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422 Healing and Settling?
Season 8 Episode 66
Cromwell might have felt that the first 9 months went rather well, from his perspective - the Council of State was working well, getting things done, the settlement of the Commonwealth was proceeding…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Announcing the 2025 History of England Podcast Tour
Season 8 Episode 65
This year we go to York and West Yorkshire, from 8th to 17th September. We'll stay in the Spa town of Harrogate, and in glorious York, Capital of the North with its Cathedral, the Minster, the mediev…
Published on 10 months ago
421 Completing the Settlements
Season 8 Episode 64
Between 1654 and 1657, the the Tender of Union with Scotland and the Act of Settlement of Ireland were played out. They were very different in character. Over the following centuries, the former was …
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Lionheart - Ransom and Revenge
Season 8
I am very pleased that Dirk Hoffman-Becking, of the History of the Germans podcast, has put together this episode about a very favourite event - the capture and hostage of Richard the Lionheart. Why …
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
420 Lord Protector
Season 8 Episode 63
Whether or not Cromwell knew about John Lambert's 'coup' of December 1653, by the end of the month England had a new constitution and a new Head of State - the Lord Protector. Cromwell was installed …
Published on 11 months ago
Cromwell and the Poets
Season 8 Episode 62
Contemporary poets found it difficult to deal with Cromwell, both before and after his death. Margaret Oakes talks about how the approach they took, and what they chose to reflect of the man and his …
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
419 Cromwell and his Reputation
Season 8 Episode 61
"Never man was highlier extolled, and never man baselier reported of and vilified” write Richard Baxter - a contemporary of Oliver Cromwell, who was not a fan. In this he was closer to the truth than…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Nelson with Dominic Sandbrook
Season 8 Episode 60
Nelson was a military genius and fierce patriot, idolised by his men and the British public - and held up to ridicule too, for his affair with Emma and his treatment of Fanny. In his book for childre…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
AAG 1649-1653 The Commonwealth
Season 8 Episode 59
In 1649 the English parliament proudly declared that freedom had been restored and that King and Lords had been rejected. But in other ways, the new Commonwealth failed to bring about a new world. Tr…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
AAG 1646-1649 To Kill a King
Season 8 Episode 47
In 1646, Charles secretly left Oxford, not sure whether to appeal to the English in London, or the Scots at Newark. It was the start of a long process of three years, which would see torturous negoti…
Published on 1 year ago