The World Turned Upside Down
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Welcome to exciting new weekly podcasts from top historians, all about the British Civil Wars.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Academic conversations connect battlefield decisions with taxation, welfare, law and the lived consequences of the British Civil Wars.
The World Turned Upside Down builds its account of the British Civil Wars through academic interviews and talks, shifting confidently between military command, political authority and civilian experience.
Oxford's royal welcome turns into a tax bill, and you get the human cost behind the banners.
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Yorkshire petitions turn Civil War welfare into a story of wounds, parish pressure, and memory that outlasted the fighting.
Military welfare gives this single-episode review its cleanest line of interest. Marston Moor leads into Yorkshire parishes, petitions, and the cost pushed onto local communities after the British Civil Wars.
A measured look at how Welsh and Cornish loyalties complicate the familiar civil-war map.
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms framing is tested here by bringing Wales and Cornwall into the picture, with the discussion asking whether the civil wars might be better understood as conflicts among five peoples.
Oxford's Royalist capital years become a story of labour, taxation, damaged property, and lasting civic debt.
Oxford's four years as the Royalist capital come through as a civic strain felt in packed households, forced labour, heavier taxes, and debts that lingered long after the fighting moved on.
A sharp portrait of Blake's rise from land commander to naval leader.
This episode gives Robert Blake a clear arc: first a Civil Wars commander on land, then a major naval figure. The storytelling keeps moving, and it treats him as a working strategist rather than a bronze statue, which helps.
A sharp look at how elite violence survived inside the machinery of law.
This episode looks at the uneasy overlap between status, law, and violence in early modern Europe, using duels and murder trials to push back on the familiar story of a gentler age.
Careful history with narrative momentum.
Shakespeare’s world, made tangible.
Small objects, large histories.
Royal history with scores, jokes, and grudges.
History as a guided visit.
Stuart Carroll argues that elite violence in England, France, and the Italian and German states did not simply decline after the mid-17th century.
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Professor Andrew Hopper discusses the impact of the British Civil Wars on Yorkshire, focusing on the experiences of wounded soldiers and widows through petitions and military welfare.
Historians discuss the role of Welsh and Cornish peoples in the British Civil Wars, exploring whether the conflict should be reframed as the Wars of the Five Peoples.
A doctoral student discusses the contribution of Oxford citizens to the Royalist war effort during the British Civil Wars.
This episode explores the consequences of Charles I's execution for Scotland, including invasion and the push for union with England.
A historian discusses the formative exile years of Charles II before his restoration to the throne.
Historian Jacqueline Eales analyzes Charles I's role in his own downfall and the abolition of the monarchy during the British Civil Wars.
Peter Gaunt presents 1644 as the year the English conflict became a wider British war through Scottish and Irish intervention.
Peter Gaunt dates the Civil War conventionally to 22 August 1642, when the King raised his standard at Nottingham, while noting earlier clashes in Manchester and Warwickshire.
This episode examines why Charles I pursued personal rule despite opposition, leading to the English Civil War.
A historian discusses the propaganda surrounding a minor skirmish in Birmingham during the British Civil Wars.
A historian interviews a biographer about Oliver Cromwell's early life and family background during the British Civil Wars.