Early Stuart England
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 16: Ruling from the Bedchamber
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
1611After the failure of his Great Contract, new players emerge to challenge the Earl of Salisbury. The most threatening are the Scots who act as th...
Episode 15: Assassination
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Summer 1610After several years of peace, Europe suddenly becomes a more dangerous place. Meanwhile at home, Henry the Prince of Wales comes of age, ...
Episode 14: The Great Contract
28 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
1610James recalls parliament for one last attempt to resolve the kingdom's financial problems. The Earl of Salisbury proposes a "Great Contract" - t...
Episode 13: The Beauty of Holiness
21 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two poles begin to emerge in James' "big tent" Church. First, the hard-line Calvinists (or Puritans) we encountered at the Hampton Court Conference,...
Episode 12: The Flight of the Earls
14 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two Irish lords flee the British Isles, leaving the Crown in possession of their extensive lands.
Episode 11: Captain Pouch
07 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The state struggles to suppress a rising of the rural poor in the Midlands.
Episode 10: Coke and Bacon
30 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the prerogative debates of parliament, two lawyers (Edward Coke and Francis Bacon) offer competing visions of English law and society.
Episode 9: The Prerogative of Purveyance
23 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Parliament re-convenes to discuss the kingdom's finances. The Earl of Salisbury suggests a tempting bargain.
Episode 8: A Desperate Remedy
16 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A group of English Catholics attempt to murder the political leadership of England and restore Catholicism to the kingdom.
Episode 7: The Somerset House Conference
09 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Trinity of Knaves secure peace with Spain.
Episode 6: The Trinity of Knaves
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James assembles the trio of men who will lead his administration.
Episode 5: The Happy Union Perfected
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James calls his first parliament. At the top of the agenda is the union of his English and Scottish crowns. However, the King meets some unexpecte...
Episode 4: The Hampton Court Conference
19 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At his palace at Hampton Court, James meets with leading members of the clergy to define his English church.
Episode 3: An Uncorrupted King
12 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James VI comes down from Scotland to become James I of England.
Episode 2: The Queen is Dead
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Cecil and the Earl of Essex battle for supremacy in the last days of Elizabeth's reign.
Introduction
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A brief introduction to the goals of the podcast, and England at the beginning of the 17th century.