Crabchurch 2018, "Why Did The English Revolution Fail ?" Prof Ronald Hutton
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2018
- Renowned author and academic Professor Ronald Hutton of Time Team, Timewatch & several other notable TV productions, ‘Why Did The English Revolution Fail?’. Hope Church Weymouth, Dorset, May 2018
Thanks for sharing, I was on the edge of my seat. Professor Hutton is a mesmerising speaker, always a pleasure.
I could listen to Professor Ronald Hutton forever, this man's knowledge of my favorite period of history is boundless and relayed with humor and gravity in equal measure. This what a national treasure looks and sounds like.
Thankyou for the privilege of hearing Professor Hutton speak; he is a truly wonderful and erudite communicator and scholar!
Wow, great lecture of a complicated period of war, religion, and politics with the nation near bankrupt and no construction.i like to think Cromwell saw something in Monck that England needed and compromise is the English way for a mougrel nation.
This is an informative and engaging talk, thank you for posting. I just have to point out that at 28:00 that student fees are not a great example for illustrating why the government cutting taxes below the budget was unsuccessful. Universities are paid for by tax revenue and fees only become neccessary when the government doesn’t have the will to fund them, recently due to an aggressive attack on public goods. A better example is perhaps simply cutting taxes below the point where they can support the structures of the state, which continues to be relevant today.
He's doing it again on February 29th 2020 in Weymouth. ;)
totally informative and educational.
i have always wondered why Republican Britain failed after Cromwell's death.
Thank you for sharing this lecture.
I wish he had spoken of Cromwell’s second son Henry, then at the time of his father’s death, in Ireland as governor of Dublin. It would be of interest to know of his thoughts a) of/on his elder brother and b) of said elder brother’s decision - or lack of decision - making. Richard merits a full study, even at the risk of being quite boring at length…I mean [ i ] how did he « survive » ie where « wandering around » in France presumably (?) he would do this on horseback…but horses or « a horse » are both valuable and costly ie needing cash to buy and cash to care for ie house, cover, feed and repair … Where or how would a « friendless » Richard manage all this ie gauge somehow the value of his needs with means of satisfying payment of satisfaction of said daily needs? Surely he wouldn’t risk carrying gold sovereigns on his person to invite/incite attack on his person between places of visit…? And yet, where were his places of visit…? Not to mention his subjects of conversation? Last but not least, his span of life for the period was quite extraordinary, dying in 1712 in his mid-eighties…he had witnessed the Restoration, the Plague, the Great Fire of London and the destruction of the first cathedral of London built in Norman times, the reign of James II and the failed revival of his unfortunate nephew’s attempt to wrest the governing regime back to the Protestant cause, the appalling death sentences by the infamous Judge Jeffries and/or expulsion to prison and/or slavery in Barbados, the flight of James II to France (where else other than Spain..). .the call to William of Orange and James’s Protestant daughters Mary and Anne…How DID Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector II of the English / British (?) Republic aka Commonwealth survive it all for he must have had enemies, extremists seeking to avenge themselves of acts if the Republic/Commonwealth/Protectorate [ ie First and Second Protectorates of his Father Oliver, if not his own Third Protectorate of which he was the Second Lord Protector of shorter reign than even that of the Duke of Windsor….?).
I was, very much looking forward to this lecture, which was completely ruined by the sound quality. I lasted about 2 minutes before the venue's acoustics defeated me. Shame.
Tad of an echo. Sorry.
No worries, but thanks for the response.