Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
A Podcast History of the British Empire
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25.08.2025
40 Minuten
The Army brings back the Rump Parliament, but they quickly regret
that decision. In Scotland, George Monck prepares to march. Alice
Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael
Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution,
2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan
Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The
Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The
Restless Republic, 2022. Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of
Revolution, 2022. Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of
Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017. Learn more about
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18.08.2025
28 Minuten
With the death of Oliver Cromwell, his eldest son Richard becomes
Lord Protector. Can he balance the competing demands of the army
and the republicans? Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet,
Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook
of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian
Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul
Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic,
2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian Gentles, The New
Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla Gardina Pestana, The
English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire,
2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
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11.08.2025
34 Minuten
"I will not seek to set up that which Providence hath destroyed,
and laid in the dust, and I would not build Jericho again." Oliver
Cromwell refuses to become a king, and a new constitution takes
effect. But Cromwell is not long for this world, and the question
of succession had still not been settled. Alice Hunt, Republic,
2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.),
The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward,
The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing
World, 2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the
English Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian
Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla
Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s
Bid for Empire, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
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05.08.2025
32 Minuten
Check out the University of Aberdeen Online Courses:
http://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses Oliver Cromwell is
offered a crown... but will he take it? Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024.
Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The
Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The
Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World,
2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English
Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian
Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla
Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s
Bid for Empire, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
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15.07.2025
29 Minuten
Check out the University of Aberdeen Online Courses:
http://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses The Second Protectorate
Parliament meets, and the Major-Generals purge a third of the MPs
before it even begins. Royalists and Levellers conspire to
assassinate Lord Protector Cromwell. Thoughts turn towards a new
royal dynasty. Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver
Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the
English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian
Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul
Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic,
2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian Gentles, The New
Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla Gardina Pestana, The
English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire,
2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Über diesen Podcast
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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