EPISODE · Sep 14, 2026 · 21 MIN

The Bloody Assizes: Justice Turned Terror in Monmouth’s Rebellion

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

In this episode we follow Judge Jeffreys as he presides over the brutal trials that followed James II’s suppression of Monmouth’s uprising. We explore how those hearings were used to intimidate dissent, what surviving records reveal about procedures and witnesses, and how the trials shaped contemporary politics and later memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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