{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/ae214237-27e8-43d6-b343-3c5facba584a/bacba79c-0633-4525-ba83-bbde183284fb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"54.1 End of the English Civil War","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/620e4d74bbc3136c1d1225d9/620e4d897bc65900138de8aa.png?height=200","description":"<p>After the execution of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and his Commonwealth government asserted their authority over Ireland and Scotland. They fought off an invasion from Charles's son, which was defeated at the Battle of Worcester 1651 and then attacked the remaining Royalist forces in the Scilly Isles, Channel Islands and the Americas. Meanwhile, tensions&nbsp;grew with the neighbouring Dutch Republic</p><p>www.patreon.com/historyeurope</p><p>www.historyeurope.net</p><p>Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Le bourgeois gentilhomme, courtesy of&nbsp;musopen.org</p>","author_name":"Carl Rylett"}