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AAG 1660-1666 Restoration

2

448 Not So Merrie

3

English Objects with the Three Ravens

4

447 The Exclusion Brouhaha

5

446 The Popish Plot

6

445 Carnage

7

444 Danby's New Way

8

443 Charles' Great Game

9

Roifield and David's Stories of England in 50 Objects

10

442 The Treaty of Dover

11

441 The Duellist

12

The Rage of Party with George Owers

13

440 The Kingdom is Undone

14

439 London Reborn

15

Crucible of Modernity with Dr Jeevun Sandher, MP

16

438 Burned to Sticks

17

437 The Pale Horseman

18

436 Three Horsemen

19

School for Scandal by Gavin Whitehead

20

435 The Anglican Tyranny

21

434 Return of the King

22

433 9.1 Restoration, Revolution and the English Enlightenment

23

432b Europe XIII The Age of the Sun King Pt II

24

432a Europe XIII The Age of the Sun King Pt I

25

French and English Revolutions Q&A Part II

26

French and English Revolutions Q&A Part I

27

The Greatest Welsh Ruler: Episode 2 (1066-1415)

28

The Greatest Welsh Ruler: Episode 1 (350 to 1063)

29

When Theatre Refused to Die by Philip Rowe

30

AAG 1654-1660 Protectorate and Restoration

31

431b A World Turned Upside Down?

32

431a Afterlives

33

430 The Comeback Kid

34

429 The Good Old Cause

35

Oliver Cromwell: Life and Times with Miranda Malins

36

428 Make Haste to be Gone

37

427 Republic: Learning, Philosophy, Science

38

426 Living with the Republic

39

425 Republic: Court and Culture

40

424 King Cromwell

41

423 Designs and Major Generals

42

422 Healing and Settling?

43

Announcing the 2025 History of England Podcast Tour

44

421 Completing the Settlements

45

The Lionheart - Ransom and Revenge

46

420 Lord Protector

47

Cromwell and the Poets

48

419 Cromwell and his Reputation

49

Nelson with Dominic Sandbrook

50

AAG 1649-1653 The Commonwealth

51

AAG 1646-1649 To Kill a King

52

418 Barebones

53

417 Kicking the Rump

54

Milton, Nedham and the Commonwealth with Anthony Bromley

55

416 Acts of Settlement and War

56

415 Rumpers

57

414 The Ground of Liberty

58

413 Cromwell in Ireland

59

Part II Sam and David's English Revolution Q&A

60

Part I Sam and David English Revolution Q&A

61

412 Levelers and Diggers

62

411 Commonwealth and Free State

63

Britain's Prehistory with Richard Grove

64

410 Tyrant, Traitor, Murderer

65

409 Agreement of the People

66

408 The Treaty of Newport

67

407 The Peoples' Distress

68

406 Engagements

69

405 The Putney Debates

70

404 A New Model Coup

71

403 No Mere Mercenary Army

72

402 Enemies of the State

73

401 The Mind of a Martyr

74

400 Many Thousand Citizens

75

AAG 1643-1646 The First Civil War

76

399 End Game

77

Jonathan Healey and the Blazing World

78

398 The Clubmen

79

397 In Assurance of Victory

80

396 The New Model Army

81

Anglo Saxon Rendlesham

82

395 Forever Newbury

83

394 Lost With It All

84

393 We Saw No Light

85

392 The Neighbourhood War

86

391 The National War

87

Madame Tussaud, Maria Manning, and the True Crime Controversy of 1849

88

390 Leagues and Covenants

89

389 Newsheets and Newbury

90

Margaret Cavendish with Prof Margaret Oakes

91

388 Runaway Down

92

387 Sinews of War

93

AAG 1641-1642 The Descent to War

94

386 The Fighting Spreads

95

385 The Battle for London

96

384 Breaking Storm

97

383 Choosing Sides

98

382 War of Words

99

British Reaction to the French Revolution by Grey History

100

381 Six Days

101

380 Irish Revolt

102

379 The King's Party

103

378 Protestations

104

377 After Strafford

105

AAG 1638-1641 The Search for Peace

106

Three Ravens Yorkshire

107

376 Letters of Blood

108

375 Divisions

109

374 Paradise Lost

110

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Angevin Empire

111

373 Dreaming of a Golden Age

112

372 Go On Vigorously

113

371 Parliament Recalled

114

370 Reduce to Obedience

115

8.1 - 369 The English Revolution

116

AAG 1629-1638 The Personal Rule

117

368 A Prince's Punishments

118

367 New England

119

366 The Chesapeake

120

365 Hub of Empire

121

364 Before the English Came

122

363 Laud Unleashed

123

362 Free Men not Villeins

124

Henry Stuart by DGMH

125

361 Charles in Charge

126

360 Charles Abroad

127

359 Charles is At Home

128

Den of Thieves

129

358 New Counsels

130

AAG 1625-1629 New Ways, Old Ways

131

357 Vipers

132

356 Petition of Right

133

Place Names - A Shedcast

134

355 The Hearts of our People

135

354 Parlement a sa Mode

136

353 Lawyers Vs Clerics

137

352 A Beard Unsinged

138

351 Bred in Parliaments

139

350 Charles' Inheritance

140

English Revolution Poll Results and HiT Cromwell

141

AAG 1615-1625 King of Britain

142

349 The Country House

143

348 The Great Rebuilding

144

347 The English Revolution

145

346 Theatre III: The Crystal Mirror

146

345 Theatre II: Playwrights

147

344 Theatre I The New Playhouse

148

343 As He Lived in Peace

149

342 Spanish Mismatch

150

341 Knights Adventurer

151

340 Ancient Birthright

152

339 A Scandal in Bohemia

153

338 Book of Books

154

337 The Favourite Favourite

155

336 The Plantations of Ireland

156

AAG 1605-1615 The Fount of all Virtue

157

335 This Sin of Blood

158

334 Murder!

159

333 Addled

160

332 The Great Contract

161

331 Captain Pouch

162

330 John Bates' Currants

163

14th Century Italy with Mike Corradi

164

329 Oaths and Libels

165

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape with Stephen Mileson

166

At A Gallop - Dawn of Stuart England to 1605

167

328 Apology, Explosion, Satisfaction

168

327 Under New Management

169

326 King of Scots

170

7.1 - 325 The Early Stuarts

171

324a The 30 Years War with Zack Twamley

172

324 Europe XII Colonisation and War

173

323 Europe XII Absolutely Nations

174

322Europe XII Religion & Science

175

321 Fin de Siecle

176

320 Justice and the State

177

319 Dearth and Discord

178

318 The Nine Years' War

179

317 Well Worth a Mass

180

316 The Valois Extinguished

181

315 God Breathed

182

314 Drake goes Bowling

183

313 England is Ours

184

312 My Heart is my Own

185

311 Fears of State

186

310 The English College

187

309 Godly, Godlier and Godliest

188

308 Fool's Gold

189

307 All Around the World

190

306 A Devil and No Man

191

305 The Frog Prince

192

304 Seeds of Irish Nationhood

193

303 Shane the Proud

194

302 England's Garland

195

301 Black Tudors

196

300 Trade and Exploration

197

299 West Africa

198

298 A Curate's Egg

199

297 Servant of Crime

200

296 Rising of the North

201

295 Marvellous Good order

202

294 Alarms and Excursions

203

293 Sex and Marriage

204

292 The Queens Marriage

205

291 Queen and Court

206

290 The Religious Settlement

207

289 Elizabeth Regina

208

288 Elizabeth I and the Historians

209

287 Enter Good Queen Bess

210

286 Sex and the Reformation of Manners

211

285 Reformation of Manners

212

284 Popular Culture in the Ritual Year

213

283 Little Commonwealth

214

282 Parish and Protest

215

281 Winners and Losers

216

280 The Land was Never So Full

217

279 Who Wished All for the Best

218

278 The King's Honour

219

277 A Firm Hand

220

276 The Reformation of England

221

275 The Time of Trial

222

274 Not to Destroy but to Build

223

273 Pope II - The Return

224

272 The Spanish Marriage

225

271 Most Faithful Subject

226

270 Wyatt's Doom

227

269 Scorn and Ill Will

228

268 This Hand Offendeth

229

267 Girt with a Sword

230

6.1 - 266 The Late Tudors, 1554 - 1603

231

265 Live Still to Die

232

264g Rebel Queen 8 The Duke

233

264f Rebel Queen 7 Regina

234

264e Rebel Queen 6 The Fleet

235

264d Rebel Queen 5 Resistance

236

264c Rebel Queen 4 War

237

264b Rebel Queen 3 Rivals

238

264a Rebel Queen 2 Proclamation

239

264 Rebel Queen 1 Gathering

240

263 The Devise

241

262 Northumberland

242

261 The Trouble with Mary

243

260 A Double Coup

244

259 The Time of Camps

245

258 Protector Somerset

246

257 His Blood Crieth out against Thee

247

256 The Boy King

248

255 Europe XI The Spanish Century

249

254 Europe X Chaos and Threat

250

253 Europe IX Confessionalism Unleashed

251

252 Henry VIII - Judgement Day

252

251 The End of Days

253

250 Catherine and Anne

254

249 Knaves I Cannot Rule

255

248 To Arms!

256

247 Queen Catherine the Third

257

246 A Rough Wooing

258

245 The Prebendaries Plot

259

244 No More Time to Dance

260

243 A Jewel for Womanhood

261

242 Anne and Thomas

262

241 The Illness of King Henry

263

240 Henry VIII in Ireland and Wales

264

239 Henry VIII and his Realm

265

238 The Fight Back

266

237 Dissolution and Destruction

267

236 The Burning of Derfel Gadarn

268

235 Pilgrimage of Grace II

269

234 Pilgrimage of Grace I

270

233 Obedience

271

232 Evangelicals

272

231 The Scandal of Christendom Debate

273

230 The Execution of Anne Boleyn

274

229 The Reign of Queen Anne Boleyn

275

228 Mistress Anne Boleyn, Scandal of Christendom

276

227 The Reformation Parliament

277

226 The Great Wether

278

225 Matters Great and Personal

279

224 Deadly Poison

280

223 Venal or Vital?

281

222 From Hapsburg to Valois

282

221 The Finest Buck

283

220 Disguisings

284

219 Cloth of Gold

285

218 Universal Peace

286

217 The Cardinal's Hat

287

216 Love and Marriage

288

215 Hero of War

289

214 The Road to War

290

213 Background to War

291

212 Pleasure and Liberty

292

211 Heaven Smiles Earth Rejoices

293

210 Bloody Beast

294

209 Exploration

295

208 I Heart Henry

296

207 The Underworld

297

206 Descent to the Underworld

298

205 Do Not Let Me Perish

299

204 Governing the Early Tudor State

300

203 The Spanish Princess

301

202 Scotland, Cornwell and Warbeck

302

201 Poyning's Law

303

200 Printin and Perkin

304

199 The New Men

305

198 Mothers and Wives

306

197 The Story of Henry VII

307

5.1 - 196 The Early Tudors, 1485 - 1554

308

195 The History of Europe Part VIII

309

194 The Wars of the Roses

310

193 The Blood of Innocents

311

192 Bosworth

312

191 The Reign of Richard III

313

190 Good King Richard

314

189 The Most Untrue Creature

315

188 Richard III - Knave, Fool or Saviour?

316

187 Edward V

317

186 The King is Alive!

318

185 Edward the King

319

184 Edward's Foreign Glory

320

183 The Brothers York

321

182 Games and Beasts

322

181 The 15th Century Rural Economy

323

180 Lives and Loves of the Gentry

324

179 The New Farmers

325

178 The 15th C Economy I

326

177 High Noon at Tewkesbury

327

176 The Readeption

328

175 An Unholy Alliance

329

174 Warwick's Rubicon

330

173 Rivers Rising

331

172 A Royal Marriage

332

171 Two Rulers

333

170 This Fair White Rose

334

169 King without Rule

335

168 With Horns and Trumpets

336

167 The Triumph of Lancaster

337

166 The Reign of Queen Margaret

338

165 Bloodshed

339

164 Madness

340

163 The Cousins' War

341

162 The Return of York

342

161 Captain of Kent

343

160 The Fall of Suffolk and Normandy

344

159 From Arras to Tours

345

158 Catastrophe at Arras

346

157 Joan of Arc

347

156 Reivers

348

155 The Wonder Years

349

154 Henry VIth - A Weak King

350

153 Medieval Working Women

351

152 Death of a Conquering Hero

352

151 The Bridge at Montereau

353

150 Conquering Hero

354

149 Sex, Childbirth and Children

355

148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

356

147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

357

146 Agincourt Campaign Part III The Battle

358

145 The Agincourt Campaign Part II

359

144 The Agincourt Campaigns Part I

360

143 Champion of Christ

361

142 Greatest Man - or Monster?

362

141 De Heretico Comburendo

363

140 Fathers and Sons

364

139 The Fall of Glyn Dwr

365

138 Glyn Dwr and the Showdown

366

137 The Battle of Shrewsbury

367

136 Glyn Dwr Ascendant

368

135 Glyn Dwr Rising

369

4.1 - 134 Lancaster & the Wars of the Roses 1399-1485

370

133 The History of Europe Part VII

371

132 The History of Europe Part VI

372

131 The History of Europe Part V

373

130 Usurpation

374

129 Dominion

375

128 The Narcisist

376

127 A Model of Chivalry

377

126 An Uneasy Calm

378

125 Accusatio

379

124 The Character of a King

380

123 Wycliffe and the Lollards

381

122 Wycliffe and a University Education

382

121 Counter Revolution

383

120 ...Who was then the Gentleman?

384

119 When Adam Delved and Eve Span...

385

118 Introducing Richard II

386

117 The Medieval Year

387

116 The Good Parliament and a Bad Death

388

115 The Rotten Apple

389

114 The Worm in the Apple

390

113 Fashion in the 14th Century

391

112 On the Crest of a Wave

392

111 Poitiers 1356

393

110 Fire and Sword

394

109 War between the Wars

395

108 What has the Black Death ever done for you?

396

107 The Death of Joan

397

106 Neville's Cross, Calais and Roche Derrien

398

105 Crecy

399

104 Lancaster and the battle of Auberoche

400

103 The War in Brittany

401

102 Highs and Lows

402

101 King of France and England

403

100 Theatres of War

404

99 Year One of a Hundred

405

98 The Disinherited

406

97 Above all Princes of his Age

407

96 A History of Medieval Europe Part IV

408

95 The History of Medieval Europe - Part III

409

94a The Mysterious Death of Edward II

410

94 The Reign of Isabella and Mortimer

411

93 The Wages of Tyranny

412

92 The Fall of Lancaster

413

91 The New Favourites

414

90 How to hold a parliament

415

89 The Great Famine

416

88 Politics, scandal, intrigue and turmoil

417

87 Scandal was brought upon the People

418

86 Handing over

419

85 Crime and Punishment

420

84 War, Tournaments and Victory

421

83 Crisis

422

82 The Sucker Punch

423

81 The Great Cause

424

80 In which we Dawdle

425

79 Conqueror and Statesman

426

78 The Crisis in Wales

427

77 Reconstruction

428

76 The Personal Rule of Henry III Part 2

429

75 Nemesis

430

74 The Wheel of Fortune

431

73 Return of the Jedi

432

72 The Empire Strikes Back

433

71 Enter the Leopard

434

70 13 C Lords, Knights and Gentry

435

69 13th C Life - Merchants and Magnates

436

68 13 C Life - Peasants fighting back...and Towns

437

67 13th Century Life - Peasants

438

66 The Road to Revolution

439

65 Why was Henry III so unpopular?

440

64 The Personal Rule of Henry III - Part 1

441

63 The Last Great Justiciar

442

62 The Minority Abroad

443

61 The minority of Henry III

444

3.1 - 60 The Plantagenets 1217 - 1399

445

59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant

446

58 Tyranny and Death

447

57 The Excommunicate

448

56 The History of Medieval Europe Part 2

449

55 The History of Medieval Europe Part 1

450

54 Fighting Back - A Bit

451

53 Torn Apart - the Loss of an Empire

452

52 John Softsword

453

51 The Fouler Presence of John?

454

50 Defence of the Empire

455

49 Travel Chaos

456

48 Richard and the Third Crusade

457

47 The Fall of Jerusalem

458

46 Richard and the Road to Outremer

459

45 Packing the Bags

460

44 The Lionheart

461

43 The Greatest of all Monarchs

462

42 English Justice and the Invasion of Ireland

463

41 Murder in the Cathedral

464

40 Bishop Trouble

465

39 Ruling the Angevin Empire

466

38 Born of the Devil - the Angevins

467

37 12th Century Life - Village, Town and Trade

468

36 Magnates and Churchmen

469

35 12th Century Life - A Knight's Tale

470

34 Anarchy III - Resolution

471

33 Anarchy II - Matilda's Big Chance

472

32 When Christ and his Saints Slept

473

31 Henry I - Normandy and the Succession

474

30 Henry I - Barons, Warfare and Wales

475

29 England in the reign of Henry I

476

28 The Lion of Justice

477

27 Hateful to his People and Odious to God

478

26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade

479

25 Death of a Conqueror

480

24 Revolt of the Earls

481

2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217

482

1.30 - 22 1066 and Goodbye to all That

483

1.29 - 21 The Normans - a race unbridled

484

1.28 - 20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century

485

1.27 - 19 Edward the Confessor

486

1.26 - 18 Edward and the Rise of the Great men

487

1.25 - 17 Cnut the Conqueror

488

1.24 - 16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut

489

1.23 - 15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery

490

1.22 - 14 Aethelred the Unready and the Rising Tide

491

1.21 - 13 Another and last Golden Age

492

1.20 - 12 The last King in Jorvik

493

1.19 - 11 His Years were full of Glory

494

1.18 - 10 English Conquest

495

1.17 - 9 Pillar of the Western People

496

1.16 - 8 Reconstruction and defence

497

1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival

498

1.14 - 6 The Great Heathen Army

499

1.13- 5 The Noble Wolf

500

1.12 - 5a Pirates from the North

501

1.11 - 4 Greater Wessex

502

1.10 - 3 The Mercian Supremacy

503

1.9 - 2: The Rise of Mercia

504

1.8 Revival

505

1.7 Conversion

506

1.6 The Life and Times of Penda II

507

1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I

508

1.4 Founding Kingdoms

509

1.3 Building a New World

510

1.2 Adventus Saxonum

511

1.1 Change and Calamity

512

1.0 - 1 Anglo Saxons England 500-1066

513

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