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358 New Counsels
Season 7 Episode 39
Was it an 'Eleven years tyranny' or 'Halcyon Days' that followed 1629? Either way, foreign ambassadors were not hopeful of England's future. But Char…
3 years, 2 months ago
AAG 1625-1629 New Ways, Old Ways
Season 7 Episode 38
In 1625 a new, fresh, bright king came to the throne seemingly eager to giht the good fight in the Protestant cause. Surely this moderate, controlled…
3 years, 2 months ago
357 Vipers
Season 7 Episode 37
Dramatic events in 1628 - a dramatic murder, and one of the great set pieces of the English Revolution. Mayhem! Treason! Murder!
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3 years, 2 months ago
356 Petition of Right
Season 7 Episode 36
As so often, war demands money, and in England, money meant parliament. So the outcome of 'The Favourites' War', Buckingham's attempt to relieve La R…
3 years, 2 months ago
Place Names - A Shedcast
Season 7
English place names are a direct window in into the lives of our ancestors - an insight into the origins or remarkable features of ancient settlement…
3 years, 3 months ago
355 The Hearts of our People
Season 7 Episode 35
The battle of Lutter in 1626 convinced Charles of the tearing need to intervene in the Thirty Years War in defence of hos sister Elizabeth's rights a…
3 years, 3 months ago
354 Parlement a sa Mode
Season 7 Episode 34
The 1626 parliament was opened by William Laud - not a good sign for the resolutely Calvinist parliament. Despite a remarkably positive response to t…
3 years, 3 months ago
353 Lawyers Vs Clerics
Season 7 Episode 33
As the 1626 parliament opens, full of hope once more, we take a while to introduce William Laud, and discuss the idea that a theme of the English civ…
3 years, 4 months ago
352 A Beard Unsinged
Season 7 Episode 32
The reconvened parliament in Oxford went poor, and after a month Charles closed it down, and concentrated instead on the Spanish war. Surely, the rec…
3 years, 4 months ago
351 Bred in Parliaments
Season 7 Episode 31
For Charles I, April to June 1625 was his like the honeymoon period given to new football managers - enthusiastic full of hope - and often depressing…
3 years, 4 months ago