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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 …
3 years, 3 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…
3 years, 3 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…
3 years, 3 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 …
3 years, 3 months ago
365 Hub of Empire
Season 7 Episode 46
'By what right?' In this episode we think about how the early English colonisers viewed their Westward Enterprise, and legitimised their activities. …
3 years, 4 months ago
History of England Tour 2023
News of the History of England Chester to Chepstow Tour in September 2023. https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/the-history-of-england-tour-sep…
3 years, 4 months ago
364 Before the English Came
Season 7 Episode 45
The 1630's saw an acceleration of English colonisation in the Americas. What cultures and peoples will they meet when they get there? A horribly brie…
3 years, 4 months ago
363 Laud Unleashed
Season 7 Episode 44
With Parliament banished, there was little restraint on Laud and Charles to implement the reforms they felt were needed to improve the quality of rel…
3 years, 4 months ago
362 Free Men not Villeins
Season 7 Episode 43
The Ship Money in 1637-8 was a courtroom battle sought for by both the king, and Hampden and the 'Warwick house' faction, where battle lines were cle…
3 years, 5 months ago
Henry Stuart by DGMH
Season 7
Henry Frederick Stuart's death gives us one of those great 'what if?' moments in history, like the death of Arthur Tudor. Zachery of Drinks with Grea…
3 years, 5 months ago