Episode 2.21: Marston Moor
1644 Prince Rupert goes on the march to save the beleaguered royalist army of the North. At Marston Moor he meets a joint Anglo-Scottish army for the largest battle of the war.
Sep 19, 2020•39 min
Early Stuart England
A narrative history of England (1603-1642)
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Episode 2.20: A British War
1643/1644 New soldiers enter England from Ireland and Scotland, changing the course, and nature, of the war.
Sep 12, 2020•41 min
Episode 2.19: The Court in Winter
1643/1644 Oxford is transformed from a sleepy university town into a royal court full of factional infighting.
Sep 05, 2020•47 min
Episode 2.18: The Hostmen
1643/1644 London spends a winter without coal from royalist-controlled Newcastle.
Aug 29, 2020•38 min
Episode 2.17: Presbyterians and Independents
1643-44 With the Scottish alliance providing added pressure, parliament finally divides into two factions on the religious question.
Aug 22, 2020•38 min
Episode 2.16: Combustions and Burnings
1630-1643 The limits of religious freedom are tested in the New England colonies. 380 years later a podcaster repeatedly fails to pronounce "Massachusetts".
Aug 15, 2020•49 min
Episode 2.15: The Solemn Oath and Covenant
1643 Parliament seeks an alliance with the Covenantor Scots, and in doing so, is forced into an uncomfortable clarification of its religious policy.
Aug 08, 2020•38 min
Episode 2.14: The Cessation
1643 In order to free up soldiers for the war in England, Charles orders the Marquis of Ormond (the commander of the government forces in Ireland) to negotiate a truce with the rebels of the Kilkenny Confederation.
Aug 01, 2020•31 min
Episode 2.13: The Lord of the Fens
Summer 1643 In East Anglia, a local gentleman named Oliver Cromwell emerges as one of parliament's leading commanders.
Jul 25, 2020•38 min
Episode 2.12: Gloucester
Summer 1643 The royalists look to cap off a successful campaigning season by capturing Gloucester, the last parliamentary garrison blocking the entrance to South Wales.
Jul 18, 2020•37 min
Episode 2.11: News and Plots
Summer 1643 The people of England read about a series of royalist plots and parliamentary defeats in a new genre of print material - the newsbook. London is torn between defeatism and a determination to see the war through.
Jul 11, 2020•43 min
Episode 2.10: A Great Game
Summer 1643 The royalists win a string of victories from Yorkshire in the north to Cornwall in the west. Charles seems poised to link up his disparate forces, and take the upper hand in the war.
Jul 04, 2020•41 min
Episode 2.9: The North
1642-1643 Outnumbered and divided, the parliamentarians of Yorkshire try to prevent the royalist army of the north from linking up with the King at Oxford.
Jun 27, 2020•37 min
Episode 2.8: War Without an Enemy
1642-3 Ralph Hopton and William Waller, two friends from their university days at Oxford, find themselves on opposite sides of the war in the West Country.
Jun 20, 2020•38 min
Episode 2.7: The Ancient Britons
1642-3 The King's Welsh subjects rally to his cause, turning the western borderlands into one of the key strategic theatres of the war.
Jun 13, 2020•36 min
Episode 2.6: Governing War
1643 After the inconclusive fighting in 1642, both King and parliament set about trying to accomplish something no government had so far achieved in early Stuart England - construct a state capable of successfully waging war.
Jun 06, 2020•33 min
Episode 2.5: The Search for Allies in Britain
1642-3 Both parliament and the King look to expand the war by drawing in allies from Scotland and Ireland.
May 30, 2020•41 min
Episode 2.4: The Search for Allies in Europe
1642-3 Queen Henrietta Maria travels to the continent in search of aid for the royalist cause. However, France and Spain are distracted by war, and she finds the Dutch deeply divided on English affairs.
May 23, 2020•37 min
Episode 2.3: Peace and Truth
Fall 1642 After the inconclusive Battle of Edgehill, both parliament and the King come to grips with the fact that they are in a prolonged war.
May 16, 2020•44 min
Episode 2.2: Edgehill
Summer 1642 The Earl of Essex leads an army out of London, in search of the King. Meanwhile Charles scrambles to put together a force capable of meeting the rebels in battle.
May 09, 2020•39 min
Episode 2.1: Introduction
As the title suggests, an introduction to the 1640s and 1650s, as well as some of the themes we'll be encountering. Looking forward to it!
May 02, 2020•42 min
Episode 105: Conclusions and Questions
Thank you to everyone who submitted questions, and to everyone who's listened to the show. Hope you stick around for the next 100 odd episodes!
Apr 25, 2020•35 min
Episode 104: But the Sign of a King
Summer 1642 After weeks of clashes between rival mobilization efforts, Charles formally raises his banner at Nottingham Castle. The Civil War has begun.
Apr 18, 2020•42 min
Episode 103: Choosing Sides
Spring 1642 On the verge of a civil war, both Charles and parliament refine their ideological arguments and present them to an anxious public.
Apr 11, 2020•38 min
Episode 102: I Think I Should Know Them
Winter 1641/2 After 16 months of concessions, Charles makes a stand and demands the impeachment of six Junto leaders in parliament.
Apr 04, 2020•36 min
Episode 101: Telling Stories to the People
Winter 1641 With the raising of an Irish expeditionary force stuck in political gridlock, Charles and the Junto start to mobilize less formal military resources on the streets of London.
Mar 28, 2020•37 min
Episode 100: The Broken Men
Fall 1641 Fearing the rise of Puritanism in both England and Scotland (and seeing an opportunity in the political chaos at Westminster) the Catholics of Ireland rise up.
Mar 21, 2020•37 min
Episode 99: King Pym
Summer/Fall 1641 In the absence of the King, the Junto deals with a backlash against their radicalism, and reliance on the Scots.
Mar 14, 2020•31 min
Episode 98: The Incident
Summer/Fall 1641 After three years of failing to find an English solution to his Scottish problem, Charles heads to Edinburgh to find a Scottish solution to his English problem.
Mar 07, 2020•34 min
Episode 97: Justice and Execution
Spring 1641 The political crisis escalates as Charles turns to a disgruntled army, and the Junto mobilize the crowd in London.
Feb 29, 2020•35 min
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