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The History of England

Jonathan Healey and the Blazing World

The History of England

David Crowther

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

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

17th Century was a century of change and revolution, a world beautifully described in the a rich and varied book, The Blazing World. Historian Jonathan Healey comes along to talk through some of the themes and events that make the century such a fascinating time.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone. Before I start if you'll forgive me I have a

0:03.7

podcast recommendation for you all it's called the British Food History

0:08.0

podcast. I recommend it to you on the rigorous selection process that I really like it and maybe you will too.

0:15.3

Also it's a great and rich subject. Most of all though I really like the host who is

0:20.7

Dr. Neil Butchery and he really knows what he's talking about.

0:24.4

He's an author, a PhD in the subject, he's got a really good blog as well, actually.

0:29.3

But the main thing is he's an absolute and total enthusiast and that to me is the heart of

0:34.7

independent podcasting he's doing it because he loves his subject primarily

0:38.8

he's a warm and lovely host he has lots of really great guests. So Diane Perkis of The People's History of the Civil War

0:46.3

Fame, she was there for example, she's now done the People's History approach to food.

0:51.7

There's one just out on medieval food and one

0:54.8

I absolutely loved on school meals. How I laughed at that one and cried just a

1:00.8

little bit at the memory of the tubes in school liver so much yuck anyway it's great

1:07.5

give it a go on your normal pop-catcher the British Food History podcast with

1:12.4

Dr Neil Buttery.

1:17.0

Hello, I'm Catherine Ryan, host of Telling Everybody Everything,

1:20.0

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1:24.2

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1:30.3

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1:36.5

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1:39.3

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1:44.3

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