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. Shortlisted for the 2023 Independent Podcast Awards, Pax Britannica follows the events which created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of British Imperial history, Pax Britannica aims to explain the rise and eventual fall of the largest empire in history. After all, how peaceful was the 'British Peace'?
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03.37 - The Western Design
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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03.36 - The Alliance to Restore the Republic
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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03.35 - Glencairn's Falling
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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03.34 - Glencairn's Rising
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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English Revolution Q&A with David Crowther Part 2
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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English Revolution Q&A with David Crowther Part 1
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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03.33 - The Occupation of Scotland
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Elections from History: New Zealand, 1919
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The Windrush Scandal with Dr Juanita Cox
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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03.32 - Peace Through War
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Announcement - English Revolution Q&A with the History of England's David Crowther
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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03.31 - The Uncrowned King
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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03.30 - Barebone's Parliament
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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03.29 - Radicalism of the Soul
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May 21, 2024 |
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03.28 - In the Name of God, Go!
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May 06, 2024 |
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03.27 - Masters of the Seas
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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03.26 - The Mountain of Iron
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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03.25 - Evil as well as Good
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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03.24 - The Battle of Kentish Knock
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The History of the Mughal Empire - The Throneless Times
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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03.23 - The Sovereign of the Seas
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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03.22 - A Mountain of Gold
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Cromwell and Ireland with Prof. Micheál Ó Siochrú
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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03.21 - Going Dutch
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Bonus - The Conquest of Jamaica with Prof. Carla Pestana
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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03.20 - The Pirate Prince
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Listen Now: Even the Royals
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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03.19 - A Refuge of Lies
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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03.18 - Revenge as a Guide
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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03.17 - The Colonies are Revolting!
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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03.16 - To Hell or Barbados
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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03.15 - Protestants, Ascendant
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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03.14 - To Hell or Connacht
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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03.13 - The Tory War
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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03.12 - Peace At Last?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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03.11 - The Great Escape
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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03.10 - 'A Crowning Mercy' - the Final Battle of Worcester
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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03.09 - The Miracle of Dunbar
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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03.08 - The Murderer of the Scottish Nation
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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03.07 - The Death of Royalist Ireland
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Bonus - The Denbigh House of Cards
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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03.06 - Never Seen So Hot A Storm
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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03.05 - Bloody Inhumanity
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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03.04 - Drogheda: A Day and Night of Uncalculated Butchery
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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03.03 - The Battle of Rathmines
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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03.02 - The World Turned Upside Down
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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03.01 - The English Revolution
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Trailer - Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Bonus - Grey History: The French Revolution
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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02.73 - Regicide
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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02.72 - The Trial of the Century
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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02.71 - The Providence of God
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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02.70 - The Man of Blood
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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02.69 - The Clean Up
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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02.68 - The War of the Engagement
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Bonus - The Blazing World with Dr Jonathan Healey
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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02.67 - English Civil War 2 - Britannic Boogaloo
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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02.66 - The Second English Civil War, Part 1
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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02.65 - A Coalition of Chaos
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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02.64 - A Deal with the Devil
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Bonus - The Great Defiance with Dr David Veevers
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May 24, 2023 |
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02.63 - The Putney Debates
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May 07, 2023 |
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02.62 - The Burning of Cashel
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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02.61 - London Has Fallen
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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02.60 - You and What Army?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Bonus - Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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02.59 - A King's Ransom
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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02.58 - The Entropy of Victory
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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02.57 - Kilkenny Coup d'etat
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Bonus - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex and Captain-General of Parliament
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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02.56 - The Wisdom of Crowds
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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02.55 - Peace, if you can keep it
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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02.54 - The Great Battle of Naseby
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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02.53 - The New Model Army
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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02.52 - Wasted Opportunities
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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02.51 - The Battle of Five Armies
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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02.50 - Drunk with Blood
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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02.49 - Unfortunate Madness
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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02.48 - Butlerian Jihad
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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02.47 - Inchiquin and Broghill
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May 29, 2022 |
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02.46 - Witch Hunters on Trial
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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02.45 - Before They Are Hanged
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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02.44 - The Witchfinder General
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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02.43 - The Hunt Begins
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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02.42 - The Devil Hath His Chapel
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Pax Recommends: History Daily
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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02.41 - The Feigned Mask of Friendship
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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02.40 - Sitting Out Civil War
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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02.39 - The Master of Scotland
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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02.38 - The Year of Victories
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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02.37 - The Whelps of Calvin
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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02.36 - The War of Three Kingdoms
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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02.35 - The Solemn League and Covenant
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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02.34 - The Cessation of Arms
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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ScotRev | Was there a Scottish Revolution?
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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02.33 - War Without An Enemy
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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02.32 - All's Fairfax in Love and War
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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ScotRev | The Covenanters in Restoration Scotland with Dr Allan Kennedy
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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02.31 - Tower Defence
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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02.30 - 'We Saluted with Bullets'
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Gothic Revivalism and Covenanted Confederalism with Prof Allan MacInnes
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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02.29 - The O'Neill Family Business
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Bonus - Historical Fiction with Zack Twamley
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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02.28 - The Irish Confederacy
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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02.27 - The March on London
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Church Discipline in Revolutionary Edinburgh with Dr Claire McNulty
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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02.26 - The Battle of Edgehill
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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02.25 - Preparing for War
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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02.24 - Give Unto Caesar His Due
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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02.23 - Nolumus Leges Angliae Mutari
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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02.22 - Neither Eyes to See nor Tongue to Speak
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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02.21 - The Grand Remonstrance
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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02.20 - Bloody News
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May 18, 2021 |
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02.19 - The Irish Rebellion
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May 09, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Maintaining the Covenanter Regime in Civil War Scotland with Dr Alan MacDonald
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Rethinking the Scottish Revolution with Prof. Laura Stewart
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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02.18 - Rebellions are Built on Hope
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Scottish Republicanism and Anti-Monarchism with Dr Sharon Adams
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland with Dr Louise Yeoman
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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02.17 - A Peaceful Land, A Quiet People?
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Defining Revolution with Prof. Julian Goodare
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Covenanted Interests across Three Kingdoms with Dr Kirsteen MacKenzie
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Covenanting Identity in the Cromwellian Occupation with Dr Mikki Brock
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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02.16 - The Incident
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Protestantism, Revolution, and Scottish Political Thought with Dr Karie Schultz
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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ScotRev | The Kirk, the Covenanters, and the Revolution with Dr Chris Langley
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Scottish Royalism during the British Civil Wars with Dr Andrew Lind
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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ScotRev | Introducing the Scottish Revolution Interview Series
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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02.15 - The Root and Branch Reforms
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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02.14 - A Wolf by the Ears
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Bonus - The East India Company with Dr David Veevers
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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02.13 - ‘The Root of All Our Calamities’
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Bonus - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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02.12 - The Second Bishops' War
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Bonus - Sir Thomas Fairfax by CavalierCast
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Bonus - The Ancient Britons by the Early Stuart England Podcast
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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02.11 - Hearts and Minds
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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02.10 - The Trouble With Peace
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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02.09 - The Calm Before the Storm
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca Rideal
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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02.08 - The First Bishops' War
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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02.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Bonus - The Pre-History of Maryland
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Bonus - For God or the Devil with Zachary Twamley
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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02.06 - A Crisis by Monthly Instalments
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Bonus - The National Covenant
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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02.05 - Homecoming
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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02.04 - Making Ireland English
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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02.03 - Graces Denied
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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02.02 - Star Chamber
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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02.01 - Eleven Years of Tyranny?
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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01.44 - The Pequot Genocide
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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01.43 - Mystic Massacre
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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01.42 - Parabellum
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May 31, 2020 |
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01.41 - Murder on the Saltwater Frontier
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May 24, 2020 |
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01.40 - Providence Gained
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May 03, 2020 |
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01.39 - City on a Hill
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Bonus - The First Intersex in Colonial America
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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01.38 - Personal Rule
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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01.37 - The Graces
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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01.36 - Root and Branch
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Bonus - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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01.35 - The Sword of the Magistrate
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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01.34 - War and Peace
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Bonus - New England Revisited
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Bonus - The Life of Barnet Burns, Pākehā Māori
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Bonus - Buckingham and Berry
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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01.33 - Constitutional Crisis
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Bonus - The Industrial Revolutions
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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01.32 - The Martyr Assassin
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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01.31 - The Duke of Hazard
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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01.30 - The Siege of Saint-Martin
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Bonus - The English Revolution with Mike Duncan
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Bonus - Sound Education Experience
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Bonus - The Origins of Halloween
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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01.29 - Impeachment!
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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01.28 - The Useless Parliament
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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01.27 - Long Live the King
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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01.26 - The King is Dead
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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01.25 - The Spanish Match
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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01.24 - The Winter King
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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01.23 - King in the North
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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01.22 - The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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01.21 - Rise of the Favourites
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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01.20 - The East India Company
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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01.19 - Flushing it all away
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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01.18 - The Discovery of Witchcraft
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May 26, 2019 |
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01.17 - The Sun is Gone Out
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May 19, 2019 |
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01.16 - The Great Contract
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May 12, 2019 |
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01.15 - The Trinity of Knaves
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May 05, 2019 |
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01.14 - What's it like to make a History Podcast (feat. Dead Ideas)
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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01.13 - The Prince that was Promised
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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01.12 - Laboratory of Empire
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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01.11 - The New World
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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01.10 - The Flight of the Earls
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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01.09 - Gunpowder Treason and Plot
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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01.08 - The King of Great Britain
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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01.07 - Personal Unions with Sir John Elliott
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Mar 03, 2019 |
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01.06 - The Devil's Greatest Enemy
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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01.05 - The Great Earl's Rebellion
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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01.04 - The 'First Battle of the Atlantic'
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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01.03 - Gold, Praise, Glory
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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01.02 - The Emerald Isle
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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01.01 - A British Peace
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Feb 07, 2019 |