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Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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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34:48

02.05 - Homecoming

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/08/09

Despite being born in Scotland, Charles I left as a young child and did not return until he was in his thirties. Nevertheless, he tried to enforce his will much as his father had done. In one of the worst homecomings in history, the king would thoroughly antagonise vast numbers of his subjects. Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Russell, C The Causes of the

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37:04

02.04 - Making Ireland English

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/08/02

Wentworth and Laud try to reform the Church of Ireland, and face resistance. Plantation returns with a vengeance, and even powerful New English face the wrath of the Lord Deputy. Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate Give Ages of Conquest a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/ages-of-conquest-a-kings-and-generals-podcast/id1446527049 For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Russell, C The

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30:54

02.03 - Graces Denied

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/07/26

The political concessions known as the Graces remained a sticking point for Irish Catholics. They had bought and paid for them with taxation, but the last Lord Deputy had dragged his feet. Now, with Sir Thomas Wentworth in charge, perhaps the longed-for toleration would finally be made real. Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Russell, C The Causes of the English

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40:35

02.02 - Star Chamber

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/07/19

Archbishop Laud spearheads the reform of the Church of England. Out with the new and in with the old, or so he said. Others disagreed and called for a different future for the church. The Court of High Commission and the Court of Star Chamber awaited them with fines, imprisonment, and mutilation. Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Russell, C. The Causes of the

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29:28

02.01 - Eleven Years of Tyranny?

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/07/12

Charles tries to avoid a parliament. Ship Money goes to court. The Hampden Case begins. Check out the podcast website Check out Pax Britannica Merch! Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War Mark Kishlansky, Monarchy Transformed Harris, T. Rebellion Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:35

01.44 - The Pequot Genocide

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/06/15

After the devastating raid at Fort Mystic, the Pequot nation is left without allies as the English and their indigenous allies continue their campaign of collective punishment. Far to the south, the English colonies of Montserrat and Barbados establish their unique characteristics; Montserrat, an Irish island in an English Atlantic world; and Barbados, an economic engine powered by the enslavement of Africans. Check out Intelligent Speech here: https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com Check out

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34:11

01.43 - Mystic Massacre

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/06/07

With Saybrook and the rest of Connecticut under siege, a combined Engish and Native force sets out on a daring raid to strike at the heart of Pequot territory. Vote in the British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote Check out Black Wallstreet, 1921: https://www.blackwallstreet-1921.com/ Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the

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32:07

01.42 - Parabellum

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/05/31

In the aftermath of Stone's murder, another Englishman faces a grisly fate at the hands of Narragansett allies. Massachusetts demands justice... from the Pequots? Vote in the British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote Check out Black Wallstreet, 1921: https://www.blackwallstreet-1921.com/ Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the

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29:40

01.41 - Murder on the Saltwater Frontier

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/05/24

Communities from Massachusetts Bay establish the first settlements of the colony of Connecticut, and a drunken pirate goes too far. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of

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37:16

01.40 - Providence Gained

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/05/03

As disagreements over religion and politics build in Massachusetts Bay, exiled groups of people establish new colonies in New England. Puritans back in London launch the settlement of a key strategic island. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth

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31:12

01.39 - City on a Hill

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/04/19

Why did the Hotter Sort of Protestant fear for the Church of England? We look at why they emigrated to New England in their thousands, and how the colony expanded once they got there. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War Mark Kishlansky, Monarchy

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45:53

Bonus - The First Intersex in Colonial America

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/04/12

In 1629, in colonial Virginia, there came before the courts one Thomas Hall. Or was it Thomasine Hall? That was the question. This was the first recorded intersex person in America – that is, apart from Native American traditions, of course (which we DO cover in this episode). The colonists didn’t know what to do. Today, we’re taking a look at perceptions of intersex in early colonial America, and all of the centuries of tradition that went into them, from ancient Greece up to the present. To read

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28:21

01.38 - Personal Rule

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/04/04

Whig, Marxist, Revisionist, Post-Revisionist. We look at these major fields of historigraphy, as we cover the first half of Charles' Personal Rule. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War Mark Kishlansky, Monarchy Transformed David Cressy. 'The Blindness

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01.37 - The Graces

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/03/29

With the outbreak of war with Spain, Ireland once again became a serious concern for London. The Spanish could find easy allies among their co-religionists, and the kingdom was lightly defended. The solution? Offer a serious of political and financial concessions to Catholic Anglo-Irish and Gaelic Irish, in return for their assistance in the war. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter:

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33:12

01.36 - Root and Branch

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/03/08

Back in the reign of James VI/I, the plantations of Ireland came under official review. Middlesex, looking to cut costs and raise funds, looked across the Irish Sea to the growing colonial project of the Plantations of Ireland. Why were these costing so much money, why were they not bringing in profit, and why were they still so Irish?! Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax For this

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41:17

Bonus - Early Modern English Witchcraft with...

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/02/16

Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England, The recommended books, available from all good retailers, are: Strange Histories (2017) The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) The Witchcraft Reader (2019) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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01.35 - The Sword of the Magistrate

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/01/20

By the end of his reign, James is unwilling to entertain the more ludicrous accusations of witchcraft, and Charles continues this approach. Puritanism, the new bogeyman of the Anglican church, appears the most vocal supporter of the trials, and so the established clergy approach the topic warily. And the magistrates and judiciary have seen the last twenty years of legal precedent, of cases thrown out and judges publicly shamed, and have no interest in risking their careers. Check out the podcast

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33:54

01.34 - War and Peace

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2020/01/12

Charles comes to terms with his French and Spanish enemies, and we examine what has been going on outside of Europe. The East India Company survives significant threats, while the Pilgrims gain new neighbours. Virginia continues its war with the locals, while Europeans in the West Indies commit a genocide. Complete the survey HERE: https://forms.gle/ojt6gRjBTzdyApF47 Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter:

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29:31

Bonus - New England Revisited

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2019/12/29

Allen Ayers from the Political History of the United States podcast comes on to talk all about New England in the 1620s. Listen to the Political History of the United States HERE: https://uspoliticalpodcast.com/ Follow Allen here: https://twitter.com/USHistpodcast Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:48

Bonus - The Life of Barnet Burns, Pākehā Māori

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire ·

2019/12/22

Thomas from the History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast tells the tale of Barnet Burns, a sailor turned trader turned Pākehā Māori. Listen to The History of Aotearoa New Zealand here:https://historyaotearoa.com/ Follow it here: https://twitter.com/HistoryAotearoa Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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