1688; The Glorious Revolution; Setting the Table for a Feast

1688; The Glorious Revolution; Setting the Table for a Feast

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The real lesson is don’t invade Norway. Northern Europe is suffering from state breakdown or the consolidation of absolute monarchy. This happens in the United Provinces, Denmark, and Sweden. But the big event is France where Louis XIV continues the work of his father driving central state control down to the local level, justifying the process with propaganda of the universal dominion of France. In this context...

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Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This continues the British centric focus on the approach to the American Revolution. We cover the many distractions of the British gover...

7 Okt 202243min

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 1

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The lead up to the American Revolution from the British perspective. We revisit how divided Britain was over the American issue. The e...

23 Sep 202251min

Seven Years War; Part 3

Seven Years War; Part 3

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 7 Years war in Western Germany and the defeat of France's ambitions to invade the British Isles in 1759. France invades Hannover 6 ...

9 Sep 202258min

Seven Years War, Part 2, 2nd Hundred Years War Part 26

Seven Years War, Part 2, 2nd Hundred Years War Part 26

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This one covers : European grand strategy with a focus on the opening of the naval war and the execution of Admiral Byng. The Prussian ...

26 Aug 202252min

Seven Years War; Part 1

Seven Years War; Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We start off the & Years war with a look at some of the major leaders, William Pitt the elder, Choiseul, Frederick the Great and Maria Te...

12 Aug 202245min

War of the Austrian Succession

War of the Austrian Succession

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Say goodbye to peace. We cover the War of Jenkins Ear. The excitement of the capture of Portobello, Rule Brittania is written in celebr...

29 Jul 202244min

Malthus and Hajnal

Malthus and Hajnal

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Reverend Thomas Malthus reveals that we live in a universe run by a trickster god. As soon as the basic principles are figured out and e...

15 Jul 202240min

Age of Walpole Part 3; Methodism and the Superior Meta Institution

Age of Walpole Part 3; Methodism and the Superior Meta Institution

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. How did Britain cope with the massive changes of the 18th century? Walpole skills in this regard are under appreciated. Our emphasis is...

1 Jul 202244min

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