74. War of the Spanish Succession Part 1 -Marlborough and Isaac Newton

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We discuss many of the political and financial issues around the Spanish Succession war. We introduce the idea of the fiscal military state, and how that relates to the miracle story. We cover how Isaac Newton helped King William execute his wartime strategy to fund the wars against Louis XIV. The Duke of Marlborough gets introduced but the accounts of his exploits will begin next episode.