Comments on: Historyzine 004: John Churchill given overall command of allied armies http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/ History narrative, linguistic history trivia and history podcast reviews, all topped off with the current special feature, which is the War of the Spanish Succession. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jimmowatt http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/comment-page-1/#comment-19 jimmowatt Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/#comment-19 Thanks Anna and thanks Robert. Also thanks to Bill for your thoughtful comment. Yes, it was unfortunate I skipped through the period 1689 to 1700 so quickly but I think it important for entertainment purposes that I retain the focus of the show as the War of the Spanish Succession at the moment. I've seen many battle honours from the War of the Spanish Succession still worn proudly by modern regiments. This war is undoubtedly (in my mind) the moment when the British army came of age. There's a good page on the regiments involved here http://www.spanishsuccession.nl/english_army.html Thanks for the Banns information - I shall be googling away as soon as I've finished typing this message. Glad you're enjoying the podcast. Kind regards Jim Thanks Anna and thanks Robert.
Also thanks to Bill for your thoughtful comment.
Yes, it was unfortunate I skipped through the period 1689 to 1700 so quickly but I think it important for entertainment purposes that I retain the focus of the show as the War of the Spanish Succession at the moment.
I’ve seen many battle honours from the War of the Spanish Succession still worn proudly by modern regiments. This war is undoubtedly (in my mind) the moment when the British army came of age.
There’s a good page on the regiments involved here
http://www.spanishsuccession.nl/english_army.html

Thanks for the Banns information – I shall be googling away as soon as I’ve finished typing this message.
Glad you’re enjoying the podcast.
Kind regards

Jim

]]> By: Bill http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Bill Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:18:35 +0000 http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/#comment-18 The material on the War of the Spanish Succession is really interesting. It is an era now not well known. In an earlier episode I thought the campaigns of 1689-1700 were glossed over a bit. Many of the regiments of the British Army trace their origins to this period, and some Battle Honours (Oudenaarde, Malplaquet) refer to places visited again and again by the British Army over the following centuries. I was also interested in the bit about Banns of Marriage. Lord Hardwicke's Act in 1753 is a late entry. The requirement to publish banns was established by Pope Innocent III at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 as a means of preventing clandestine marriages, and was retained in the First Prayer Book of Edward VI in 1549 (Cranmer's original book, from which the 1662 edition still in use is derived). Anyway, thanks, and keep up the good work. The material on the War of the Spanish Succession is really interesting. It is an era now not well known. In an earlier episode I thought the campaigns of 1689-1700 were glossed over a bit. Many of the regiments of the British Army trace their origins to this period, and some Battle Honours (Oudenaarde, Malplaquet) refer to places visited again and again by the British Army over the following centuries.

I was also interested in the bit about Banns of Marriage. Lord Hardwicke’s Act in 1753 is a late entry. The requirement to publish banns was established by Pope Innocent III at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 as a means of preventing clandestine marriages, and was retained in the First Prayer Book of Edward VI in 1549 (Cranmer’s original book, from which the 1662 edition still in use is derived).

Anyway, thanks, and keep up the good work.

]]> By: Robert Scott http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Robert Scott Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:47:28 +0000 http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/#comment-17 Jim .... Once again nice job !! Jim ….
Once again nice job !!

]]> By: anna http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/comment-page-1/#comment-16 anna Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:27:33 +0000 http://historyzine.com/2007/12/23/historyzine004/#comment-16 Great podcast 4, Jim. Great podcast 4, Jim.

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