Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of England.

Now just so happens that my place of holidaying was frighteningly hot.

So if I moved more than one nanometer, I disappeared in a pool of sweat just like the

Wicked Witch of the West.

So I wrote podcast episodes instead.

And so the History of England is saved for a few more weeks.

Last time we'd got to the revolution in the halls of Westminster and the radical events

that led to the expulsion of the Lucennial and issuing of the provisions of Oxford.

One thing I forgot to mention last time was that the provisions were the first official

document to be issued in the despised and reviled English language since the conquest.

This reflects the nature of the revolution, the involvement of a much wider cross-section

of the society.

And it also reflects the with and indeed genuine odour of social radicalism.

There is a genuine strand of opinion that's pushing the line that this is not just about

how the King treats his magnates.

It's also about the common man even gasp down to the left of the peasant.

The provisions of Oxford were reforming the realm for the benefit of the full common

wealth of the realm, even the oaks.

And so it should be written in the language of the oik as well.

Radical stuff, clearly.

But before we follow the journey towards the death squads on the fields of Ishim, I thought

we should take a breather.

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