Greg Jenner

There's also the wits and ales. So the brewing of ales, which I think is, again, the Puritans are against. So we've got this sort of culture war. The king is ramping up the culture war on one side. The Puritans are pushing back. But we also then get the cost of living crisis again, John. Why is this crisis happening? It's not... Inflation, is it?

Why is the guy dressing up in women's clothing? Is he just feeling more comfortable that way? This is his excuse.

Why is the guy dressing up in women's clothing? Is he just feeling more comfortable that way? This is his excuse.

It's quite pantomime, isn't it? It's quite sort of weird, wanky. Now, earlier, Toussaint, you mentioned Marvel, and I can ring my Marvel bell because we have Captain Carter show up, who is a lady who sort of rallies the brave lads of Malden in Essex. Do you know what she does, Toussaint?

It's quite pantomime, isn't it? It's quite sort of weird, wanky. Now, earlier, Toussaint, you mentioned Marvel, and I can ring my Marvel bell because we have Captain Carter show up, who is a lady who sort of rallies the brave lads of Malden in Essex. Do you know what she does, Toussaint?

Yeah, they go on a heist. They go to steal some stuff.

Yeah, they go on a heist. They go to steal some stuff.

Well, they're going after the grain. They carted it off. Captain Carter carted it off.

Well, they're going after the grain. They carted it off. Captain Carter carted it off.

You can't eat gold, Doosan. Come on, think of it. They're hungry. This is a political act. John, Captain Carter, or Anne Carter as she is, she was executed for this heist.

You can't eat gold, Doosan. Come on, think of it. They're hungry. This is a political act. John, Captain Carter, or Anne Carter as she is, she was executed for this heist.

Yeah. Okay. And the king also devises other stricter penalties. He goes after the printing. So he's sort of controlling the media, I suppose. Is that fair?

Yeah. Okay. And the king also devises other stricter penalties. He goes after the printing. So he's sort of controlling the media, I suppose. Is that fair?

Yeah. So getting your ears lopped off in a snowstorm is the 17th century equivalent of YouTube taking down a video for copyright infringement. It's quite bad, but they don't kill you. Let's get back briefly to Captain Carter. Was she rare being a woman involved in protests, John? You said it was rare that she was executed, but were women often politically engaged, politically radicalised?

Yeah. So getting your ears lopped off in a snowstorm is the 17th century equivalent of YouTube taking down a video for copyright infringement. It's quite bad, but they don't kill you. Let's get back briefly to Captain Carter. Was she rare being a woman involved in protests, John? You said it was rare that she was executed, but were women often politically engaged, politically radicalised?

Wow. I mean, chucking molten tar onto a sort of sacred table in a holy building, that's quite bold. Toussaint, I mean, have you ever gone that bold with a protest?

Wow. I mean, chucking molten tar onto a sort of sacred table in a holy building, that's quite bold. Toussaint, I mean, have you ever gone that bold with a protest?

All right, so that's a very bold protest. She called herself the primate and metropolitan, and she sat in a bishop's throne as well, didn't she? She really, like, wasn't keen. Cheeky, very cheeky. Cheeky, I think is politely putting it.

All right, so that's a very bold protest. She called herself the primate and metropolitan, and she sat in a bishop's throne as well, didn't she? She really, like, wasn't keen. Cheeky, very cheeky. Cheeky, I think is politely putting it.

We've spoken a lot about England so far, and I think it's really important, in case listeners don't know, that Charles I of England was king of Scotland as well. There were kingdoms that he reunited because he was a steward. His family was Scottish. His dad was Scottish. So these English reforms, these William Lord reforms, was he also pushing them north of the border up into Scotland as well?