Before the first cannon fires, the Stuart kingdoms are already starting to crack

In this episode, we travel across 17th-century England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to uncover the religious, political, and cultural pressures tugging at the Stuart crown. From the explosive Bishops’ Wars to Europe’s wider religious upheavals, historian Rebecca Rideal speaks to experts to explore how events escalated, and reveals why it was Scotland that fired the first shot.

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