Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Pax Britannica is a narrative history podcast covering the empire upon which the sun never set. Shortlisted for the 2023 Independent Podcast Awards, Pax Britannica follows the events which created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of British Imperial history, Pax Britannica aims to explain the rise and eventual fall of the largest empire in history. After all, how peaceful was the 'British Peace'?
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January 27, 2025 • 29 mins
Lord Protector Cromwell dispatches a huge fleet of warships to the Caribben to conquer the Spanish colonies. But once the expedition reaches Barbados, they discover that reality doesn't match with expectations.
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Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
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December 9, 2024 • 34 mins
The first half of Episode 2 - Hostile Takeover. Listen to the full episode here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=ARML4090812395
After the death of Aurangzeb, the United East India Company benefitted from the political chaos of 18th century India. Allying with, fighting against, and eventually dominating the Nawabs of Bengal and Arcot, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, and the Su...
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November 25, 2024 • 39 mins
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/
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November 18, 2024 • 25 mins
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.
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September 24, 2024 • 28 mins
The First Protectorate Parliament meets... and immediately starts tearing up the constitution.
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September 9, 2024 • 40 mins
George Monck arrives in Scotland, and burns the Royalists out.
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Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, 1999.
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August 26, 2024 • 29 mins
Royalist rebellion erupts in the Scottish Highlands.
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Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, 1999.
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Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
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August 11, 2024 • 56 mins
I answer YOUR questions with David Crowther of the History of England Podcast!
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August 4, 2024 • 69 mins
I answer YOUR questions with David Crowther of the History of England Podcast!
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July 9, 2024 • 22 mins
The New Model Army occupies Scotland, but trouble is brewing in the Highlands.
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July 1, 2024 • 28 mins
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 turned nasty in their absence. Sectarianism was surging, and the political value of prejudice had never been higher. ...
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June 22, 2024 • 50 mins
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June 17, 2024 • 22 mins
The First Anglo-Dutch War ends, and Lord Protector Cromwell brings peace to his new Commonwealth. Mostly.
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June 16, 2024 • 3 mins
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June 10, 2024 • 27 mins
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...
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June 3, 2024 • 42 mins
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't last six months.
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May 21, 2024 • 22 mins
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.
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Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
John Coffey, 'Religious Thought', in Michael Braddi...
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May 6, 2024 • 30 mins
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.
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April 29, 2024 • 30 mins
The English defeat the Dutch, and Tromp faces his last battle.
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Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
Nicholas Rodger, The Command of the Ocean: a Nava...
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April 22, 2024 • 34 mins
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Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
Nicholas Rodger, The Command of the Ocean: a Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649-1815, 2004.
Ian Roy, 'Pri...
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