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01.10 - The Flight of the Earls
Season 1 · Episode 10

01.10 - The Flight of the Earls

The king wrestles with his parliament (not literally) as Ireland faces the post-war world

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

March 24, 201935m 45s

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Show Notes

A closer look at how James attempts to unite his kingdoms into one body, and the difficulty he faced. In Ireland, the English yoke tightens around both the Gaelic and Anglo-Irish in the wake of the Nine Year's War.

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In this episode I made particular use of the following publications:

- Smith, David L., The Stuart parliaments, 1603-1689. (1999)

- David Edwards, 'Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603–1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland: 1550–1730 

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