CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words

Hartlebury Castle was the home of the Bishops of Worcester for centuries. But in 2022, a chance meeting between historian, Doug Smith, and archaeologist, Tim Cornah led to a whirlwind excavation that brought the civil war back to Hartlebury.
The sights, sounds and smell of the period were re-enactment by the Sealed Knot in July 2023, while an excavation trench revealed a civil war bastion. Doug and Tim tell me more ...

▪️ What sparked Doug's interest in how Hartlebury had been defended during the civil war?

▪️ What learnings and insight can be taken from the bastion and what else might still lie unearthed?

▪️ How do the finding help us understand more about civil war Hartlebury?

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

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I speak with Professor Cordelia Beattie about the remarkable manuscripts penned by Alice Thornton, a Yorkshire woman who lived through many key events of the 17th century. Though from a well-to-do family, she wasn't rich, and the war affected her in many ways. Cordelia and The Alice Thornton Project are studying Alice's memoirs, interpreting them, and making them available online. There are also public events planned that will bring the stories within them to life.

▪️ Find out more about the life of a woman during these turbulent times.

▪️ Why did Alice write about her life?

▪️ How did a local pub in Ludlow lead to the rediscovery of her forgotten memoirs?

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

Please do subscribe to CavalierCast on Apple Podcasts and review it to help spread the word!

You can keep on touch with me on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor).

Thanks for your support!

Historian John Sadler is my guest, speaking about the fates of the 5000 prisoners taken at the Battle of Dunbar and force marched across the border to Durham. Much of their story was forgotten until 2013, when a mass grave was discovered in the shadow of the world heritage site that is Durham Cathedral.
Warwick Louth also returns to discuss with me the effect of the Battle of Dunbar on Scotland and England.

▪️ What motivated Cromwell & the English to send these Scotsmen into England?

▪️ Why did so many die in Durham?

▪️ How did Dunbar bolster the English Commonwealth's hold on power?

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

Please do subscribe to CavalierCast on Apple Podcasts and review it to help spread the word! 

You can keep on touch with me on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor).

Thanks for your support!

I speak to Thomas Zugic, a captain in Lunsford's Regiment of the English Civil War Society, about a forthcoming re-enactment at Hylton Castle, Sunderland.

▪️Discover more about the ECWS

▪️Find out about this event, as well as some of Thomas's favourites

▪️Learn why Thomas thinks the capture of royalist Selby was a key event that led to Marston Moor.

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

Please do subscribe to CavalierCast on Apple Podcasts and review it to help spread the word! 

You can keep on touch with me on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor).

Thanks for your support!

Warwick and I assess the battle record of The Great Montrose & ponder some fascinating 'what if' questions. Do we both agree? 

▪️Which victory was  his greatest?

▪️What might have happened if the king's cavalry had managed to link up with him after Naseby?

▪️How would he have fared in a pitched battle with Fairfax & Cromwell?

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

Please do subscribe to CavalierCast on Apple Podcasts and review it to help spread the word! 

You can keep on touch with me on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor).

Thanks for your support!

Find out more about The Great Montrose & his 'year of miracles'. Montrose's latest biographer, Dominic Pearce, describes the man, his campaigns & relationship with Charles I & II.

▪️After a glorious year of miracles, what led to Montrose's defeat at Philiphaugh?

▪️Did Charles II knowingly send the marquis to his death?

▪️Discover more about the women in his life.

This podcast looks at anything and everything to do with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which is very much an overlooked part of our history. Hopefully CavalierCast can help change that.

To find out more about the wars, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.1642author.com

Please do subscribe to CavalierCast on Apple Podcasts and review it to help spread the word! 

You can keep on touch with me on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor).

Thanks for your support!