Against sage advice, Charles was determined to bring Scottish and English churches into harmony, by introducing a Scottish Book of... more

In 1633 Thomas Wentworth arrived in Ireland - and despite great administrative efficiency, managed to separately outrage each of the... more

The colonists that traveled to New England were very different to the Chesapeake, and the society they established also very... more

Colonisation of the Chesapeake would be driven by its climate and its most successful crop - tobacco, defining the social... more

'By what right?' In this episode we think about how the early English colonisers viewed their Westward Enterprise, and legitimised... more

News of the History of England Chester to Chepstow Tour in September 2023. https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/the-history-of-england-tour-september-2023/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for... more

The 1630's saw an acceleration of English colonisation in the Americas. What cultures and peoples will they meet when they... more

With Parliament banished, there was little restraint on Laud and Charles to implement the reforms they felt were needed to... more

The Ship Money in 1637-8 was a courtroom battle sought for by both the king, and Hampden and the 'Warwick... more

Henry Frederick Stuart's death gives us one of those great 'what if?' moments in history, like the death of Arthur... more