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...
25 Mar 202233min
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...
11 Mar 202227min
France: The Enemy, Part 6, Why Revolution?
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Cabinet Noir is the most interesting part of this show. This mail reading, code breaking part of the regime was part of their effort...
25 Feb 20221h 1min
82. France: The Enemy, Part 5, Psychology of Peasants and Nobles
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We continue our social history with a look at the Psychology of Peasants and Nobles, with Jon Elster as our guide. For nobles we track s...
11 Feb 202251min
81. France: The Enemy Part 4, 2nd 100 Years War Part 11
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is social history in some depth. We look at the role of preasance among and within social classes. Presance is identified as a ma...
28 Jan 202240min
France: The Enemy, Part 3, 2nd 100 Years War Part 10
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover the social continuities and the changes in France's ancien regime that happened under the Louis XIV through Louis XVI before th...
14 Jan 202249min
79. France :The Enemy ; part 2
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 2nd Hundred Years War arc continues. Louis XIV's Geo Strategy and and an exploration of the French government's financial system. A...
31 Des 202149min
78. France; The Enemy; Part 1
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. An intro to France during the reign of Louis XIV. The focus this episode is the peasantry and the nobility of the sword. For the peas...
17 Des 20211h
