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405 The Putney Debates
Season 8 Episode 41
Following the attenpt by parliament to close the army down without pay, and the resulting August 1647 coup, the army was a seething mass of worries a…
2 years, 1 month ago
404 A New Model Coup
Season 8 Episode 40
In July, England had the prospect of king, Fairfax and Army triumphantly entering London with a new, open and tolerant constitution and a bright futu…
2 years, 1 month ago
403 No Mere Mercenary Army
Season 8 Episode 39
With the king under their control, the determination of Fairfax's Army made Presbyterian parliamentarians buckle. And when Ireton presented the caref…
2 years, 1 month ago
402 Enemies of the State
Season 8 Episode 38
In 1647 The New Model Army became a battleground between Independant and Presbyterian factions. Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were caught in the…
2 years, 2 months ago
401 The Mind of a Martyr
Season 8 Episode 37
In June 1646 Charles' path had taken him to the Scots, on the hope he could persuade them to put him back on the English throne. But he was not prepa…
2 years, 2 months ago
400 Many Thousand Citizens
Season 8 Episode 36
The Levellers were not an organized, structured politial party or pressure group. They were a loose association of radicals who found they shared new…
2 years, 2 months ago
AAG 1643-1646 The First Civil War
Season 8 Episode 35
In one sense this is a Tale of Two Cities - Oxford and London, HQs of King and Parliament. But the First Civil war is a conflict that reaches into ev…
2 years, 3 months ago
399 End Game
Season 8 Episode 33
Charles options in 1645 were increasingly limited, as Fairfax and Cromwell closed down garrison after garison, and parliament defeated the few remain…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jonathan Healey and the Blazing World
Season 8 Episode 34
17th Century was a century of change and revolution, a world beautifully described in the a rich and varied book, The Blazing World. Historian Jonath…
2 years, 3 months ago
398 The Clubmen
Season 8 Episode 32
After Naseby, Fairfax took the New Model on the Western Campaign, to deal with the last remaining significant royalist army in the field - George Gor…
2 years, 4 months ago