136. Newton and Locke discovered by Europe

136. Newton and Locke discovered by Europe

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Newtonian philosophy, and John Locke, along with Francis Bacon has an exciting empirical philosophical package that took Europe by storm in the 1740s, with the able assistance of Voltaire. Locke offered an epistemology interesting to philosophers, but people like Montesquieu were more taken by his description of the interaction between political players, early public choice theory. The excitement came from the Baconian...

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1797 Spithead Mutiny, the Nore and Battle of Camperdown

1797 Spithead Mutiny, the Nore and Battle of Camperdown

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 1797 mutinies went hand in hand with financial crisis. This was the most dangerous period for Britain and the miracle during the Fre...

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1797 Cape St Vincent, Jervis and Thomas Cochrane

1797 Cape St Vincent, Jervis and Thomas Cochrane

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The new French and Spanish alliance is ascendant in the Mediterranean. The strategic move the Spanish make is more dictated by the roya...

25 Syys 202430min

1795 1796 Naval Campaigns

1795 1796 Naval Campaigns

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover some of the heroic events that increased pride and self confidence of the Royal Navy: Pellew's defeat of a 74 with 2 frigates a...

11 Syys 202438min

The Glorious First of June

The Glorious First of June

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This looks at the Glorious First of June campaign, covering all the engagements with extra attention to the 1st of June Was it a Frenc...

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1793 French Revolutionary War; War of the First Coalition

1793 French Revolutionary War; War of the First Coalition

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. 1793 is a year of opportunities thrown away. The allies dominate the poorly disciplined French army, but waste the summer in pointless s...

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149. 1792 French Revolutionary Wars

149. 1792 French Revolutionary Wars

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the first year of the War of the First Coalition, which ends with the "homicidal philanthropy of France." Brunswick's invasi...

7 Elo 202419min

Birmingham Riots and Chaos caused by the French Revolution

Birmingham Riots and Chaos caused by the French Revolution

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Priestly Riots, also known as the Birmingham Riots, were part of the Church and King riots, that were part of the disgust reaction ag...

31 Heinä 202449min

The French Revolution and Britain

The French Revolution and Britain

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The French Revolution was the most exciting thing to ever happen for some radical intellectuals. But gradually the murderyness, the chao...

17 Heinä 202427min

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