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The History of England

David Crowther

300 episodes

This my re-telling of the story of England. I aim to be honest, and rigorous - but always loving of my country's history. It is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There are as many of the great events I can squeeze in, of course, but I also try to keep an eye on how people lived, their language, what was important to them, the forces that shaped their lives and destinies, that sort of thing. To listen free of adverts, support the podcast, access a library of 150+ hours of shedcasts of me warbling on, and get new shedcasts every month, why not become a member at https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/become-a-member ? You know it makes sense...

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  1. Margaret Cavendish with Prof Margaret Oakes

    · 47 min

    Margaret Cavendish was an extraordinary figure - a refugee from her native Essex, become courtier, Duchess of Newcastle, Natural Philosopher trading blows with the Royal Society, author and public celebrity. Professor…

  2. 388 Runaway Down

    · 49 min · S8 E22

    By April it was clear Charles expected to reduce his kingdoms to obedience by war, and would not make peace. By July his cause would be tested at Chalgrove, Adwalton - and Roundway Down. For maps, resources,…

  3. 387 Sinews of War

    · 41 min · S8 E21

    Early 1643 was not a good idea for peace. By April, both the Scots and English parliament had tired of Charles' negotiating style and started talking to each other instead. But for Charles it was a happy time. His…

  4. AAG 1641-1642 The Descent to War

    · 1 h 02 min · S8 E20

    Strafford's death did not achieve the objective of clearing the path to agreement between king and subject - instead it hardened hearts, and started the clock of war ticking For maps, resources, transcripts or to…

  5. 386 The Fighting Spreads

    · 45 min · S8 E19

    Violence had spread by the end of 1642; despite the King's failure at Turnham Green, multiple armies now swept England, in Ireland the Confederate Association was formed at Kilkenny and the Exiles. And yet still…

  6. 385 The Battle for London

    · 33 min · S8 E18

    After Edgehill, the road to London lay open for the kong. By November 13th, Charles' army faced the Londoners on the common ground west of London at Turnham Green For maps, resources, transcripts or to become a…

  7. 384 Breaking Storm

    · 40 min · S8 E17

    Charles' situation in August looked dire. But at Shrewsbury, soldiers came to his call, arms reached him from Henrietta Maria, and in October he had an army, and set of to march on London. In his way stood Essex and…

  8. 383 Choosing Sides

    · 36 min · S8 E16

    A general sense of disbelief that war was necessary persisted well into 1643. And yet, over time most were forced to make choices. this episdoe about what made them choose, as Charles raises his standard at Nottingham,…

  9. 382 War of Words

    · 40 min · S8 E15

    Charles' flight from the capital gave the separation into two camps physical form. Now King and Parliament began to lay out their stall, why their cause was just. And parliament acquires their philosopher. For maps,…

  10. British Reaction to the French Revolution by Grey History

    · 1 h 06 min

    William Clark of the Grey History podcast on the French Revolution discusses how British reactions changed to the French Revolution, and two great opponents of political philosophy - Edmund Birke and Thomas Paine For…

  11. 381 Six Days

    · 48 min · S8 E14

    From his return to London in November 1641, Charles and his courtiers built a party in parliament; moderates believed enough was enough, and feared the growing radicalism and social upheaval. Six days would define…

  12. 380 Irish Revolt

    · 45 min · S8 E13

    In an atmosphere of panic caused by news of a massive Irish uprising, the struggle for reform met it’s greatest challenge in the attempt to pass the Grand Remonstrance. For maps, resources, transcripts or to become a…

  13. 379 The King's Party

    · 36 min · S8 E12

    Many MPs began to think enough had been done. Charles meanwhile had decided he would never compromise with the Junto; now he would defeat them at their own game. The king would build a party of loyalists. For maps,…

  14. 378 Protestations

    · 40 min · S8 E11

    In a time of national danger and an explosion of print and debate, the Protestation Oath of 1641 was a remarkable act of nation building. But it's success did nothin to divert Charles' closest advisers, the Queen and…

  15. 377 After Strafford

    · 41 min · S8 E10

    After Strafford, the idea of a genuine compromise was probably dead. Either king or Parliament would need to find a way to force the other into acceptance of their world view. Both had plans as to how this could be…

  16. AAG 1638-1641 The Search for Peace

    · 53 min · S8 E9

    In 1640 at last Charles is forced to call a parliament and search with parliament for an accomodation. But Charles was to discover the price for restoring order not to his liking. For maps, resources, transcripts or…

  17. Three Ravens Yorkshire

    · 1 h 01 min

    Eleanor and Matin discuss folk traditions across England for the day, including the Bideford Foot Race, then dig into the stories of England’s largest county – from the Harrying of the North and the Pilgrimage of Grace…

  18. 376 Letters of Blood

    · 55 min · S8 E8

    As opposition to reform gathered in parliament and the king plotted to regain control, all came down to Strafford. Would the architect and executor of the king's party survive? Or fall, and his master's authority with…

  19. 375 Divisions

    · 38 min · S8 E7

    Charles' response to the Scottish Declaration was severe; but it also caused a division in the Junto, and among MPs. Meanwhile, as poublic religious debate exploded, divisions also grew between Presbyterians and…

  20. 374 Paradise Lost

    · 45 min · S8 E6

    Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford believed that an accommodation could be reached with Charles - a amoderate agreement that would preserve the king's honour but provide a lasting reform. And early in 1641, an agreement…

  21. Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Angevin Empire

    · 40 min

    This is the story of how Eleanor of Aquitane's choices helped create an Empire is Wesern Europe. And to persaude you to suppot the podcast through membership at https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/become-a-member For…

  22. 373 Dreaming of a Golden Age

    · 39 min · S8 E5

    The Parliament that convened in November 1641 would define Charles' reign. He would have to offer some concessions. but who would define their extent? The sympathetic royalist MPs, the moderate Reformers - or the…

  23. 372 Go On Vigorously

    · 44 min · S8 E4

    Charles and his Privy Council stretched life and limb to equip and pay for a new army to pull the king out of this fire. The Junto and Scots did everything they could to keep him in it. The result came in at Newburn.…

  24. 371 Parliament Recalled

    · 48 min · S8 E3

    As an exhausted king arrived back in Whitehall, his view had not changed one whit - the Scots must be taught a lesson and returned to obedience. More ,money raising ventures followed, but it was quickly clear that only…

  25. 370 Reduce to Obedience

    · 45 min · S8 E2

    'I expect not anything can reduce that people to obedience but force only' Charles wrote to Hamilton in 1638, and the actions of the General Assembly of the Kirk had made probably made it inevitable. And sure the…

  26. 8.1 - 369 The English Revolution

    · 51 min · S8 E1

    Series 8 covers the English Revolution - and the British Revolutions, 1638-1660 - or at least that's the plan! After a brief overview o fSeries 8, we go north and against sage advice, Charles was determined to bring…

  27. AAG 1629-1638 The Personal Rule

    · 53 min · S7 E50

    From 1629 Charles tried to rule without parliament; either a Personal rule of peace and prosperity, or the 11 Years Tyranny, depending on your point of view. By 1638 there plenty of kindling had been placed around the…

  28. 368 A Prince's Punishments

    · 45 min · S7 E49

    In 1633 Thomas Wentworth arrived in Ireland - and despite great administrative efficiency, managed to separately outrage each of the components of Irish Society Meanwhile in London, William Prynne and John Lilburne…

  29. 367 New England

    · 45 min · S7 E48

    The colonists that traveled to New England were very different to the Chesapeake, and the society they established also very different. For the indigenous peoples, the shock would be every bit as severe. For maps,…

  30. 366 The Chesapeake

    · 33 min · S7 E47

    Colonisation of the Chesapeake would be driven by its climate and its most successful crop - tobacco, defining the social structure of the colonists and the society they would form, and the impact the would have on the…

  31. 365 Hub of Empire

    · 52 min · S7 E46

    'By what right?' In this episode we think about how the early English colonisers viewed their Westward Enterprise, and legitimised their activities. And then turn to the region Eric Williams described as 'The Hub of…

  32. 364 Before the English Came

    · 43 min · S7 E45

    The 1630's saw an acceleration of English colonisation in the Americas. What cultures and peoples will they meet when they get there? A horribly brief survey of cultures north of the Rio Grande before the English came.…

  33. 363 Laud Unleashed

    · 42 min · S7 E44

    With Parliament banished, there was little restraint on Laud and Charles to implement the reforms they felt were needed to improve the quality of religious observations and the spiritual wealth of all English. Not…

  34. 362 Free Men not Villeins

    · 48 min · S7 E43

    The Ship Money in 1637-8 was a courtroom battle sought for by both the king, and Hampden and the 'Warwick house' faction, where battle lines were clearly drawn, in the bright light of public fascination and scrutiny.…

  35. Henry Stuart by DGMH

    · 36 min

    Henry Frederick Stuart's death gives us one of those great 'what if?' moments in history, like the death of Arthur Tudor. Zachery of Drinks with Great Minds in History tells us what we missed For maps, resources,…

  36. 361 Charles in Charge

    · 37 min · S7 E42

    Charles had done the right thing of we wanted to avoid parliaments - reducing costs by making peace. But, how was he to raise money to clear that £2m debt? Well, two words came in to play - many, and various. For…

  37. 360 Charles Abroad

    · 42 min · S7 E41

    Relationships with the other kingdoms was definitely the royal preserve. But policy options might vary, from favouring the desires of his protestant subjects, to the Spanish faction on the privy Council. But his clout…

  38. 359 Charles is At Home

    · 41 min · S7 E40

    Charles was determined to run his court completely differently to his father. Controlled, regulated, ordered; an example of a warm, loving and enlightened household that would prove an example of the majesty and…

  39. Den of Thieves

    · 1 h 01 min

    Will and Patrick of the Cloak and Dagger podcast explore assassinations and crime of the past. in this episode, we go to Edward I's Jewel house - a thick walled, impregnable fortress to keep the king's treasure safe.…

  40. 358 New Counsels

    · 36 min · S7 E39

    Was it an 'Eleven years tyranny' or 'Halcyon Days' that followed 1629? Either way, foreign ambassadors were not hopeful of England's future. But Charles first priority was to reduce the Vipers of parliament to…

  41. AAG 1625-1629 New Ways, Old Ways

    · 50 min · S7 E38

    In 1625 a new, fresh, bright king came to the throne seemingly eager to giht the good fight in the Protestant cause. Surely this moderate, controlled ad courteous man would be the bringer of a golen age. Events were to…

  42. 357 Vipers

    · 40 min · S7 E37

    Dramatic events in 1628 - a dramatic murder, and one of the great set pieces of the English Revolution. Mayhem! Treason! Murder! For maps, resources, transcripts or to become a member, head for…

  43. 356 Petition of Right

    · 50 min · S7 E36

    As so often, war demands money, and in England, money meant parliament. So the outcome of 'The Favourites' War', Buckingham's attempt to relieve La Rochelle in 1627, would be critical. For maps, resources, transcripts…

  44. Place Names - A Shedcast

    · 39 min

    English place names are a direct window in into the lives of our ancestors - an insight into the origins or remarkable features of ancient settlements. Here's a brief survey of how to decode some of them. For maps,…

  45. 355 The Hearts of our People

    · 48 min · S7 E35

    The battle of Lutter in 1626 convinced Charles of the tearing need to intervene in the Thirty Years War in defence of hos sister Elizabeth's rights and in the cause of Protestantism. But the cupboard was bare - how to…

  46. 354 Parlement a sa Mode

    · 45 min · S7 E34

    The 1626 parliament was opened by William Laud - not a good sign for the resolutely Calvinist parliament. Despite a remarkably positive response to the call for subsidies - their linkage to resolutions of grievances…

  47. 353 Lawyers Vs Clerics

    · 48 min · S7 E33

    As the 1626 parliament opens, full of hope once more, we take a while to introduce William Laud, and discuss the idea that a theme of the English civil wars is an ideological struggle between lawyers and Arminian…

  48. 352 A Beard Unsinged

    · 36 min · S7 E32

    The reconvened parliament in Oxford went poor, and after a month Charles closed it down, and concentrated instead on the Spanish war. Surely, the recapturing the glory of Drake & Hawkins would relight Parliament's fire…

  49. 351 Bred in Parliaments

    · 33 min · S7 E31

    For Charles I, April to June 1625 was his like the honeymoon period given to new football managers - enthusiastic full of hope - and often depressingly brief. The honeymoon period with his newly arrived wife Henrietta…

  50. 350 Charles' Inheritance

    · 47 min · S7 E30

    In March 1625 Charles came into his inheritance on the death of his father. Was it a poison chalice or the holy grail? What sort of man accepted the chalice and duty and would place his hands on the tillers of the…

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