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Episode 468: The English Civil War (Part Five)
Season 1 Episode 468
Oliver Cromwell refuses the crown but agrees to become the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
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Episode 467: The English Civil War (Part Four)
Season 1 Episode 467
Charles II is dead. England has no king. So now what?
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Episode 466: The English Civil War (Part Three)
Season 1 Episode 466
Charles II becomes the only king in English history to be executed by the state.
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Episode 465: The English Civil War (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 465
Charles' inability to raise men and capital finally dooms his cause and he surrenders to the Scottish army rather than fall into the hands of Parliam…
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Episode 464: The English Civil War (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 464
The King begins the war with a run of successes. Arguably, Charles squanders them.
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Episode 463: The War Begins
Season 1 Episode 463
For the first time terms Cavalier and Roundhead come into the vernacular. Charles decides the time for negotiation is over. And the English Civil War…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 462: Brave New World
Season 1 Episode 462
Charles begins to rule without his key advisor. It doesn't go well...
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Episode 461: The Fall of the Earl
Season 1 Episode 461
The first casualty of the English Civil War could be said to be the Earl of Strafford.
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Episode 460: The Bishops War
Season 1 Episode 460
The dam finally breaks in Scotland where discontent over Charles' religious policies ends his period of personal rule.
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Episode 459: Personal Rule
Season 1 Episode 459
Charles continues his period of personal rule. He successfully demands ship money from England, but unsuccessfully tries to rein in the Scottish chur…
5 months, 3 weeks ago