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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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
350 Charles' Inheritance
Season 7 Episode 30
In March 1625 Charles came into his inheritance on the death of his father. Was it a poison chalice or the holy grail? What sort of man accepted the …
3 years, 10 months ago
English Revolution Poll Results and HiT Cromwell
Season 7 Episode 29
The Results of the poll - and Prize winners announced! Then HiT review of Cromwell the 970 film starring Richard Harris and Alec Guiness. Massive in …
3 years, 10 months ago
AAG 1615-1625 King of Britain
Season 7 Episode 28
The last 10 years of James' reign saw the rise of the king's great favourite the Duke of Buckingham, and continued friction with parliament - until t…
3 years, 10 months ago
349 The Country House
Season 7 Episode 27
The Elizabeth and Jacobean age was a time of social mores and the way England was ruled - and the great medieval household withered away. To leave so…
3 years, 10 months ago
348 The Great Rebuilding
Season 7 Episode 26
Somewhere in the 16th and 17th centuries, ordinary people started building differently - private buildings, public buildings. They used brick, glass,…
3 years, 11 months ago
347 The English Revolution
Season 7 Episode 25
Well this is exciting! The English Revolution. A title which is controversial, and a historiography which is bigger than the eponymous crocodile. We …
3 years, 11 months ago