Podcast Episodes

The Greatest Welsh Ruler: Episode 2 (1066-1415)

Welcome to our search for the Greatest Ruler of Wales. In these two Podcasts, Stephen aims to introduce some of the leaders who shaped Medieval Welsh History. Along the way, We’ll give a very succinc…

Published on 6 hours ago

The Greatest Welsh Ruler: Episode 1 (350 to 1063)

Welcome to our search for the Greatest Ruler of Wales. In these two Podcasts, Stephen aims to introduce some of the leaders who shaped Medieval Welsh History. Along the way, We’ll give a very succinc…

Published on 1 week ago

When Theatre Refused to Die by Philip Rowe

Season 8 Episode 78

Philip of the History of European Theatre podcasts talks about how theatre kept itself alive through the days of the Republic and burst into life once more at the Restoration  

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Published on 3 months ago

AAG 1654-1660 Protectorate and Restoration

The course of the Protectorate was by no means smooth; but by 1658 the prospect of the return of the monarchy was remote indeed, stability had re-appeared, prosperity was returning. With a spirit of …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

431b A World Turned Upside Down?

Season 8 Episode 77

What does the English Revolution mean for you? Did it change anything or, was John Dryden right when he wrote in 1670, 'Thy wars brought nothing about’? Although they clearly left business which woul…

Published on 4 months ago

431a Afterlives

Season 8 Episode 76

One of two self indulgent episodes to usher out the first phase of the English revolution, this episode is about the fates of some of those people in whose companies we have lived for some time, and …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

430 The Comeback Kid

Season 8 Episode 75

The Army had mounted another coup, and its Committee of Safety now sought to carve out yet another form of the Republic in the face of the Rump's defiance - and the deep weariness of most of the ordi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

429 The Good Old Cause

Season 8 Episode 74

The transfer of power between the first Protector and the second was smooth and uneventful; in December 1658 it appeared that England was, and would remain, a republic. But when parliament reconvened…

Published on 5 months ago

Oliver Cromwell: Life and Times with Miranda Malins

Season 8 Episode 73

Miranda Malins is an historian, author, novelist and a member of the Cromwell Association. She takes a look back at Cromwell, his life, times, achievements and failures, and the myths and opinions wh…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

428 Make Haste to be Gone

Season 8 Episode 72

In 1658, the year started with hopeful clarity. There was a new constitution om a firmer footing, and a new parliament was about to sit. There was little sign any more of royalist rebellion, the Comm…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago