The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution 1603-1660


Read by Pamela Nagami

(4.6 stars; 4 reviews)

Samuel Rawson Gardiner was an eminent British historian of the Victorian era whose works on the 17th century remain a respected source. This book, though short, features many of Gardner’s strengths, such as his balanced portrayal of character--the doomed Strafford, Laud, and King Charles, and the visionary leader, Oliver Cromwell. Great battles unfold across England, Scotland, and Ireland. The author delineates the constitutional issues in play in this national struggle between doctrinal certainty and liberty of conscience, between the royal power, Parliament, the populace of London, and the soldiers of the New Model Army. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

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Ch. 1: The Puritans and the House of Commons, Section 1: Reformers and Puritans 11:39 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Section 2: The Tudor Monarchy 13:22 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Section 3: The Hampton Court Conference and the Purposed Union with Scotland 9:15 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Section 4: The New Impositions and the Great Contract 7:18 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: The Spanish Alliance, Section 1: The Gunpowder Plot 5:57 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Section 2: James I and Spain 14:21 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Section 3: The Spaniards in the Palatinate 14:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Section 4: The Loss of the Palatinate 8:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: Section 5: The Journey to Madrid 10:38 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: The Ascendency of Buckingham, Section 1: The Last Parliament of James I 7:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3, Section 2: The First Parliament of Charles I 8:30 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3, Section 3: The Impeachment of Buckingham, and the Expedition to Rhé 10:24 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3, Section 4: The Petition of Right and the Assassination of Buckingham 10:00 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: The Personal Government of Charles I, Section 1: Taxation and Religion 9:19 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4, Section 2: The Breach between the King and the Commons 12:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4, Section 3: The Beginnings of Unparliamentary Government 13:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4, Section 4: Ecclesiastical Parties 10:20 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4, Section 5: New England 5:41 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: The Reign of Thorough, Section 1: General Enforcement of Conformity 11:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Section 2: Ship-money 9:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Section 3: Prynne, Bastwick, and Burton 7:01 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Section 4: Wentworth in Ireland 11:09 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: Resistance in Scotland and England, Section 1: The Downfall of Episcopacy in Scotland 8:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6, Section 2: The Bishops' Wars and the Short Parliament 8:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6, Section 3: The Meeting of the Long Parliament and the Execution of Strafford 7:31 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6, Section 4: Demands of the Commons 11:53 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6, Section 5: The Grand Remonstrance and the Rupture with the King 12:50 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7: The Downfall of Royalty, Section 1: The Beginning of the Civil War 14:13 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Section 2: Presbyterians and Independents 14:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Section 3: Marston Moor and Naseby 14:25 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Section 4: The Army and the Parliament 13:02 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Section 5: The Second Civil War and the Execution of the King 9:13 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Section 2: The Dissolution of the Long Parliament 9:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: The Commonwealth, Section 1: Cromwell's Last Victories 13:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Section 3: The Assembly of Nominees 5:48 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: Oliver's Protectorate, Section 1: Oliver's First Parliament 10:53 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9, Section 2: The Major-Generals 11:24 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9, Section 3: Oliver's Second Parliament 9:40 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9, Section 4: Death of Oliver 8:11 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: End of the Revolution, Section 1: Anarchy 7:17 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10, Section 2: The Restoration 6:48 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10, Section 3: The Ecclesiastical Settlement of the Restoration 14:58 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10, Section 4: The Revival of Parliamentary Opposition 5:46 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10, Section 5: Revival of the Idea of Toleration 8:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10, Section 6: The Revolution of 1688 6:45 Read by Pamela Nagami