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Milton, Nedham and the Commonwealth with Anthony Bromley
Season 8 Episode 55
John Milton and Marchamont Nedham were unlikely bedfellows; and yet they became friends, worked closely together and in their very different ways sou…
1 year, 3 months ago
416 Acts of Settlement and War
Season 8 Episode 54
The English Commonwealth took a very different approach to settling the threats which had faced it in 1649, and the future of the three kingdoms. In …
1 year, 3 months ago
415 Rumpers
Season 8 Episode 53
So, while the army was away, August 1649 to September 1651 what had the Rump parliament been doing to build the promised new world of Liberty? We fin…
1 year, 4 months ago
414 The Ground of Liberty
Season 8 Episode 52
The deal struck between the Covenanters and Charles brought an invasion from the Commonwealth that faced annihalation at Dunbar in September 1650. Ex…
1 year, 4 months ago
413 Cromwell in Ireland
Season 8 Episode 51
The Council of State were convinced that only General Cromwell could deliver victory in Ireland; and Cromwell used this to negotiate the best possibl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Part II Sam and David's English Revolution Q&A
Season 8 Episode 50
Part two, about 30 questions I think; Religion, the public Sphere, culture - and a couple of 'What Ifs' which were really good fun
Hosted on Acast. S…
1 year, 5 months ago
Part I Sam and David English Revolution Q&A
Season 8 Episode 49
We had a vast number of brilliant quesrtions. Sam (Pax Britannica) and David (of this parish) had a lovely time - but went on a bit, there's no denyi…
1 year, 5 months ago
412 Levelers and Diggers
Season 8 Episode 48
In April 1649 the new Commonwealth was under siege, enemies with and without. The Levelers saw the new Commonwealth as a betrayal of the revolution, …
1 year, 5 months ago
411 Commonwealth and Free State
Season 8 Episode 47
On 30th January, Charles I went to the scaffold, the first king to be publicly tried and executed by his people. He died with enormous dignity - and …
1 year, 5 months ago
Britain's Prehistory with Richard Grove
Season 8
I am about to start a new series for Shedcast members, called Birth of Britain. It takes British history from the year dot to somewhere around 600. S…
1 year, 6 months ago