About this episode
Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas and author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate ,joins the show to talk about the turbulent age of the English Civil War, Cromwell, and the Protectorate. ▪️ Times • 01:45 Introduction • 02:00 17th century • 03:51 The Thirty Years War • 12:40 Anti-Catholicism • 15:24 Underlying causes • 21:46 Cromwell • 30:34 Thatcher • 33:04 The Rump Parliament • 37:07 Western Design • 54:44 Reverberations Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod , and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack