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Dec 9th, 2024
The first half of Episode 2 - Hostile Takeover. Listen to the full episode here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=ARML4090812395After the death of Aurangzeb, the United East India Company benefitted from the political chaos of 18th century India. Allying with, fighting against, and eventually d...
Nov 25th, 2024
Professor Alice Hunt was kind enough to come on the podcast to talk about her new book, Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660. - https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571303199-republic-britains-revolutionary-decade-1649-1660/Listen to Winds of Change HERE: https://pod.link/1779033628Listen to The History...
Nov 18th, 2024
With the Commonwealth quiet, Cromwell takes his conquests global. With as much secrecy as possible, the Protectorate puts together an expedition to strike at the vulnerable colonies of the Catholic powers: the Western Design. But first, the Lord Protector has to decide where to attack.Listen to Winds of Change HEREJo...
Sep 24th, 2024
The First Protectorate Parliament meets... and immediately starts tearing up the constitution.Join the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!This episode could not have been written without the following works:The Instrument of Government: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1653intrume...
Sep 9th, 2024
George Monck arrives in Scotland, and burns the Royalists out.Join the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!This episode could not have been written without the following works:Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, 1999.Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick ...
Aug 26th, 2024
Royalist rebellion erupts in the Scottish Highlands.Join the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!This episode could not have been written without the following works:Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, 1999.Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick (ed.), Th...
Aug 11th, 2024
I answer YOUR questions with David Crowther of the History of England Podcast!Listen to the History of England: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/podcasts/history-of-england/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4th, 2024
I answer YOUR questions with David Crowther of the History of England Podcast!Listen to the History of England: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/podcasts/history-of-england/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 9th, 2024
The New Model Army occupies Scotland, but trouble is brewing in the Highlands.Send us your questions at https://bit.ly/RevQAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!This episode could not have been written without the following works:Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, ...
Jul 1st, 2024
William Massey, leader of the Reform Party, and Sir Joseph Ward, leader of the Liberal Party, had spent an agonising four years in coalition together. They hated it, and once the First World War was over and they were back in New Zealand, they tried to tear each other down.But the political scene in New Zealand had tu...
Jun 22nd, 2024
Learn more about The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context HERE or HERESend in questions about the Wars of the Three Kingdoms to https://bit.ly/RevQAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Go to AirwaveMedia.com to find other great history shows.Learn more ...
Jun 17th, 2024
The First Anglo-Dutch War ends, and Lord Protector Cromwell brings peace to his new Commonwealth. Mostly.Send us your questions at https://bit.ly/RevQAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!This episode could not have been written without the following works:The Instrument of G...
Jun 16th, 2024
Send us your questions at https://bit.ly/RevQAQuestions close on the 14th of July 2024!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10th, 2024
With the failure of Barebone's Parliament, John Lambert presents the Instrument of Government. The first written constitution in English history, designed to share power between an executive, his council, and an elected parliament. Maybe this new government would stand the test of time...Join the Mailing List!Join th...
Jun 3rd, 2024
After the dissolution of the Rump Parliament, Oliver Cromwell and the Council of Officers decide on a new government. A new assembly - not an elected parliament - would be summoned, ordered to carry out the reforms long neglected by the Rump and to prepare a new parliament. It is given sixteen months to do this.It won...
May 21st, 2024
We take a closer look at the Baptists, the Quakers, the Ranters, and the Fifth Monarchists, as the revolutionary energy of the Commonwealth of England is channeled into religious thought.Join the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddic...
May 6th, 2024
Back in London, Oliver Cromwell loses patience with the Rump Parliament. The New Model Army is getting restless, and Parliament appears to be prioritising its own power over the reforms its soldiers fought for.Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join...
Apr 29th, 2024
The English defeat the Dutch, and Tromp faces his last battle.Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revol...
Apr 22nd, 2024
Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002...
Apr 15th, 2024
After the Battle of Kentish Knock, the English navy is over confident. At the Battle of Dungeness, the Dutch hit back, led by the resurgent Admiral Tromp.Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Marty...
Apr 8th, 2024
Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002...
Apr 1st, 2024
In this first episode of this bonus series, we hear about Timur's devastating raid of northern India, and then follow his descendant Babur through his adventurous early years. For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:William Dalrymple, The Anarchy.William Dalrymple, The Last Mughal...
Mar 25th, 2024
Have your say in the Airwave survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAXBRITANNICAJoin the Mailing List!Join the Patreon House of Lords for ad-free episodes!Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002...
Mar 18th, 2024
Two of the greatest naval commanders of the 17th century - Robert Blake and Maarten Tromp - face off in the English Channel. After months of growing hostilities, a refusal to salute English ships is enough to spark a shooting war between the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.Have your...
Mar 11th, 2024
I speak with Micheál Ó Siochrú, Professor in Modern History at Trinity College Dublin about the Irish Confederacy, its strengths and successes, the place of Oliver Cromwell in Irish history, and whether the conquest was genocidal in intention and outcome.Interested listeners might enjoy reading:Micheál Ó Siochrú, Co...
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