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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Angevin Empire
Season 8
This is the story of how Eleanor of Aquitane's choices helped create an Empire is Wesern Europe. And to persaude you to suppot the podcast through me…
2 years, 8 months ago
373 Dreaming of a Golden Age
Season 8 Episode 5
The Parliament that convened in November 1641 would define Charles' reign. He would have to offer some concessions. but who would define their extent…
2 years, 8 months ago
372 Go On Vigorously
Season 8 Episode 4
Charles and his Privy Council stretched life and limb to equip and pay for a new army to pull the king out of this fire. The Junto and Scots did ever…
2 years, 8 months ago
371 Parliament Recalled
Season 8 Episode 3
As an exhausted king arrived back in Whitehall, his view had not changed one whit - the Scots must be taught a lesson and returned to obedience. More…
2 years, 9 months ago
370 Reduce to Obedience
Season 8 Episode 2
'I expect not anything can reduce that people to obedience but force only' Charles wrote to Hamilton in 1638, and the actions of the General Assembly…
2 years, 9 months ago
8.1 - 369 The English Revolution
Season 8 Episode 1
Series 8 covers the English Revolution - and the British Revolutions, 1638-1660 - or at least that's the plan! After a brief overview o fSeries 8, we…
2 years, 9 months ago
AAG 1629-1638 The Personal Rule
Season 7 Episode 50
From 1629 Charles tried to rule without parliament; either a Personal rule of peace and prosperity, or the 11 Years Tyranny, depending on your point …
2 years, 10 months ago
368 A Prince's Punishments
Season 7 Episode 49
In 1633 Thomas Wentworth arrived in Ireland - and despite great administrative efficiency, managed to separately outrage each of the components of Ir…
2 years, 10 months ago
367 New England
Season 7 Episode 48
The colonists that traveled to New England were very different to the Chesapeake, and the society they established also very different. For the indig…
2 years, 10 months ago
366 The Chesapeake
Season 7 Episode 47
Colonisation of the Chesapeake would be driven by its climate and its most successful crop - tobacco, defining the social structure of the colonists …
2 years, 10 months ago