Age of Walpole Part 2: Opposing the Trend of the Fiscal Military State
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Was Walpole in power for the purpose of holding on to power or was he holding on to power to enact his preferred policies? Was he self ...
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John Law and the Mississippi Bubble; Inflation is Murder
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Mississippi Bubble was possibly the most consequential financial bubble in all of history. How was a murdering, jail breaking Scotsm...
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The Age of Walpole; Part 1, Sacheverall and the Sinking Fund, a 2nd 100 Years War interlude
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Church is in Danger! Her Holy Communion rent and divided by factious and schismatical impostors. Her primitive worship profaned and...
20 Touko 202236min
War of the Quadruple Alliance, part 2; Robert Filmer?
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Chicken War is covered as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance as well as the more consequential Armada of 1719. Cardinal Alber...
6 Touko 202241min
War of the Quadruple Alliance Part 1
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Peace treaties do not always work out the way they are intended, especially if they are complex and take time to implement. The many tre...
22 Huhti 202244min
France the Enemy; France and the American Revolution.
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We look at the factors that drove France to join the American Revolution despite the obvious ideological problems with a divine right mon...
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85. France, the Enemy: The Royal Repression
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover the repressive powers of the royal government and some of the reactions to it. Some of the issues are common to all autocracies...
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84. France: The Enemy, France and the Origins of the Industrial Revolution
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This episode measures France against the 5 standard theories for the origins of the Industrial Revolution. 1. Special unique culture tha...
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