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Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

The Root and Branch Reforms

Now that the champions of Personal Rule have been dealt with, Parliament takes aim at the mechanisms which kept the Eleven Years Tyranny in force. Star Chamber and High Commission are on the chopping block, and the bishops themselves are at risk.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War


Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed


Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660


Harris, T. Rebellion 

Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars


Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689



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