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The History of England
The History of England
David Crowther

This my retelling of the story of England, which is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There... more

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Episodes

AAG 1646-1649 To Kill a King

In 1646, Charles secretly left Oxford, not sure whether to appeal to the English in London, or the Scots at... more

03 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
418 Barebones

In his haste to expel the Rump which had failed so badly, Cromwell and the Army officers came up with... more

20 Oct 2024 · 41 minutes
417 Kicking the Rump

The promised land looked for so longingly by so many seemed in 1653 to be stubbornly remote. Legal reform blocked,... more

13 Oct 2024 · 38 minutes
Milton, Nedham and the Commonwealth with Anthony Bromley

John Milton and Marchamont Nedham were unlikely bedfellows; and yet they became friends, worked closely together and in their very... more

06 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
416 Acts of Settlement and War

The English Commonwealth took a very different approach to settling the threats which had faced it in 1649, and the... more

22 Sep 2024 · 43 minutes
415 Rumpers

So, while the army was away, August 1649 to September 1651 what had the Rump parliament been doing to build... more

15 Sep 2024 · 39 minutes
414 The Ground of Liberty

The deal struck between the Covenanters and Charles brought an invasion from the Commonwealth that faced annihalation at Dunbar in... more

01 Sep 2024 · 42 minutes
413 Cromwell in Ireland

The Council of State were convinced that only General Cromwell could deliver victory in Ireland; and Cromwell used this to... more

25 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
Part II Sam and David's English Revolution Q&A

Part two, about 30 questions I think; Religion, the public Sphere, culture - and a couple of 'What Ifs' which... more

11 Aug 2024 · 53 minutes
Part I Sam and David English Revolution Q&A

We had a vast number of brilliant quesrtions. Sam (Pax Britannica) and David (of this parish) had a lovely time... more

04 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
The History of England
AAG 1646-1649 To Kill a King
The History of England