Joost Schokkenbroek, Curator of Material Culture at the National Maritime Museum Amsterdam, discusses the vital connection between trade and war, and explains how Piet Hein's capture of the Spanish Silver Fleet in 1628 proved that the Dutch were able to fight Spain.

Andrew Lambert, author and Laughton Professor of Naval History at King's College in London, illuminates for us the difficulties that James II faced as the King of England, after the death of his brother Charles II.

For 11 years England was a republic, but in that short amount of time the people realized that what England really needed, and what they all wanted, was a monarchy. John Miller, author and Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London, describes the restoration of Charles II to the throne of England.