Stuart

Premium

William of Orange depicted landing in Devon

What if… James II and VII had kept his throne? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

The battle of Blenheim

What if… Charles II of Spain had produced an heir? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Pod Reputations WL

Great Reputations: Oliver Cromwell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Pod Francesca Peacock WL

Margaret Cavendish: scandalous 17th-century writer . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

General Early Modern

Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century ‘serial killer’

Premium

A statue of Alice Nutter

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Pod Kate Mosse WL

Kate Mosse on pirate women & Huguenot refugees . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Civil War Episodes

Quiz How much do you know about the Civil War? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Cromwell depicted with Major-General John Lambert

What if... Oliver Cromwell’s son had never been named Lord Protector? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

The battle of Worcester: Cromwell’s last battle

Video Roundheads WL

Roundheads and Cavaliers: where did the Civil War nicknames come from?

Painting depicting the Battle of Naseby

The battle of Naseby: what happened?

A 19th-century painting of Queen Henrietta Maria fleeing England as the Civil Wars turn against Charles I (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

From the home front to the front line: what were the roles of women in the Civil War?

In a 19th-century painting by Charles Landseer, Oliver Cromwell reads Charles I’s explosive correspondence captured at Naseby. It revealed the king was conspiring to gain Catholic support for his cause (Photo by ART Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

10 key battles of the Civil War

A painting of the battle of Naseby

The New Model Army: how Oliver Cromwell’s radical fighting force won the Civil War