Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

By Samuel Hume

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 Mar 22, 2022

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Pax Britannica is a narrative history podcast covering the empire upon which the sun never set. Beginning with the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England, Pax Britannica will follow the people and events that created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of British Imperial history, and based on extensive scholarship and primary sources, along with interviews with experts in their field, Pax Britannica aims to explain the rise and eventual fall of the largest empire in history. After all, how peaceful was the 'British Peace'?

Episode Date
03.23 - The Sovereign of the Seas
Mar 25, 2024
03.22 - A Mountain of Gold
Mar 18, 2024
Cromwell and Ireland with Prof. Micheál Ó Siochrú
Mar 11, 2024
03.21 - Going Dutch
Mar 04, 2024
Bonus - The Conquest of Jamaica with Prof. Carla Pestana
Feb 29, 2024
03.20 - The Pirate Prince
Feb 26, 2024
Listen Now: Even the Royals
Feb 21, 2024
03.19 - A Refuge of Lies
Feb 19, 2024
03.18 - Revenge as a Guide
Feb 12, 2024
03.17 - The Colonies are Revolting!
Feb 05, 2024
03.16 - To Hell or Barbados
Jan 29, 2024
03.15 - Protestants, Ascendant
Jan 14, 2024
03.14 - To Hell or Connacht
Dec 24, 2023
03.13 - The Tory War
Dec 17, 2023
03.12 - Peace At Last?
Nov 27, 2023
03.11 - The Great Escape
Nov 12, 2023
03.10 - 'A Crowning Mercy' - the Final Battle of Worcester
Nov 05, 2023
03.09 - The Miracle of Dunbar
Oct 23, 2023
03.08 - The Murderer of the Scottish Nation
Oct 15, 2023
03.07 - The Death of Royalist Ireland
Oct 10, 2023
Bonus - The Denbigh House of Cards
Oct 01, 2023
03.06 - Never Seen So Hot A Storm
Sep 24, 2023
03.05 - Bloody Inhumanity
Sep 17, 2023
03.04 - Drogheda: A Day and Night of Uncalculated Butchery
Sep 10, 2023
03.03 - The Battle of Rathmines
Sep 03, 2023
03.02 - The World Turned Upside Down
Aug 27, 2023
03.01 - The English Revolution
Aug 20, 2023
Trailer - Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Aug 20, 2023
Bonus - Grey History: The French Revolution
Aug 13, 2023
02.73 - Regicide
Aug 07, 2023
02.72 - The Trial of the Century
Jul 23, 2023
02.71 - The Providence of God
Jul 17, 2023
02.70 - The Man of Blood
Jul 10, 2023
02.69 - The Clean Up
Jun 29, 2023
02.68 - The War of the Engagement
Jun 26, 2023
Bonus - The Blazing World with Dr Jonathan Healey
Jun 22, 2023
02.67 - English Civil War 2 - Britannic Boogaloo
Jun 19, 2023
02.66 - The Second English Civil War, Part 1
Jun 16, 2023
02.65 - A Coalition of Chaos
Jun 13, 2023
02.64 - A Deal with the Devil
Jun 02, 2023
Bonus - The Great Defiance with Dr David Veevers
May 24, 2023
02.63 - The Putney Debates
May 07, 2023
02.62 - The Burning of Cashel
Mar 13, 2023
02.61 - London Has Fallen
Feb 26, 2023
02.60 - You and What Army?
Jan 25, 2023
Bonus - Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?
Dec 23, 2022
02.59 - A King's Ransom
Dec 05, 2022
02.58 - The Entropy of Victory
Nov 17, 2022
02.57 - Kilkenny Coup d'etat
Nov 10, 2022
Bonus - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex and Captain-General of Parliament
Oct 29, 2022
02.56 - The Wisdom of Crowds
Oct 29, 2022
02.55 - Peace, if you can keep it
Sep 07, 2022
02.54 - The Great Battle of Naseby
Aug 28, 2022
02.53 - The New Model Army
Aug 16, 2022
02.52 - Wasted Opportunities
Aug 07, 2022
02.51 - The Battle of Five Armies
Jul 31, 2022
02.50 - Drunk with Blood
Jul 24, 2022
02.49 - Unfortunate Madness
Jun 19, 2022
02.48 - Butlerian Jihad
Jun 15, 2022
02.47 - Inchiquin and Broghill
May 29, 2022
02.46 - Witch Hunters on Trial
Apr 24, 2022
02.45 - Before They Are Hanged
Apr 18, 2022
02.44 - The Witchfinder General
Apr 10, 2022
02.43 - The Hunt Begins
Apr 02, 2022
02.42 - The Devil Hath His Chapel
Mar 30, 2022
Pax Recommends: History Daily
Mar 23, 2022
02.41 - The Feigned Mask of Friendship
Mar 20, 2022
02.40 - Sitting Out Civil War
Mar 07, 2022
02.39 - The Master of Scotland
Feb 27, 2022
02.38 - The Year of Victories
Feb 20, 2022
02.37 - The Whelps of Calvin
Feb 14, 2022
02.36 - The War of Three Kingdoms
Feb 06, 2022
02.35 - The Solemn League and Covenant
Jan 18, 2022
02.34 - The Cessation of Arms
Jan 09, 2022
ScotRev | Was there a Scottish Revolution?
Jan 02, 2022
02.33 - War Without An Enemy
Dec 20, 2021
02.32 - All's Fairfax in Love and War
Dec 13, 2021
ScotRev | The Covenanters in Restoration Scotland with Dr Allan Kennedy
Dec 06, 2021
02.31 - Tower Defence
Nov 29, 2021
02.30 - 'We Saluted with Bullets'
Nov 22, 2021
ScotRev | Gothic Revivalism and Covenanted Confederalism with Prof Allan MacInnes
Nov 08, 2021
02.29 - The O'Neill Family Business
Nov 01, 2021
Bonus - Historical Fiction with Zack Twamley
Oct 25, 2021
02.28 - The Irish Confederacy
Oct 04, 2021
02.27 - The March on London
Sep 27, 2021
ScotRev | Church Discipline in Revolutionary Edinburgh with Dr Claire McNulty
Sep 15, 2021
02.26 - The Battle of Edgehill
Sep 06, 2021
02.25 - Preparing for War
Aug 29, 2021
02.24 - Give Unto Caesar His Due
Jul 27, 2021
02.23 - Nolumus Leges Angliae Mutari
Jul 11, 2021
02.22 - Neither Eyes to See nor Tongue to Speak
Jun 20, 2021
02.21 - The Grand Remonstrance
Jun 06, 2021
02.20 - Bloody News
May 18, 2021
02.19 - The Irish Rebellion
May 09, 2021
ScotRev | Maintaining the Covenanter Regime in Civil War Scotland with Dr Alan MacDonald
Apr 15, 2021
ScotRev | Rethinking the Scottish Revolution with Prof. Laura Stewart
Apr 07, 2021
02.18 - Rebellions are Built on Hope
Apr 03, 2021
ScotRev | Scottish Republicanism and Anti-Monarchism with Dr Sharon Adams
Apr 01, 2021
ScotRev | Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland with Dr Louise Yeoman
Mar 25, 2021
02.17 - A Peaceful Land, A Quiet People?
Mar 21, 2021
ScotRev | Defining Revolution with Prof. Julian Goodare
Mar 18, 2021
ScotRev | Covenanted Interests across Three Kingdoms with Dr Kirsteen MacKenzie
Mar 11, 2021
ScotRev | Covenanting Identity in the Cromwellian Occupation with Dr Mikki Brock
Mar 04, 2021
02.16 - The Incident
Feb 28, 2021
ScotRev | Protestantism, Revolution, and Scottish Political Thought with Dr Karie Schultz
Feb 25, 2021
ScotRev | The Kirk, the Covenanters, and the Revolution with Dr Chris Langley
Feb 18, 2021
ScotRev | Scottish Royalism during the British Civil Wars with Dr Andrew Lind
Feb 11, 2021
ScotRev | Introducing the Scottish Revolution Interview Series
Feb 11, 2021
02.15 - The Root and Branch Reforms
Feb 07, 2021
02.14 - A Wolf by the Ears
Jan 24, 2021
Bonus - The East India Company with Dr David Veevers
Jan 14, 2021
02.13 - ‘The Root of All Our Calamities’
Jan 12, 2021
Bonus - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay
Jan 07, 2021
02.12 - The Second Bishops' War
Jan 03, 2021
Bonus - Sir Thomas Fairfax by CavalierCast
Dec 27, 2020
Bonus - The Ancient Britons by the Early Stuart England Podcast
Dec 20, 2020
02.11 - Hearts and Minds
Nov 04, 2020
Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire
Oct 18, 2020
02.10 - The Trouble With Peace
Oct 11, 2020
02.09 - The Calm Before the Storm
Oct 04, 2020
Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star
Sep 27, 2020
Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca Rideal
Sep 20, 2020
02.08 - The First Bishops' War
Sep 13, 2020
02.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’
Sep 06, 2020
Bonus - The Pre-History of Maryland
Aug 30, 2020
Bonus - For God or the Devil with Zachary Twamley
Aug 23, 2020
02.06 - A Crisis by Monthly Instalments
Aug 16, 2020
Bonus - The National Covenant
Aug 16, 2020
02.05 - Homecoming
Aug 09, 2020
02.04 - Making Ireland English
Aug 02, 2020
02.03 - Graces Denied
Jul 26, 2020
02.02 - Star Chamber
Jul 19, 2020
02.01 - Eleven Years of Tyranny?
Jul 12, 2020
01.44 - The Pequot Genocide
Jun 15, 2020
01.43 - Mystic Massacre
Jun 07, 2020
01.42 - Parabellum
May 31, 2020
01.41 - Murder on the Saltwater Frontier
May 24, 2020
01.40 - Providence Gained
May 03, 2020
01.39 - City on a Hill
Apr 19, 2020
Bonus - The First Intersex in Colonial America
Apr 12, 2020
01.38 - Personal Rule
Apr 04, 2020
01.37 - The Graces
Mar 29, 2020
01.36 - Root and Branch
Mar 08, 2020
Bonus - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge
Feb 16, 2020
01.35 - The Sword of the Magistrate
Jan 20, 2020
01.34 - War and Peace
Jan 12, 2020
Bonus - New England Revisited
Dec 29, 2019
Bonus - The Life of Barnet Burns, Pākehā Māori
Dec 22, 2019
Bonus - Buckingham and Berry
Dec 15, 2019
01.33 - Constitutional Crisis
Dec 08, 2019
Bonus - The Industrial Revolutions
Nov 17, 2019
01.32 - The Martyr Assassin
Nov 10, 2019
01.31 - The Duke of Hazard
Nov 03, 2019
01.30 - The Siege of Saint-Martin
Oct 27, 2019
Bonus - The English Revolution with Mike Duncan
Oct 20, 2019
Bonus - Sound Education Experience
Oct 17, 2019
Bonus - The Origins of Halloween
Oct 14, 2019
01.29 - Impeachment!
Sep 29, 2019
01.28 - The Useless Parliament
Sep 22, 2019
01.27 - Long Live the King
Sep 08, 2019
01.26 - The King is Dead
Aug 11, 2019
01.25 - The Spanish Match
Aug 04, 2019
01.24 - The Winter King
Jul 21, 2019
01.23 - King in the North
Jul 14, 2019
01.22 - The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
Jul 07, 2019
01.21 - Rise of the Favourites
Jun 23, 2019
01.20 - The East India Company
Jun 09, 2019
01.19 - Flushing it all away
Jun 01, 2019
01.18 - The Discovery of Witchcraft
May 26, 2019
01.17 - The Sun is Gone Out
May 19, 2019
01.16 - The Great Contract
May 12, 2019
01.15 - The Trinity of Knaves
May 05, 2019
01.14 - What's it like to make a History Podcast (feat. Dead Ideas)
Apr 28, 2019
01.13 - The Prince that was Promised
Apr 20, 2019
01.12 - Laboratory of Empire
Apr 13, 2019
01.11 - The New World
Mar 31, 2019
01.10 - The Flight of the Earls
Mar 24, 2019
01.09 - Gunpowder Treason and Plot
Mar 17, 2019
01.08 - The King of Great Britain
Mar 10, 2019
01.07 - Personal Unions with Sir John Elliott
Mar 03, 2019
01.06 - The Devil's Greatest Enemy
Feb 27, 2019
01.05 - The Great Earl's Rebellion
Feb 24, 2019
01.04 - The 'First Battle of the Atlantic'
Feb 20, 2019
01.03 - Gold, Praise, Glory
Feb 17, 2019
01.02 - The Emerald Isle
Feb 13, 2019
01.01 - A British Peace
Feb 07, 2019