{"podcast":{"title":"The History of England","slug":"the-history-of-england-745187","podcast_index_feed_id":745187,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/9c4dc3cd-147f-442d-b0d3-033f45c2648c","website_url":"https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e6f1506c05e01b3f408d6/1727530119325-13a67259-6211-45cf-a5a5-466ce308f509.jpeg","author":"David Crowther","episode_count":515,"summary":"This my re-telling of the story of England. I aim to be honest, and rigorous - but always loving of my country's history. It is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There are as many of the great events I can squeeze in, of course, but I also try to keep an eye on how people lived, their language, what was important to them, the forces that shaped their lives and destinies, that sort of thing. To listen free of adverts, support the podcast, access a library of 150+ hours of shedcasts of me warbling on, and get new shedcasts every month, why not become a member at https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/become-a-member ? You know it makes sense... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T06:21:08.655156+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187"},"episode":{"title":"436 Three Horsemen","slug":"436-three-horsemen","published_at":"2025-12-21T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187/436-three-horsemen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thehistoryofengland/episodes/436-three-horsemen","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thehistoryofengland/e/694688dbf7567117390750fe/media.mp3","summary":"It is possible that Charles and his Privy Council didn't necessarily want war - certainly Clarendon did not; but they were prepared to rattle the sabre and man the brink to try and force trade consessions which some unprovoked acts of agression.But they allowed themselves to be diplomatically isolated, and Johan de Witt was not scared - he had the world's most powerful navy, pots of money, and a French alliance. And so the Second Anglo Dutch war was joined.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It is possible that Charles and his Privy Council didn't necessarily want war - certainly Clarendon did not; but they were prepared to rattle the sabre an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2393,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-england-745187/episodes/436-three-horsemen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187/436-three-horsemen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}