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The History of England

400 Many Thousand Citizens

The History of England

David Crowther

Royal, Queen, Europe, Modern, Parliament, History, Monarchy, Early Modern, Medieval, English, England, King, Politics

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Levellers were not an organized, structured politial party or pressure group. They were a loose association of radicals who found they shared new ideas that sprang from their religious view, the chaos and freedoms of the time, and the possibility of change. In 1646 their first coherent petition hit the streets - The Remonstrance of Many Thousand Citizens

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and I have a podcast recommendation for you another one.

0:06.0

So one of the things I really love about the English Revolution is that amongst those in the

0:10.1

know it generates wild enthusiasm.

0:13.4

This is one of the reasons why I love Mark Turnbull's podcast,

0:17.4

Cavalier cast, which is the thing I'm recommending to you today.

0:21.0

Mark is an historian and an author and he's been fascinated by the Civil

0:25.7

War since the age of 10, so you know, snap. Cavalier cast is really accessible probably

0:32.0

partly because of that enthusiasm but also

0:34.4

because it's topic-based so you can dip in and you can dip out. Also Mark talks to

0:39.9

experts from a very wide range of disciplines. There are historians and authors that's great but also

0:45.6

reenactors, curators, archaeologists. In particular, loved hearing John Reese talk about the levelersllers whose story we're just starting now.

0:54.0

There was Leander de Lyle talking about Henriette to Maria and of course the episode about the great patriot,

0:59.0

John Hamden. So, if the English Revolution fires your musket or trails your pike, give Cavalier cast a go. You're going to do. Hello everyone and welcome to the history of England episode 400 yes 400 many

1:41.8

thousand citizens.

1:44.4

Now look, I have something along the lines of the feeling you get when the weather has been

1:49.6

utterly filthy for ages, and all night the storm was shaking your windows and rattling your

1:55.0

walls yet when you wake up and walk out into the morning you find the times have

2:00.5

been a changing the morning is blue spring spring is here, the sun is shining

2:04.4

through the trees, the birds are singing. And you remember, this is the first day of the rest of your

2:10.5

life. Because here, in the history of England the storm of war has passed.

2:16.4

Now England and Scotland surely can put their shattered lives back to pieces.

2:21.1

Probably not Ireland I have to say sadly there a bit of

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