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The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

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 Welcome to exciting new weekly podcasts from top historians, all about the British Civil Wars.© 2023 The World Turned Upside Down Social Sciences World
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  • The Quakers and the power of print

    The Quakers and the power of print
    Apr 24 2026
    The early Quaker movement was remarkable for its prolific use of print to spread its messages throughout Britain. Indeed, print was critically important in the successful proselytizing of the Quaker message across the country in these early days. It was through its pamphlets that Quaker thinking and arguments became so powerful so rapidly in revolutionary ... Read more
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    35 mins
  • Military welfare in Yorkshire revealed

    Military welfare in Yorkshire revealed
    Apr 17 2026
    Recent research, particularly by members of the Civil War Petitions Project, has shown how the experiences of the wounded and widowed are central to understanding the conflict’s impact on British society. In this talk by the Project’s Principal Investigator, Professor Andrew Hopper, we glimpse the dramatic extent of the War’s destructive effects upon the people of Yorkshire. Large sums of money were raised for military welfare, indicating the consent and commitment of ... Read more
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    35 mins
  • The wars of the five peoples – Ethnicity during the civil wars

    The wars of the five peoples – Ethnicity during the civil wars
    Apr 10 2026
    From the 1990s, the approaches of revisionist historians to the Civil Wars did much to recast the series of conflicts as ‘the Wars of the Three Kingdoms’. These historians stressed the importance of events in Scotland and Ireland in bringing about the eventual outbreak of Civil War in England. But the Civil Wars were not ... Read more
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    44 mins
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I am fascinated by the English Civil War and I'm delighted to be listening to this very interesting new Podcast. Top Historians talking about differant aspects of this turbulent time in British History. Highly recommended.

Excellent new Civil War Podcast

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