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452 A New Reformation

2

451 Exodus

3

450 Beat Your Drums

4

449 King James II of Great Britain

5

AAG 1666-1685 How Merrie is your Monarch?

6

AAG 1660-1666 Restoration

7

448 Not So Merrie

8

English Objects with the Three Ravens

9

447 The Exclusion Brouhaha

10

446 The Popish Plot

11

445 Carnage

12

444 Danby's New Way

13

443 Charles' Great Game

14

Roifield and David's Stories of England in 50 Objects

15

442 The Treaty of Dover

16

441 The Duellist

17

The Rage of Party with George Owers

18

440 The Kingdom is Undone

19

439 London Reborn

20

Crucible of Modernity with Dr Jeevun Sandher, MP

21

438 Burned to Sticks

22

437 The Pale Horseman

23

436 Three Horsemen

24

School for Scandal by Gavin Whitehead

25

435 The Anglican Tyranny

26

434 Return of the King

27

433 9.1 Restoration, Revolution and the English Enlightenment

28

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

29

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

30

French and English Revolutions Q&A Part II

31

French and English Revolutions Q&A Part I

32

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

33

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

34

When Theatre Refused to Die by Philip Rowe

35

AAG 1654-1660 Protectorate and Restoration

36

431b A World Turned Upside Down?

37

431a Afterlives

38

430 The Comeback Kid

39

429 The Good Old Cause

40

Oliver Cromwell: Life and Times with Miranda Malins

41

428 Make Haste to be Gone

42

427 Republic: Learning, Philosophy, Science

43

426 Living with the Republic

44

425 Republic: Court and Culture

45

424 King Cromwell

46

423 Designs and Major Generals

47

422 Healing and Settling?

48

Announcing the 2025 History of England Podcast Tour

49

421 Completing the Settlements

50

The Lionheart - Ransom and Revenge

51

420 Lord Protector

52

Cromwell and the Poets

53

419 Cromwell and his Reputation

54

Nelson with Dominic Sandbrook

55

AAG 1649-1653 The Commonwealth

56

AAG 1646-1649 To Kill a King

57

418 Barebones

58

417 Kicking the Rump

59

Milton, Nedham and the Commonwealth with Anthony Bromley

60

416 Acts of Settlement and War

61

415 Rumpers

62

414 The Ground of Liberty

63

413 Cromwell in Ireland

64

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

65

Part I Sam and David English Revolution Q&A

66

412 Levelers and Diggers

67

411 Commonwealth and Free State

68

Britain's Prehistory with Richard Grove

69

410 Tyrant, Traitor, Murderer

70

409 Agreement of the People

71

408 The Treaty of Newport

72

407 The Peoples' Distress

73

406 Engagements

74

405 The Putney Debates

75

404 A New Model Coup

76

403 No Mere Mercenary Army

77

402 Enemies of the State

78

401 The Mind of a Martyr

79

400 Many Thousand Citizens

80

AAG 1643-1646 The First Civil War

81

399 End Game

82

Jonathan Healey and the Blazing World

83

398 The Clubmen

84

397 In Assurance of Victory

85

396 The New Model Army

86

Anglo Saxon Rendlesham

87

395 Forever Newbury

88

394 Lost With It All

89

393 We Saw No Light

90

392 The Neighbourhood War

91

391 The National War

92

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

93

390 Leagues and Covenants

94

389 Newsheets and Newbury

95

Margaret Cavendish with Prof Margaret Oakes

96

388 Runaway Down

97

387 Sinews of War

98

AAG 1641-1642 The Descent to War

99

386 The Fighting Spreads

100

385 The Battle for London

101

384 Breaking Storm

102

383 Choosing Sides

103

382 War of Words

104

British Reaction to the French Revolution by Grey History

105

381 Six Days

106

380 Irish Revolt

107

379 The King's Party

108

378 Protestations

109

377 After Strafford

110

AAG 1638-1641 The Search for Peace

111

Three Ravens Yorkshire

112

376 Letters of Blood

113

375 Divisions

114

374 Paradise Lost

115

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Angevin Empire

116

373 Dreaming of a Golden Age

117

372 Go On Vigorously

118

371 Parliament Recalled

119

370 Reduce to Obedience

120

8.1 - 369 The English Revolution

121

AAG 1629-1638 The Personal Rule

122

368 A Prince's Punishments

123

367 New England

124

366 The Chesapeake

125

365 Hub of Empire

126

364 Before the English Came

127

363 Laud Unleashed

128

362 Free Men not Villeins

129

Henry Stuart by DGMH

130

361 Charles in Charge

131

360 Charles Abroad

132

359 Charles is At Home

133

Den of Thieves

134

358 New Counsels

135

AAG 1625-1629 New Ways, Old Ways

136

357 Vipers

137

356 Petition of Right

138

Place Names - A Shedcast

139

355 The Hearts of our People

140

354 Parlement a sa Mode

141

353 Lawyers Vs Clerics

142

352 A Beard Unsinged

143

351 Bred in Parliaments

144

350 Charles' Inheritance

145

English Revolution Poll Results and HiT Cromwell

146

AAG 1615-1625 King of Britain

147

349 The Country House

148

348 The Great Rebuilding

149

347 The English Revolution

150

346 Theatre III: The Crystal Mirror

151

345 Theatre II: Playwrights

152

344 Theatre I The New Playhouse

153

343 As He Lived in Peace

154

342 Spanish Mismatch

155

341 Knights Adventurer

156

340 Ancient Birthright

157

339 A Scandal in Bohemia

158

338 Book of Books

159

337 The Favourite Favourite

160

336 The Plantations of Ireland

161

AAG 1605-1615 The Fount of all Virtue

162

335 This Sin of Blood

163

334 Murder!

164

333 Addled

165

332 The Great Contract

166

331 Captain Pouch

167

330 John Bates' Currants

168

14th Century Italy with Mike Corradi

169

329 Oaths and Libels

170

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape with Stephen Mileson

171

At A Gallop - Dawn of Stuart England to 1605

172

328 Apology, Explosion, Satisfaction

173

327 Under New Management

174

326 King of Scots

175

7.1 - 325 The Early Stuarts

176

324a The 30 Years War with Zack Twamley

177

324 Europe XII Colonisation and War

178

323 Europe XII Absolutely Nations

179

322Europe XII Religion & Science

180

321 Fin de Siecle

181

320 Justice and the State

182

319 Dearth and Discord

183

318 The Nine Years' War

184

317 Well Worth a Mass

185

316 The Valois Extinguished

186

315 God Breathed

187

314 Drake goes Bowling

188

313 England is Ours

189

312 My Heart is my Own

190

311 Fears of State

191

310 The English College

192

309 Godly, Godlier and Godliest

193

308 Fool's Gold

194

307 All Around the World

195

306 A Devil and No Man

196

305 The Frog Prince

197

304 Seeds of Irish Nationhood

198

303 Shane the Proud

199

302 England's Garland

200

301 Black Tudors

201

300 Trade and Exploration

202

299 West Africa

203

298 A Curate's Egg

204

297 Servant of Crime

205

296 Rising of the North

206

295 Marvellous Good order

207

294 Alarms and Excursions

208

293 Sex and Marriage

209

292 The Queens Marriage

210

291 Queen and Court

211

290 The Religious Settlement

212

289 Elizabeth Regina

213

288 Elizabeth I and the Historians

214

287 Enter Good Queen Bess

215

286 Sex and the Reformation of Manners

216

285 Reformation of Manners

217

284 Popular Culture in the Ritual Year

218

283 Little Commonwealth

219

282 Parish and Protest

220

281 Winners and Losers

221

280 The Land was Never So Full

222

279 Who Wished All for the Best

223

278 The King's Honour

224

277 A Firm Hand

225

276 The Reformation of England

226

275 The Time of Trial

227

274 Not to Destroy but to Build

228

273 Pope II - The Return

229

272 The Spanish Marriage

230

271 Most Faithful Subject

231

270 Wyatt's Doom

232

269 Scorn and Ill Will

233

268 This Hand Offendeth

234

267 Girt with a Sword

235

6.1 - 266 The Late Tudors, 1554 - 1603

236

265 Live Still to Die

237

264g Rebel Queen 8 The Duke

238

264f Rebel Queen 7 Regina

239

264e Rebel Queen 6 The Fleet

240

264d Rebel Queen 5 Resistance

241

264c Rebel Queen 4 War

242

264b Rebel Queen 3 Rivals

243

264a Rebel Queen 2 Proclamation

244

264 Rebel Queen 1 Gathering

245

263 The Devise

246

262 Northumberland

247

261 The Trouble with Mary

248

260 A Double Coup

249

259 The Time of Camps

250

258 Protector Somerset

251

257 His Blood Crieth out against Thee

252

256 The Boy King

253

255 Europe XI The Spanish Century

254

254 Europe X Chaos and Threat

255

253 Europe IX Confessionalism Unleashed

256

252 Henry VIII - Judgement Day

257

251 The End of Days

258

250 Catherine and Anne

259

249 Knaves I Cannot Rule

260

248 To Arms!

261

247 Queen Catherine the Third

262

246 A Rough Wooing

263

245 The Prebendaries Plot

264

244 No More Time to Dance

265

243 A Jewel for Womanhood

266

242 Anne and Thomas

267

241 The Illness of King Henry

268

240 Henry VIII in Ireland and Wales

269

239 Henry VIII and his Realm

270

238 The Fight Back

271

237 Dissolution and Destruction

272

236 The Burning of Derfel Gadarn

273

235 Pilgrimage of Grace II

274

234 Pilgrimage of Grace I

275

233 Obedience

276

232 Evangelicals

277

231 The Scandal of Christendom Debate

278

230 The Execution of Anne Boleyn

279

229 The Reign of Queen Anne Boleyn

280

228 Mistress Anne Boleyn, Scandal of Christendom

281

227 The Reformation Parliament

282

226 The Great Wether

283

225 Matters Great and Personal

284

224 Deadly Poison

285

223 Venal or Vital?

286

222 From Hapsburg to Valois

287

221 The Finest Buck

288

220 Disguisings

289

219 Cloth of Gold

290

218 Universal Peace

291

217 The Cardinal's Hat

292

216 Love and Marriage

293

215 Hero of War

294

214 The Road to War

295

213 Background to War

296

212 Pleasure and Liberty

297

211 Heaven Smiles Earth Rejoices

298

210 Bloody Beast

299

209 Exploration

300

208 I Heart Henry

301

207 The Underworld

302

206 Descent to the Underworld

303

205 Do Not Let Me Perish

304

204 Governing the Early Tudor State

305

203 The Spanish Princess

306

202 Scotland, Cornwell and Warbeck

307

201 Poyning's Law

308

200 Printin and Perkin

309

199 The New Men

310

198 Mothers and Wives

311

197 The Story of Henry VII

312

5.1 - 196 The Early Tudors, 1485 - 1554

313

195 The History of Europe Part VIII

314

194 The Wars of the Roses

315

193 The Blood of Innocents

316

192 Bosworth

317

191 The Reign of Richard III

318

190 Good King Richard

319

189 The Most Untrue Creature

320

188 Richard III - Knave, Fool or Saviour?

321

187 Edward V

322

186 The King is Alive!

323

185 Edward the King

324

184 Edward's Foreign Glory

325

183 The Brothers York

326

182 Games and Beasts

327

181 The 15th Century Rural Economy

328

180 Lives and Loves of the Gentry

329

179 The New Farmers

330

178 The 15th C Economy I

331

177 High Noon at Tewkesbury

332

176 The Readeption

333

175 An Unholy Alliance

334

174 Warwick's Rubicon

335

173 Rivers Rising

336

172 A Royal Marriage

337

171 Two Rulers

338

170 This Fair White Rose

339

169 King without Rule

340

168 With Horns and Trumpets

341

167 The Triumph of Lancaster

342

166 The Reign of Queen Margaret

343

165 Bloodshed

344

164 Madness

345

163 The Cousins' War

346

162 The Return of York

347

161 Captain of Kent

348

160 The Fall of Suffolk and Normandy

349

159 From Arras to Tours

350

158 Catastrophe at Arras

351

157 Joan of Arc

352

156 Reivers

353

155 The Wonder Years

354

154 Henry VIth - A Weak King

355

153 Medieval Working Women

356

152 Death of a Conquering Hero

357

151 The Bridge at Montereau

358

150 Conquering Hero

359

149 Sex, Childbirth and Children

360

148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

361

147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

362

146 Agincourt Campaign Part III The Battle

363

145 The Agincourt Campaign Part II

364

144 The Agincourt Campaigns Part I

365

143 Champion of Christ

366

142 Greatest Man - or Monster?

367

141 De Heretico Comburendo

368

140 Fathers and Sons

369

139 The Fall of Glyn Dwr

370

138 Glyn Dwr and the Showdown

371

137 The Battle of Shrewsbury

372

136 Glyn Dwr Ascendant

373

135 Glyn Dwr Rising

374

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

375

133 The History of Europe Part VII

376

132 The History of Europe Part VI

377

131 The History of Europe Part V

378

130 Usurpation

379

129 Dominion

380

128 The Narcisist

381

127 A Model of Chivalry

382

126 An Uneasy Calm

383

125 Accusatio

384

124 The Character of a King

385

123 Wycliffe and the Lollards

386

122 Wycliffe and a University Education

387

121 Counter Revolution

388

120 ...Who was then the Gentleman?

389

119 When Adam Delved and Eve Span...

390

118 Introducing Richard II

391

117 The Medieval Year

392

116 The Good Parliament and a Bad Death

393

115 The Rotten Apple

394

114 The Worm in the Apple

395

113 Fashion in the 14th Century

396

112 On the Crest of a Wave

397

111 Poitiers 1356

398

110 Fire and Sword

399

109 War between the Wars

400

108 What has the Black Death ever done for you?

401

107 The Death of Joan

402

106 Neville's Cross, Calais and Roche Derrien

403

105 Crecy

404

104 Lancaster and the battle of Auberoche

405

103 The War in Brittany

406

102 Highs and Lows

407

101 King of France and England

408

100 Theatres of War

409

99 Year One of a Hundred

410

98 The Disinherited

411

97 Above all Princes of his Age

412

96 A History of Medieval Europe Part IV

413

95 The History of Medieval Europe - Part III

414

94a The Mysterious Death of Edward II

415

94 The Reign of Isabella and Mortimer

416

93 The Wages of Tyranny

417

92 The Fall of Lancaster

418

91 The New Favourites

419

90 How to hold a parliament

420

89 The Great Famine

421

88 Politics, scandal, intrigue and turmoil

422

87 Scandal was brought upon the People

423

86 Handing over

424

85 Crime and Punishment

425

84 War, Tournaments and Victory

426

83 Crisis

427

82 The Sucker Punch

428

81 The Great Cause

429

80 In which we Dawdle

430

79 Conqueror and Statesman

431

78 The Crisis in Wales

432

77 Reconstruction

433

76 The Personal Rule of Henry III Part 2

434

75 Nemesis

435

74 The Wheel of Fortune

436

73 Return of the Jedi

437

72 The Empire Strikes Back

438

71 Enter the Leopard

439

70 13 C Lords, Knights and Gentry

440

69 13th C Life - Merchants and Magnates

441

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

442

67 13th Century Life - Peasants

443

66 The Road to Revolution

444

65 Why was Henry III so unpopular?

445

64 The Personal Rule of Henry III - Part 1

446

63 The Last Great Justiciar

447

62 The Minority Abroad

448

61 The minority of Henry III

449

3.1 - 60 The Plantagenets 1217 - 1399

450

59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant

451

58 Tyranny and Death

452

57 The Excommunicate

453

56 The History of Medieval Europe Part 2

454

55 The History of Medieval Europe Part 1

455

54 Fighting Back - A Bit

456

53 Torn Apart - the Loss of an Empire

457

52 John Softsword

458

51 The Fouler Presence of John?

459

50 Defence of the Empire

460

49 Travel Chaos

461

48 Richard and the Third Crusade

462

47 The Fall of Jerusalem

463

46 Richard and the Road to Outremer

464

45 Packing the Bags

465

44 The Lionheart

466

43 The Greatest of all Monarchs

467

42 English Justice and the Invasion of Ireland

468

41 Murder in the Cathedral

469

40 Bishop Trouble

470

39 Ruling the Angevin Empire

471

38 Born of the Devil - the Angevins

472

37 12th Century Life - Village, Town and Trade

473

36 Magnates and Churchmen

474

35 12th Century Life - A Knight's Tale

475

34 Anarchy III - Resolution

476

33 Anarchy II - Matilda's Big Chance

477

32 When Christ and his Saints Slept

478

31 Henry I - Normandy and the Succession

479

30 Henry I - Barons, Warfare and Wales

480

29 England in the reign of Henry I

481

28 The Lion of Justice

482

27 Hateful to his People and Odious to God

483

26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade

484

25 Death of a Conqueror

485

24 Revolt of the Earls

486

2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217

487

1.30 - 22 1066 and Goodbye to all That

488

1.29 - 21 The Normans - a race unbridled

489

1.28 - 20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century

490

1.27 - 19 Edward the Confessor

491

1.26 - 18 Edward and the Rise of the Great men

492

1.25 - 17 Cnut the Conqueror

493

1.24 - 16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut

494

1.23 - 15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery

495

1.22 - 14 Aethelred the Unready and the Rising Tide

496

1.21 - 13 Another and last Golden Age

497

1.20 - 12 The last King in Jorvik

498

1.19 - 11 His Years were full of Glory

499

1.18 - 10 English Conquest

500

1.17 - 9 Pillar of the Western People

501

1.16 - 8 Reconstruction and defence

502

1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival

503

1.14 - 6 The Great Heathen Army

504

1.13- 5 The Noble Wolf

505

1.12 - 5a Pirates from the North

506

1.11 - 4 Greater Wessex

507

1.10 - 3 The Mercian Supremacy

508

1.9 - 2: The Rise of Mercia

509

1.8 Revival

510

1.7 Conversion

511

1.6 The Life and Times of Penda II

512

1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I

513

1.4 Founding Kingdoms

514

1.3 Building a New World

515

1.2 Adventus Saxonum

516

1.1 Change and Calamity

517

1.0 - 1 Anglo Saxons England 500-1066

518

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