Brexit (TRIH ep 11)
2016 · Resource
In this episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland survey a range of historical parallels that have been invoked in debates about Brexit. They present a playful "Top 10 Brexits" spanning millennia — from the submergence of Doggerland and the end of Roman Britain, through medieval episodes such as King John’s disputes with Pope Innocent III, the English Reformation under Henry VIII, and the Cromwellian Protectorate, to modern touchstones like the Seven Years' War, Napoleonic exclusion, late‑Vic...
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