01.33 - Constitutional Crisis

Parliament is back, and they are not happy. The Petition of Right
isn't worth the paper its written on, and King Charles had
flagrantly disregarded the spirit of it. He was displaying worrying
tendencies - promoting Arminians and crypto-Catholics, and
violating the fundamental rights of his subjects to raise money.
The death of the Duke of Buckingham, rather than marking a sea
change in unpopular government policy, instead cements it. Check
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https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax In this episode I made particular
use of the following publications: The Oxford History of the
British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire. David Smith, The
Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689 Kishlasnky, M, A Monarchy
Transformed: 1603-1714 The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State: Volume 1,
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