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

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  • Welcome to exciting new weekly podcasts from top historians, all about the British Civil Wars.
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  • The realities of ‘a wound big with miseries’

    The realities of ‘a wound big with miseries’
    Apr 25 2025
    For decades the civil wars were presented as a “gentlemanly” conflict where both sides “played” by the rules of “civilised” warfare. But now we know the reality was very different. In fact this was a protracted, bloody fight that disrupted, and at times, destroyed, the lives of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children ... Read more
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    36 mins
  • Parliament and the slave trade – The Interregnum years

    Parliament and the slave trade – The Interregnum years
    Apr 4 2025
    While terms such as “slavery” and “liberty”, frequently occur in parliamentarian rhetoric, particularly when damning their enemies, ever-increasing numbers of West African people were actually being transported across the ocean to colonies in the Caribbean. According to distinguished parliamentary historian, Dr Stephen Roberts, it was during the Interregnum that the foundations of Britain’s leading role ... Read more
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    35 mins
  • A family at war – Lord and Lady Brooke of Warwick

    A family at war – Lord and Lady Brooke of Warwick
    Mar 28 2025
    New research now published by the Royal Historical Society reveals for the first time how Lord and Lady Brooke and their household made Warwick Castle a strategic stronghold for Parliament and withstood a Royalist siege. In this podcast, the authors of the book explore the lives of these men and women revealed in the household accounts of ... Read more
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    49 mins

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