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Jul 2024
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03.33 - The Occupation of Scotland

Samuel Hume
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The New Model Army occupies Scotland, but trouble is brewing in the Highlands.

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This episode could not have been written without the following works:

  • Francis Dow, Cromwellian Scotland, 1651-1660, 1999.
  • Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
  • Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
  • John Coffey, 'Religious Thought', in Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015.
  • Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002.
  • Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020.
  • Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022.
  • John Morrill, The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Vol 2: 1 February 1649 to 12 December 1653, 2023
  • John Kenyon and Jane Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
  • Alan MacInnes, The British Revolution, 1629-1660, 2004.
  • Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.


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