Coverage of the constitutional issues that plagued the Stuarts in what looks like an attempt at Bourbon style despotic rule. Seems like the crown could have succeeded with the combo of Ship Money and the Army being organized in Ireland. But the Scottish intervention blows the whole enterprise.
We discuss the tensions that result from the Church wanting people to drink more on Sunday and the Puritans who preferred lectures and discussion. Also, the bastards and brawling that resulted from Church Ales. Livings, the invasion of the Scots, dutch customs all impinge on the issues of the day. Extra coverage of the struggles between the church and the propertied classes.
Another section on Puritan psychology mediated via the movie Inside Out. This is a serious subject for us and we hope it sinks in because are about to start the Civil War next episode.
We introduce a new guest, Bernoulli’s Storm.