John Felton, the man who rammed a dagger into the heart of the second most powerful individual in the British Isles, claimed he did so out of patriotism and piety. That's probably the truth, but it wasn't the whole truth. Felton had serious personal grievances with the Duke of Buckingham, and had spent months trying to get his justice.
We also look at the early years of the future Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, and his brushes with the Puritans and with Arminianism. He will play a central role in future Caroline religious policy and the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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03.11 - The Great Escape
03.10 - 'A Crowning Mercy' - the Final Battle of Worcester
03.09 - The Miracle of Dunbar
03.08 - The Murderer of the Scottish Nation
03.07 - The Death of Royalist Ireland
Bonus - The Denbigh House of Cards
03.06 - Never Seen So Hot A Storm
03.05 - Bloody Inhumanity
03.04 - Drogheda: A Day and Night of Uncalculated Butchery
03.03 - The Battle of Rathmines
03.02 - The World Turned Upside Down
03.01 - The English Revolution
Trailer - Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Bonus - Grey History: The French Revolution
02.73 - Regicide
02.72 - The Trial of the Century
02.71 - The Providence of God
02.70 - The Man of Blood
02.69 - The Clean Up
02.68 - The War of the Engagement
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