Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Samuel Hume
A Podcast History of the British Empire
- 32 minutes 33 seconds04.13 - From Death and Darkness
How the Puritans converted the Indians, the origins of Harvard University Press, and the first bible in an American language.
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16 March 2026, 8:05 am - 34 minutes 50 seconds4-12 - Love Thy Neighbour
We get to grips with the history of King Philip's War, and set the stage for the conflict to come.
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23 February 2026, 10:00 pm - 56 minutes 11 secondsBonus - The Company in India with Professor Philip Stern
Philip J. Stern, Professor of History at Duke
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16 February 2026, 8:05 am - 23 minutes 42 seconds04.11 - New Starts in New England
New England faces smallpox, failed harvests, and religious dissenters.
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9 February 2026, 8:00 pm - 32 minutes 48 seconds04.10 - The Cabal
With the downfall of Clarendon, the CABAL takes centre stage in Restoration politics. But it's never so simple...
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26 January 2026, 11:32 pm - 34 minutes 56 seconds04.09 - The Raid on the Medway
Bankruptcy forces the Royal Navy into port. I'm sure it'll be safe.
- Nicholas Rodgers, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649–1815
- Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
- Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
- Frank Fox, The Four Days' Battle: The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail, 2009.
- David Onnekink & Gijs Rommelse, The Dutch in the Early Modern World.
- Steve Murdoch, The terror of the Seas: Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713, 2010.
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19 January 2026, 9:05 am - 44 minutes 27 seconds04.08 - The Four Days' Battle
The Royal Navy and the Dutch fleet square off. Michiel de Ruyter needs to clear the way for the merchant fleet to get home, or else the Dutch economy might collapse. George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, is outnumbered and outgunned, and Prince Rupert races to join him.
- Nicholas Rodgers, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649–1815
- Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
- Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016.
- Frank Fox, The Four Days' Battle: The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail, 2009.
- David Onnekink & Gijs Rommelse, The Dutch in the Early Modern World.
- Steve Murdoch, The terror of the Seas: Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713, 2010.
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12 January 2026, 8:05 am - 35 minutes 20 seconds04.07 - A City of Ash
After the Great Fire of London, the city needed to be rebuilt.
- Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire
- Jacob Field, London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recover.
- Clare Jackson, Charles II: The Star King
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5 January 2026, 8:05 am - 53 minutes 12 secondsSlavery throughout History with Patrick Wyman
Today I speak with Dr Patrick Wyman, host of The Fall of Rome, Tides of History, and his new show Past Lives. He's also published The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World, and has a forthcoming book, Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World.
We talk about public history, slavery, and the podcast industry!
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22 December 2025, 8:05 am - 42 minutes 20 seconds04.06 - The Great Fire of London
From a bakery on Pudding Lane, a fire destroys most of the City of London.
- Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire
- Jacob Field, London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recover.
- Clare Jackson, Charles II: The Star King
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24 November 2025, 8:05 pm - 31 minutes 58 seconds04.05 - The Great Plague of London
The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales.
- Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History.
- Dorothy Moote, The great plague: the story of London's most deadly year.
- Charles River, The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England’s Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
- Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire.
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