Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire Samuel Hume

Parliamentary armies go on the offensive in Ireland.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

John Cunningham, ‘Politics, 1641-1660’, Cambridge History of Ireland

David Edwards, ‘Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603-1641’, Cambridge History of Ireland


John Jeremiah Cronin and Padraig Lenihan, ‘Wars of Religion, 1641-1691’, Cambridge History of Ireland


Patrick Little, Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland, 2004

Ó Siochrú, Micheál, (ed.) Kingdoms in Crisis: Ireland in the 1640s, 2000

Ó Siochrú, Micheál, Confederate Ireland, 1642-1649, 1999

Lenihan, Pádraig, Confederate Catholics at War, 1641-49, 2001


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The New Model Army seizes the king, and begins to march on the capital.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.


Harris, T. Rebellion


Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, 'War and Politics in England and Wales, 1642-1646', in Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire


Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History


Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660


Ian Gentles, The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1652


Antonia Fraser, Cromwell: Our Chief of Men


Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed



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Denzil Holles, now the leading Presbyterian in the English Parliament, has a cunning plan for dealing with Charles I. But he needs the New Model Army to just go away. But the army has other ideas.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kaplan, Lawrence, 'Charles I's Flight to the Scots', Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies


Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.


Harris, T. Rebellion


Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, 'War and Politics in England and Wales, 1642-1646', in Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire


Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History


Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660


Ian Gentles, The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1652


Antonia Fraser, Cromwell: Our Chief of Men


Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed



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By virtue of him becoming the face of English Puritanism, warts and all, Cromwell tends to get blamed for the ban on Christmas during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Commonwealth. There are plenty of potted histories, especially online, which lay the blame for the ban solely at Cromwell’s feet. But this isn't true.
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Charles is a captive of the Covenanter Scots, but he hasn't given up. His enemies are divided, and he is determined to conquer them. But as he will find out, the patience of his hosts is not infinite.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kaplan, Lawrence, 'Charles I's Flight to the Scots', Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies


Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.


Harris, T. Rebellion


Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution

Michael J. Braddick, 'War and Politics in England and Wales, 1642-1646', in Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire


Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History


Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660


Ian Gentles, The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1652



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The English Civil War is over, and former allies turn on each other. The entropy of victory breaks down the common bonds within Parliament, as Independents and Presbyterians squabble and fight for control of the post-war settlement. And the New Model Army watches on.
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Listen to Revolutions: Appendix 1: https://pod.link/703889772/episode/a62121c4aaadace65ebea2f0538f1fd7
For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.


Harris, T. Rebellion


Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution

Michael J. Braddick, 'War and Politics in England and Wales, 1642-1646', in Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution


Michael J. Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire


Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History


Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660


Ian Gentles, The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1652



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