132. Radical Enlightenment Part 2; Spinoza, Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A miner’s son, decided one day, to nail 95 thesis to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg in the year of our lord 1517. It seems ...

1 Heinä 41min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We explore the roots of Humanism and the Reformation. Taking a long look at the Devotio Moderna, the Brethren of the Common Life. These...

17 Kesä 34min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This episode is just a little introduction to the theories of the causes of the industrial revolution as of right now. We look at the Sh...

10 Kesä 53min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Consider the British Empire in 1792, the year of Macartney’s expedition to China and the year young Emperor Francis began to look askance...

3 Kesä 27min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. More focus on Mexico and California than is ideal, but there is a general overview of Spanish America. Spanish America, more than anywhe...

27 Touko 42min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The challenges to recruiting enough men for service in the Royal Navy and the Army and Militia were formidable. It is revealed that the...

13 Touko 40min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The trade war between Britain and Napoleon reached a new level in 1807. British merchants were desperate for new markets. The French w...

29 Huhti 30min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The wars from 1793 to 1815 included expenditure of 830 million pounds for Army Navy and Ordinance, mainly the Navy. Another 65 million po...

15 Huhti 36min