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AAG 1660-1666 Restoration
The settlements following the Restoration didn't turn out exactly as the Three Kingdoms or indeed Charles imagined, but nonetheless for the moment ki…
22 hours ago
448 Not So Merrie
Season 9 Episode 16
After dismissing parliament of Oxford in 1681, Charles pursued alliance with the Tories and emasculation of the Whigs and Dissenters at all political…
2 weeks ago
English Objects with the Three Ravens
Eleanor and Martin of the Three Ravens podcast and I have one (probably last) walk round some objects that we think make us lie back and think of Eng…
3 weeks ago
447 The Exclusion Brouhaha
Season 9 Episode 15
In 1680 and 1681, Shaftesbury led an increasingly shrill and effective campaign, asppeling to popular opinion to force Charles into calling a new par…
4 weeks ago
446 The Popish Plot
Season 9 Episode 14
In 1678 a fantasist and charlatan, Titus Oates, made a series of wild and dramatic accusations of a Catholic plot to assasinate the king. A series of…
1 month, 1 week ago
445 Carnage
Season 9 Episode 13
In 1677, Danby finally seemed to have cracked Charles' problem with parliament - until a diplomatic game of will-he-won't-he in the Anglo Dutch war r…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
444 Danby's New Way
Season 9 Episode 12
Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby had a plan as Charles' new 'Prime Minister', to repair the damage from the disastrous Third Anglo Dutch War. To rebuild…
2 months, 1 week ago
443 Charles' Great Game
Season 9 Episode 11
In 1672, Charles sought to put the Treaty of Dover into operation; to join Louis XIV in making war on the Dutch Republic. The plan was to replace de …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Roifield and David's Stories of England in 50 Objects
Roifield and David talk about 5stories of England as part of the Very English Chat project, to tell stories of England in 50 objects.
‘A very English …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
442 The Treaty of Dover
Season 9 Episode 10
After a half an episode on the really important stuff - Nell Gwyn, Aphra Behn and Restoration theatre, we reach possibly the most remarkable treaty a…
3 months ago