The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

Nov 14 2024 70 ep. 27 mins 34
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Welcome to exciting new weekly podcasts from top historians, all about the British Civil Wars.

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Living through civil war sieges in Newark – the civilian experience

Nov 14 2024 31 mins  
In the seventeenth century the market town of Newark sat at the lowest bridging point across the River Trent astride the Great North Road which linked London with the north and Scotland. Unsurprisingly, control of this town became a strategic objective for both sides during First Civil War. Besieged not once but three times, by ... Read more

Witch-hunting in revolutionary England

Nov 07 2024 40 mins  
While witch-hunting and witch trials here in England never reached the levels reported in Europe, they were at their highest against the background of the turmoil of the 1640s. This was the time of the notorious Witch-finder General, Matthew Hopkins (1620-1647) and his associates, including John Stearne (1610-1670). These men operated in East Anglia, an ... Read more

The Civil War Memorials Project – Battlefields Trust

Nov 01 2024 26 mins  
Memorials of conflicts that have occurred since the nineteenth century are commonplace around the country. Most cities, towns and villages contain some form of physical structure dedicated to the memory of former inhabitants who gave their lives in service, especially those who fought during the First and Second World Wars. But did those who lived ... Read more

The last days of the Republic – The return of the King – Part 2

Oct 24 2024 36 mins  
This is the second programme in our two-part series asking why England’s only experiment with Republicanism spectacularly disintegrated within a few months of the death of Oliver Cromwell, the first Lord Protector? You will hear from author and historian, Dr Henry Reece, Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, that the return of Charles II was ... Read more

The last days of the Republic – The fall of Richard Cromwell – Part 1

Oct 17 2024 36 mins  
This programme is the first of a two-part series telling the story of the turbulence and upheaval that followed the death of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 3rd September 1658 and which ended in the return of the monarch, Charles II, to London on 8th May 1660. In this episode we learn about the fall ... Read more

The importance of radicalism in the 1640s

Oct 15 2024 42 mins  
Over the last decade, extensive research conducted by academic historians in universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland has significantly expanded our knowledge of the origins, conducts and consequences of the British and Irish Civil Wars. As a result, attitudes and perceptions of this critically important period of history are continuously evolving. This presents a ... R

New understandings of Charles I kingship

Oct 15 2024 47 mins  
Over the last decade, extensive research conducted by academic historians in universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland has significantly expanded our knowledge of the origins, conducts and consequences of the British and Irish Civil Wars. As a result, attitudes and perceptions of this critically important period of history are continuously evolving. This presents a ... R

Killing the New Model Army – The fate of Cromwell’s old soldiers 1660-1685

Oct 10 2024 33 mins  
Much has been written about the New Model Army, which, when combined with images of Oliver Cromwell, has come to represent civil wars in popular books, films and TV programmes. In academic studies, the main focus has been on the founding and organisation of the army, its battlefield victories, the men who fought in its ... Read more

Creating new civil war resources for schools – Best practice

Oct 08 2024 20 mins  
The British and Irish Civil War offer multiple opportunities across the curriculum and each of the key stages (KS). In this short talk Dr Jim Carroll, Departmental Lecturer in History Education at the University of Oxford, discusses: Current status of civil war history in schools Where the Civil War might be used to enhance learning ... Read more

Ruling without Parliament – Charles I

Oct 03 2024 28 mins  
On the 10th March 1629, Charles I dissolved his third parliament beginning years of Personal Rule which were described by his opponents as “11 years of tyranny”. Indeed it is these years which many historians regard as a critically important causal factor in the outbreak of civil war in England in 1642. Knowing the upheaval and ... Read more