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random Wiki of the Day
Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710)

random Wiki of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 1:33


rWotD Episode 3027: Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Sunday, 17 August 2025, is Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710).The 1710 Battle of Rio de Janeiro was a failed raid by a French privateering fleet on the Portuguese colonial city of Rio de Janeiro in August 1710, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The raid was a complete failure; its commander, Jean-François Duclerc, and more than 600 men were captured. French anger over the Portuguese failure to properly hold, release, or exchange the prisoners contributed to a second, successful raid, the following year.Duclerc was killed while in Portuguese captivity on 18 March 1711; his killers (and their reason for killing him) are unknown.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:15 UTC on Sunday, 17 August 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Amy.

Gibraltar Today
Europa Pool Vandalism, Gibraltar-Spain Tax Treaty, British Sovereignty, Sports, Uniform Giveaways

Gibraltar Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 37:26


The Europa Pool will remain closed today following a serious act of vandalism discovered early this morning. Staff say they found faeces deliberately smeared across the toilet walls, with further contamination in the pool and surrounding areas. Although no structural damage was caused, the extent of the mess requires full sanitisation and three filtration cycles before reopening. An academic paper by a Gibraltar lawyer and a Spanish lawyer focuses on the 2019 Gibraltar-Spain Tax Treaty. It's a collaboration between Grahame Jackson of the law firm Hassans and Manuel Benitez Perez of the University of Cadiz. With a UK-EU future relationship treaty for Gibraltar being written up as a legal text at the moment, the paper suggests we need to have a conversation about how a treaty can be interpreted differently in Gibraltar and in Spain. Grahame Jackson told us more.Today, marks the 321st anniversary of the capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch marines commanded by Admiral Rooke on 4 August 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession. This pivotal event forged an enduring bond between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom and marked the beginning of a distinct Gibraltarian identity, shaped by centuries of immigration and cultural blending. Who better to discuss this with, than local historian Richard Garcia?We spoke to Louis Parral about the latest in local sports including the incredible achievement for Calpe rower Sophie Lines who won gold with team GB at the Coup de La Jeunesse in Linz Austria. He also looked ahead to the big Netball Youth Cup that's just around the corner.And, need school uniforms for the new term? Later this month, local charity 'Generous Hearts' will host a couple of uniform giveaway evenings! its popularity testament to the struggles of some parents in Gibraltar. Daphne McGrail-Trico and Kelly Trico of the charity spoke to us in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pirate History Podcast
Episode 366 - The Battle for Cadiz

The Pirate History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 35:55


In summer 1702, the War of the Spanish Succession moved to sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

popular Wiki of the Day
Charles II of Spain

popular Wiki of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 2:08


pWotD Episode 2870: Charles II of Spain Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 192,386 views on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 our article of the day is Charles II of Spain.Charles II (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without an heir, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession over his successor. For reasons still debated, Charles experienced lengthy periods of ill health throughout his life. This made the question of who would succeed him central to European diplomacy for much of his reign, one historian writing that "from the day of his birth, they were waiting for his death". The two main candidates were the Austrian Habsburg Archduke Charles, and 16-year-old Philip of Anjou, grandson of Charles' half-sister Maria Theresa and Louis XIV of France. Shortly before his death in November 1700, Charles named Philip his heir, but the acquisition of an undivided Spanish Empire by either France or Austria threatened the European balance of power. Failure to resolve these issues through diplomacy resulted in the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:44 UTC on Wednesday, 12 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Charles II of Spain on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ayanda.

Interplace
Misinformation Nation

Interplace

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 20:49


Hello Interactors,From election lies to climate denial, misinformation isn't just about deception — it's about making truth feel unknowable. Fact-checking can't keep up, and trust in institutions is fading. If reality is up for debate, where does that leave us?I wanted to explore this idea of “post-truth” and ways to move beyond it — not by enforcing truth from the top down, but by engaging in inquiry and open dialogue. I examine how truth doesn't have to be imposed but continually rediscovered — shaped through questioning, testing, and refining what we know. If nothing feels certain, how do we rebuild trust in the process of knowing something is true?THE SLOW SLIDE OF FACTUAL FOUNDATIONSThe term "post-truth" was first popularized in the 1990s but took off in 2016. That's when Oxford Dictionaries named it their Word of the Year. Defined as “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”, the term reflects a shift in how truth functions in public discourse.Though the concept of truth manipulation is not new, post-truth represents a systemic weakening of shared standards for knowledge-making. Sadly, truth in the eyes of most of the public is no longer determined by factual verification but by ideological alignment and emotional resonance.The erosion of truth infrastructure — once upheld by journalism, education, and government — has destabilized knowledge credibility. Mid-20th-century institutions like The New York Times and the National Science Foundation ensured rigorous verification. But with rising political polarization, digital misinformation, and distrust in authority, these institutions have lost their stabilizing role, leaving truth increasingly contested rather than collectively affirmed.The mid-20th century exposed truth's fragility as propaganda reshaped public perception. Nazi ideology co-opted esoteric myths like the Vril Society, a fictitious occult group inspired by the 1871 novel The Coming Race, which depicted a subterranean master race wielding a powerful life force called "Vril." This myth fed into Nazi racial ideology and SS occult research, prioritizing myth over fact. Later, as German aviation advanced, the Vril myth evolved into UFO conspiracies, claiming secret Nazi technologies stemmed from extraterrestrial contact and Vril energy, fueling rumors of hidden Antarctic bases and breakaway civilizations.Distorted truths have long justified extreme political action, demonstrating how knowledge control sustains authoritarianism. Theodor Adorno and Hannah Arendt, Jewish-German intellectuals who fled the Nazis, later warned that even democracies are vulnerable to propaganda. Adorno (1951) analyzed how mass media manufactures consent, while Arendt (1972) showed how totalitarian regimes rewrite reality to maintain control.Postwar skepticism, civil rights movements, and decolonization fueled academic critiques of traditional, biased historical narratives. By the late 20th century, universities embraced theories questioning the stability of truth, labeled postmodernist, critical, and constructivist.Once considered a pillar of civilization, truth was reframed by French postmodernist philosophers Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard as a construct of power. Foucault argued institutions define truth to reinforce authority, while Baudrillard claimed modern society had replaced reality with media-driven illusions. While these ideas exposed existing power dynamics in academic institutions, they also fueled skepticism about objective truth — paving the way for today's post-truth crisis. Australian philosophy professor, Catherine (Cathy) Legg highlights how intellectual and cultural shifts led universities to question their neutrality, reinforcing postmodern critiques that foreground subjectivity, discourse, and power in shaping truth. Over time, this skepticism extended beyond academia, challenging whether any authority could claim objectivity without reinforcing existing power structures.These efforts to deconstruct dominant narratives unintentionally legitimized radical relativism — the idea that all truths hold equal weight, regardless of evidence or logic. This opened the door for "alternative facts", now weaponized by propaganda. What began as a challenge to authoritarian knowledge structures within academia escaped its origins, eroding shared standards of truth. In the post-truth era, misinformation, ideological mythmaking, and conspiracy theories thrive by rejecting objective verification altogether.Historian Naomi Oreskes describes "merchants of doubt" as corporate and political actors who manufacture uncertainty to obstruct policy and sustain truth relativism. By falsely equating expertise with opinion, they create the illusion of debate, delaying action on climate change, public health, and social inequities while eroding trust in science. In this landscape, any opinion can masquerade as fact, undermining those who dedicate their lives to truth-seeking.PIXELS AND MYTHOLOGY SHAPE THE GEOGRAPHYThe erosion of truth infrastructures has accelerated with digital media, which both globalizes misinformation and reinforces localized silos of belief. This was evident during COVID-19, where false claims — such as vaccine microchips — spread widely but took deeper root in communities with preexisting distrust in institutions. While research confirms that misinformation spreads faster than facts, it's still unclear if algorithmic amplification or deeper socio-political distrust are root causes.This ideological shift is strongest in Eastern Europe and parts of the U.S., where institutional distrust and digital subcultures fuel esoteric nationalism. Post-Soviet propaganda, economic instability, and geopolitical tensions have revived alternative knowledge systems in Russia, Poland, and the Balkans, from Slavic paganism to the return of the Vril myth, now fused with the Save Europe movement — a digital blend of racial mysticism, ethnic nostalgia, and reactionary politics.Above ☝️is a compilation of TikTok videos currently being pushed to my 21 year old son. They fuse ordinary, common, and recognizable pop culture imagery with Vril imagery (like UFO's and stealth bombers) and esoteric racist nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and hyper-masculine mythologies. A similar trend appears in post-industrial and rural America, where economic decline, government distrust, and cultural divides sustain conspiratorial thinking, religious fundamentalism, and hyper-masculine mythologies. The alt-right manosphere mirrors Eastern Europe's Vril revival, with figures like Zyzz and Bronze Age Pervert offering visions of lost strength. Both Vril and Save Europe frame empowerment as a return to ethnic or esoteric power (Vril) or militant resistance to diversity (Save Europe), turning myth into a tool of political radicalization.Climate change denial follows these localized patterns, where scientific consensus clashes with economic and cultural narratives. While misinformation spreads globally, belief adoption varies, shaped by economic hardship, institutional trust, and political identity.In coal regions like Appalachia and Poland, skepticism stems from economic survival, with climate policies seen as elitist attacks on jobs. In rural Australia, extreme weather fuels conspiracies about government overreach rather than shifting attitudes toward climate action. Meanwhile, in coastal Louisiana and the Netherlands, where climate impacts are immediate and undeniable, denial is rarer, though myths persist, often deflecting blame from human causes.Just as Vril revivalism, Save Europe, and the MAGA manosphere thrive on post-industrial uncertainty, climate misinformation can also flourish in economically vulnerable regions. Digital platforms fuel a worldview skewed, where scrolling myths and beliefs are spatially glued — a twisted take on 'think globally, act locally,' where fantasy folklore becomes fervent ideology.FINDING TRUTH WITH FRACTURED FACTS…AND FRIENDSThe post-truth era has reshaped how we think about knowledge. The challenge isn't just misinformation but growing distrust in expertise, institutions, and shared reality. In classrooms and research, traditional ways of proving truth often fail when personal belief outweighs evidence. Scholars and educators now seek new ways to communicate knowledge, moving beyond rigid certainty or radical relativism.Professor Legg has turned to the work of 19th-century American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, whose ideas about truth feel surprisingly relevant today. Peirce didn't see truth as something fixed or final but as a process — something we work toward through questioning, testing, and refining our understanding over time.His approach, known as pragmatism, emphasizes collaborative inquiry, self-correction, and fallibilism — the idea that no belief is ever beyond revision. In a time when facts are constantly challenged, Peirce's philosophy offers not just a theory of truth, but a process for rebuilding trust in knowledge itself.For those unfamiliar with Peirce and American pragmatism, a process that requires collaborating with truth deniers may seem not only unfun, but counterproductive. But research on deradicalization strategies suggests that confrontational debunking (a failed strategy Democrats continue to adhere to) often backfires. Lecturing skeptics only reinforces belief entrenchment.In the early 1700's Britain was embroiled in the War of Spanish Succession. Political factions spread blatant falsehoods through partisan newspapers. It prompted Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's Travels, to observe in The Art of Political Lying (1710) that"Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired."This is likely where we get the more familiar saying: you can't argue someone out of a belief they didn't reason themselves into. Swift's critique of propaganda and public gullibility foreshadowed modern research on cognitive bias. People rarely abandon deeply held beliefs when confronted with facts.Traditionally, truth is seen as either objectively discoverable (classical empiricism) — like physics — or constructed by discourse and power (postmodernism) — like the Lost Cause myth, which recast the Confederacy as noble rather than pro-slavery. It should be noted that traditional truth also comes about by paying for it. Scientific funding from private sources often dictates which research is legitimized. As Legg observes,“Ironically, such epistemic assurance perhaps rendered educated folk in the modern era overly gullible to the written word as authority, and the resulting ‘fetishisation' of texts in the education sector has arguably led to some of our current problems.”Peirce, however, offered a different path:truth is not a fixed thing, but an eventual process of consensus reached by a community of inquirers.It turns out open-ended dialogue that challenges inconsistencies within a belief system is shown to be a more effective strategy.This process requires time, scrutiny, and open dialogue. None of which are very popular these days! It should be no surprise that in today's fractured knowledge-making landscape of passive acceptance of authority or unchecked personal belief, ideological silos reinforce institutional dogma or blatant misinformation. But Peirce's ‘community of inquiry' model suggests that truth can't be lectured or bought but strengthened through collective reasoning and self-correction.Legg embraces this model because it directly addresses why knowledge crises emerge and how they can be countered. The digital age has resulted in a world where beliefs are reinforced within isolated networks rather than tested against broader inquiry. Trump or Musk can tweet fake news and it spreads to millions around the world instantaneously.During Trump's 2016 campaign, false claims that Pope Francis endorsed him spread faster than legitimate news. Misinformation, revisionist history, and esoteric nationalism thrive in these unchecked spaces.Legg's approach to critical thinking education follows Peirce's philosophy of inquiry. She helps students see knowledge not as fixed truths but as a network of interwoven, evolving understandings — what Peirce called an epistemic cable made up of many small but interconnected fibers. Rather than viewing the flood of online information as overwhelming or deceptive, she encourages students to see it as a resource to be navigated with the right tools and the right intent.To make this practical, she introduces fact-checking strategies used by professionals, teaching students to ask three key questions when evaluating an online source:* Who is behind this information? (Identifying the author's credibility and possible biases)* What is the evidence for their claims? (Assessing whether their argument is supported by verifiable facts)* What do other sources say about these claims? (Cross-referencing to see if the information holds up in a broader context)By practicing these habits, students learn to engage critically with digital content. It strengthens their ability to distinguish reliable knowledge from misinformation rather than simply memorizing facts. It also meets them where they are without judgement of whatever beliefs they may hold at the time of inquiry.If post-truth misinformation reflects a shift in how we construct knowledge, can we ever return to a shared trust in truth — or even a shared reality? As institutional trust erodes, fueled by academic relativism, digital misinformation, and ideological silos, myths like climate denial and Vril revivalism take hold where skepticism runs deep. Digital platforms don't just spread misinformation; they shape belief systems, reinforcing global echo chambers.But is truth lost, or just contested? Peirce saw truth as a process, built through inquiry and self-correction. Legg extends this, arguing that fact-checking alone won't solve post-truth; instead, we need a culture of questioning — where people test their own beliefs rather than being told what's right or wrong.I won't pretend to have the answer. You can tell by my bibliography that I'm a fan of classical empiricism. But I'm also a pragmatic interactionist who believes knowledge is refined through collaborative inquiry. I believe, as Legg does, that to move beyond post-truth isn't about the impossible mission of defeating misinformation — it's about making truth-seeking more compelling than belief. Maybe even fun.What do you think? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

Brief History
The Republic of Pirates

Brief History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 4:10 Transcription Available


This episode explores the Republic of Pirates in early 18th-century Bahamas, a unique and romanticized era following the War of the Spanish Succession. It delves into the rise of piracy in New Providence, the lives of infamous pirates like Blackbeard, and the eventual decline of this lawless society due to British intervention. Join us as we uncover the legacy of piracy and its enduring fascination in popular culture.

Talk Radio Europe
Spanish succession Law

Talk Radio Europe

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 8:21


Cathal Rochford of Blevins Franks International Tax and Wealth Management talks to Howard Brereton #Wealth #Tax #WealthManagement #Spain #Expat #Brexit

Talk Radio Europe
Spanish succession tax

Talk Radio Europe

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 8:32


Cathal Rochford of Blevins Franks International Tax and Wealth Management talks to Howard Brereton #Wealth #Tax #WealthManagement #Spain #Expat #Brexit

Classic Audiobook Collection
The Cornet of Horse by G. A. Henty ~ Full Audiobook

Classic Audiobook Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 646:11


The Cornet of Horse by G. A. Henty audiobook. Rupert Holiday is forced to flee England after wounding a miscreant in fight, and joins the Duke of Marlborough in his campaigns during the War of Spanish Succession. Rupert has many adventures and hairbreadth escapes, as he greatly distinguishes himself during the conflict. This was one of Henty's earliest books, and helped launch Henty's career as a Historical Fiction writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well That Aged Well
Episode 173: Louis XIV. The Sun King. With Philip Mansel

Well That Aged Well

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 56:38


THIS WEEK! We take a look at The famous French King Louis XIV. From the rise of The Bourbon Dynasty to the upbringing of Louis XIV, to Anne Of Austria and Cardinal Mazzarin. To the building of Verssaille, the war of The Spanish Succession, and the legacy of Louis XIV`s Versaille. All this, and more on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart". Link to Professor Mansells Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMLZSVqy3HbOofLutl3lggSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-that-aged-well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SB Nation AM with Tony Desiere & Ronn Culver
4013: The Good The Bad The Dumb - 11/07/2023

SB Nation AM with Tony Desiere & Ronn Culver

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 19:55


Good #Samford MBB HC #BuckyMcMillian kept his promise and sent 5'7" or 5'8" (depending on which program you read that day) G Dallas Graziani for the opening tip against #Purdue C and reigning National Player of the Year #ZachEdey, who currently stands 7'4" #NCAA #AllForSamford #BoilerUp Bad Betrayal in Sports - #CraigCounsell is leaving the Milwaukee #Brewers to manage division rival Chicago #Cubs #MLB #ThisIsMyCrew #NextStartsHere Dumb the "holy grail of shipwrecks" is reportedly going to be raised from the sea floor (currently 3100 ft down) off the coast of #Colombia...the Spanish galleon San Jose sank in 1708 during the War of Spanish Succession with approximately 200 tons of gold, silver, and emeralds; estimated to be worth $20 billion 4 teams currently lay claim to it... Colombia - because it's off their coast #Spain - because it was their ship Sea Search Armada, a US based salvage firm - because they provided the coordinates Qhara Qhara, a Bolivian indigenous tribe - because it was their people forced to mine the precious metals

The Pirate History Podcast
Episode 315 - Queen Anne's War part 1

The Pirate History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 34:05


The War of Spanish Succession spread to America, and set the stage for the pirates who were to come. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you'd like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talk Radio Europe
Spanish succession tax update

Talk Radio Europe

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 14:57


Brett Hanson of Blevins Franks International Tax and Wealth Management talks to Howard Brereton #Wealth #Tax #WealthManagement #Spain #Expat #Brexit

History Daily
Britain Takes Control of Gibraltar

History Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 14:44


August 4, 1704. During the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain takes control of Gibraltar after Spain surrenders, and “the Rock” subsequently becomes a British colony and a symbol of British naval strength.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
PREVIEW: Epochs #117 | War of the Spanish Succession

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 30:26


This week Beau and Carl chat about the War of the Spanish Succession. This early eighteenth century conflict between nearly all the main powers of Europe lasted many years, cost hundreds of thousands of lives, reworked the power structure of Europe, and cast its long shadow all the way up to the Napoleonic era.

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
PREVIEW: Epochs #116 | Battle of Blenheim

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 31:13


This week Beau and Carl chat all about the Battle of Blenheim. During the War of the Spanish Succession, in the early eighteenth century, a great battle was fought in southern Germany between coalition forces led by France and England respectively. The balance of power for all of Europe hung in the balance.

Composers Datebook
Handel celebrates peace

Composers Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 2:00


SynopsisUnless you're just mad about 18th century history, it's unlikely you know off the top of your head who the winners and losers were in the War of the Spanish Succession. Suffice it to say, on today's date in 1713, to celebrate the successful resolution of that conflict, a festive choral “Te Deum” was performed at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. It was written by a very ambitious 28-year old German composer named George Friedrich Handel. We're not sure if Handel wrote his “Utrecht Te Deum” in response to an invitation from the British royal family or wrote it “on spec” to win their favor. In any case, when performed by the Royal Musicians and the choir of the Chapel Royal on July 7, 1713, it made a tremendous impression.Handel's first royal employer was King George the First, and three years after Handel's death, King George the THIRD sat on the throne. Now, King George the Third may have suffered from madness and lost the American colonies, but at least he DID know a good composer when he heard one. He idolized Handel and saw to it that the composer was buried in Westminster Abbey. Music Played in Today's ProgramGeorge Frederic Handel (1685 - 1757) Utrecht Te Deum St Paul's Cathedral Choir; The Parley of Instruments; John Scott, conductor. Hyperion 67009

American Political History
Wars within Wars - The War of Spanish Succession

American Political History

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 10:28


The Metropoles begin another war, this time over the succession of the Spanish crown. 

Legal Talks by Desikanoon
History of Modern International Law - Part I

Legal Talks by Desikanoon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 12:13


History of Modern International Law till the end of 18th century Authority of the Organized Church was beginning to be challenged as there were constant struggles between religious authorities and rulers known as Crusades (12th and 13th centuries). Introduction of Modern Printing in the 15th Century disseminated knowledge undermining feudalism. Renaissance – 15th Century Treaty of Tordesillas – 1493 – Between Isabella I of Castile, Ferdinand II of Aragon and John II, King of Portugal establishing a new boundary or demarcation line. Development of Concept of ‘Sovereignty' by scholars like Bodin, Machiavelli, Hobbes etc. (15th and 16th centuries).Increase in the number of independent states led to formation of customary rules of International Law involving diplomatic relations. Earlier, International Law was called ‘Law of Nations'. Treaty of Amasya establishing peace – 1555 – Between Ottomans and Safavids after their war. International Law was influenced by Natural Law (Inherent Law or Higher Law based on God, Nature and Reason) (15th and 16th centuries). Important scholars like Vittoria, Belli, Brunus, Suarez, Gentilis were present during this period. Formation of Dutch East India Company – 1602 – Colonial Expansion. Establishment of lex mercatoria by Britain as international trade was increasing at a frantic pace. The greatest of the early writers is Hugo Grotius and is often called the father of International Law (16th and 17th centuries). De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) by Grotius dealt with actual customs that were followed by the states of the day. The concept of Freedom of Seas was also explained and put forth by Grotius through his work Mare Liberum (1609). Peace of Westphalia – 1648 – Two treaties signed in the Westphalian cities of Osnabruck and Munster ending the thirty years war that brought peace to the Holy Roman empire. Peace of Utrecht – 1715 – Series of treaties – Between Great Britian, France, Portugal and Spain for end of War of the Spanish Succession. 1758 – Scholar Emer De Vattel published the famous work of ‘The Law of Nations'. 4th July 1776 – US Declaration of Independence – Brought the concept of ‘self-determination' to the world stage. 

No One Is Competent
Episode 43: War of the Third Coalition

No One Is Competent

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 91:08


Third time's the charm right? Surely Britain n' the gang will take down bad boi France this time? Some corrections: - We mentioned when talking about Trafalgar that at this point in time Gibraltar was not yet a British possession. That is incorrect, Britain captured it during the War of Spanish Succession. - We also mentioned that the Allied effort to capture Hanover fizzled out. That's not quite accurate - the Coalition did occupy Hanover, but made little progress elsewhere in the north and was forced to withdraw after Austerlitz. - The member of the Consulate who later helped draft the Napoleonic Code was Cambacérès, not Sieyes.

War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide
Bk. 1, Pt. 1, Ch. 23: Marlborough Man (Off to War; Will He Return?)

War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 9:34


Prince Andrei and his pregnant wife (Lise) arrive Andrei's father's Smolensk estate known as “Bald Hills.” Andrei only plans to spend the night, as he is rushing toward the career path of his father, Nikolai, who performed a lifetime of (fictional) military service. Nikolai Bolkonsky (nicknamed “The King of Prussia”) is symbolic of the era of expansion and colonization under Catherine the Great.West of Moscow, this involved partitions of Poland, which was split between Russia, Prussia and Habsburg-Austria. A good portion of the territory of modern Ukraine was moved from Polish to Russian influence. These partitions motivated many Poles to join Napoleon's army. This period also involved Russians battling the Ottoman Empire, where Russia gained control of territory north of the Black Sea. The elder Bolkonsky would have internalized all this “glory.” With this epic age passing, Andrei is experiencing a new world ushered in by Napoleon, where Russia is on the precipice of major change. Tolstoy questions whether it is the man himself (Bonaparte) or the vast movement of men that created an inevitable new age. As Andrei arrived to the estate by horse-drawn-carriage, he could hear his sister practicing her clavichord. They are greeted by Mademoiselle Amelie Bourienne, who takes them to Marya, as her father is taking his afternoon nap. It is a warm meeting between sisters-in-law. They discuss the latest gossip and news in the big cities (like who is marrying who). Andrei stood by, the subject of his sister's warm gaze.  Lise feels abandoned with her husband leaving for war, as she is progressing in her pregnancy. The house servant, old Tikhon, takes Andrei to his father, who is getting dressed for a formal meal. The old man sarcastically notes how his son is off to “conquer” Napoleon. Andrei then greets his father with a respectful kiss. They talk about the upcoming conflict with the General revealing what he has learned about the military Coalition against Napoleon. He speaks about who is leading the efforts and name drops a "General Tolstoy," who was likely an ancestor of the author. He asks his son to give his understanding of the overarching plan against Napoleon. Andrei notes that the strategy is that Russia intends to invade Prussia, to “convince” them to align -- a forced treaty. Some units will also unite with Sweden (already an ally). it is expected that 220,000 Austrians and 100,000 Russians will operate in Italy and the Rhine. Other forces, including the English, will land in Naples. In total, the Coalition will be 500,000 strong in a simultaneous attack. The Old General astutely responds that Napoleon surely has a plan of his owe -- and his demeanor implies that it is likely better. He then sings himself a nursery song about a men who go off to war, while family awaits news of their fate. He sings: “Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" written after the battle of Malplaquet in France in 1709, during the war of Spanish Succession. It is about the supposed death of the Duke of Marlborough – John Churchill. It has a similar structure as “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.” Napoleon is rumored to have sung the song to himself on occasion.

History with the Szilagyis
HwtS 162: The War of Spanish Succession

History with the Szilagyis

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 6:24


Jason gives you a quick overview of The War of Spanish Succession.Read the essay here: https://historywiththeszilagyis.org/hwts162 Find us on Twitter:The Network: @BQNPodcasts The Show: @HistorySzilagyi. Chrissie: @TheGoddessLivia. Jason: @JasonDarkElf.Send topic suggestions via Twitter or on our Facebook page History with the Szilagyis.History with the Szilagyis is supported by our patrons: Susan Capuzzi-De ClerckEd ChinevereLaura DullKris HillJoin these wonderful supporters by visiting patreon.com/historywiththeszilagyis. The BQN Podcast Collective is brought to you by our listeners. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help to produce this podcast and the many others on our network! You can join this illustrious list by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/BQN

KunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy
KunstlerCast 370 -- Stephan Sander-Faes on Europe's Nervous Winter

KunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 72:54


Stephan Sanders-Faes is an historian of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Bergen, Norway. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Graz in 2011 and obtained the Habilitation in Early Modern and Modern History from the University of Zurich in 2018. Before joining the Bergen faculty in 2020, he taught for ten years at the history departments at the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg, as well as held the István Deák Visiting Professorship in East Central European Studies at Columbia University in 2018. Stephan's research focuses on post-medieval Central and Eastern Europe (c. 1350-1850), with a particular interest in urban-rural relations, administrative, bureaucratic, and constitutional changes ("ABC history"), and state transformation — that is, the emergence, and change over time, of the European national state. He's the author of two books: Urban Elites of Zadar (2013); and Europas Habsburgisches Jahrhundert (2018). His next book will be Lordship and State Transformation: Bohemia and the Habsburg Monarchy from the Thirty Years War to the War of the Spanish Succession, expected in 2022.  He blogs on current events at https://fackel.substack.com. Fakel means “torch” in German. Currently, Stephan is investigating the diffusion of state authority into the rural periphery of Habsburg Lower Austria from the late eighteenth century to the advent of constitutional rule in 1860s, exploring the role of non-state actors as state-builders, the patterns of transition, and the social factors influencing them. His other contributions to the field includes consulting for the EU Commission's Research Executive Agency (Marie Curie-Skłodowska fellowships), the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), and the Swiss National Science Foundation, as well as serving on the international editorial board of Atti (published by the Center for Historical Research in Rovinj/Rovigo, Croatia), and as peer-reviewer for Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales, Archivio Veneto, and the Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, among others. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger.

Education Bookcast
140b. Political economy pt. II: The Invisible Hook

Education Bookcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 42:50


In the previous recording, I was speaking about political economy using the example of prison gangs, taken from David Skarbek's book Social Order of the Underworld. In this recording, I give the example of 18th-century Atlantic pirates, as discussed in Peter Leeson's The Invisible Hook. (It's a pun on Adam Smith's "invisible hand of the market".) We may have an image of pirates as fearsome, but this is at least somewhat deliberately manufactured by the pirates themselves. They wanted to have such a reputation so that their victims wouldn't resist as they looted their ships. There are parts of the pirate lifestyle, such as democracy and voluntarism, that we don't tend to discuss because they were part of life on a pirate ship but not something that they felt the need to advertise widely. What is most notable is that pirates' way of life seemed to be significantly preferable, and their governance significantly more "progressive", than that on merchant ships, which tended to be highly autocratic and abusive. It also provides a different perspective when we realise that sailors went into piracy at a time of labour market oversupply due to the ending of the War of Spanish Succession, when the British Navy didn't have the funds to keep on so many sailors, and yet this was the career of tens of thousands of young men who now had to find a job elsewhere. Overall, in these two recordings, I hope to have shown you that thinking about people's motivations and situations from the perspective of political economy makes a lot more sense, and builds a much richer picture, than merely psychological or sociological explanations (such as childhood trauma, psychopathy, or people's fundamental evil or violent nature). With this in mind, I hope that in future we can use more of this thinking when considering education, so that we can understand better how it works and how to improve it. Enjoy the episode.  

In Our Time
John Bull

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 53:46


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of this personification of the English everyman and his development as both British and Britain in the following centuries. He first appeared along with Lewis Baboon (French) and Nicholas Frog (Dutch) in 1712 in a pamphlet that satirised the funding of the War of the Spanish Succession. The author was John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), a Scottish doctor and satirist who was part of the circle of Swift and Pope, and his John Bull was the English voter, overwhelmed by taxes that went not so much into the war itself but into the pockets of its financiers. For the next two centuries, Arbuthnot's John Bull was a gift for cartoonists and satirists, especially when they wanted to ridicule British governments for taking advantage of the people's patriotism. The image above is by William Charles, a Scottish engraver who emigrated to the United States, and dates from 1814 during the Anglo-American War of 1812. With Judith Hawley Professor of 18th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Miles Taylor Professor of British History and Society at Humboldt, University of Berlin And Mark Knights Professor of History at the University of Warwick Producer: Simon Tillotson

In Our Time: Culture
John Bull

In Our Time: Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 53:46


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of this personification of the English everyman and his development as both British and Britain in the following centuries. He first appeared along with Lewis Baboon (French) and Nicholas Frog (Dutch) in 1712 in a pamphlet that satirised the funding of the War of the Spanish Succession. The author was John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), a Scottish doctor and satirist who was part of the circle of Swift and Pope, and his John Bull was the English voter, overwhelmed by taxes that went not so much into the war itself but into the pockets of its financiers. For the next two centuries, Arbuthnot's John Bull was a gift for cartoonists and satirists, especially when they wanted to ridicule British governments for taking advantage of the people's patriotism. The image above is by William Charles, a Scottish engraver who emigrated to the United States, and dates from 1814 during the Anglo-American War of 1812. With Judith Hawley Professor of 18th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Miles Taylor Professor of British History and Society at Humboldt, University of Berlin And Mark Knights Professor of History at the University of Warwick Producer: Simon Tillotson

Cauldron - A History Of The World Battle By Battle
Battle of Schellenberg 2 July 1704

Cauldron - A History Of The World Battle By Battle

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 60:58


"I had scarcely finished speaking when the enemy's battery opened fire upon us, and raked us through and through. They concentrated their fire upon us, and with their first discharge carried off Count de la Bastide, the lieutenant of my own company with whom at the moment I was speaking, and twelve grenadiers, who fell side by side in the ranks, so that my coat was covered with brains and blood. So accurate was the fire that each discharge of the cannon stretched some of my men on the ground. I suffered agonies at seeing these brave fellows perish without a chance of defending themselves, but it was absolutely necessary that they should not move from their post.” - Jean Martin de la ColonieThe battle of Schellenberg is one of the interesting stops on the Duke of Marlborough's road to Blenheim. Time was in short supply and the Grand Alliance was in a tight spot, the heights over Donauworth had to be taken, and quickly. A frontal assault was in the offing and the deadly struggle that followed almost cost Marlborough his campaign, reputation, and maybe even the war itself. Let's go back to the War of the Spanish Succession, the age of Marlborough and muskets. Let's go back to 1704 and the battle of Schellenberg!Music by DopeBoysSources Upon RequestFollow Along On Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTokAs Always - Rate/Review/SubscribeAnd Thanks For Listening!

Cauldron - A History Of The World Battle By Battle
Battle of Vigo Bay October 23 1702

Cauldron - A History Of The World Battle By Battle

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 43:07


Let's go back to the year 1702, a time when Spanish treasure ships still sailed the open seas. Let's go back to the age of sails and cannon, of Sun Kings and wars of succession. To a time when the Royal Navy was just coming into its own, and the Bourbon navy was about to find out what the cost of maritime power would be. Let's go back to 1702, 23rd of October, and the battle of Vigo Bay! Bringing the booty of the Spanish Main with it, a Spanish-French fleet sailed into Vigo Bay to avoid lurking English and Dutch allied ships. Once the Grand Alliance fleet got wind the treasure fleet was penned up in close quarters, they pounced. The end result was a crushing victory that led to Portugal switching sides, Gibraltar becoming an English possession, and Jules Verne's Captain Nemo making his fortune.  Music by DopeBoysSources Upon RequestFollow Along On Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTokAs Always - Rate/Review/SubscribeAnd Thanks For Listening!

Hanging with History
War of the Quadruple Alliance Part 1

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 44:45


Peace treaties do not always work out the way they are intended, especially if they are complex and take time to implement.  The many treaties comprising the peace of Utrecht are like this.Spain is the main loser after the War of the Spanish Succession, and an Italian Cardinal seeks to remedy the situation by going to war with the 3 greatest powers in Europe.  You might think Spain is well past the point where they could win a war with France or England or the Empire, and fighting all three at once is sheer insanity.  But it happened anyway.   Partly, Alberoni was counting on western Europe's reluctance to get into another war so soon after the last peace of exhaustion.   When he conquered Sardinia in 1717, Europe offered him a good deal, when he went on to take Sicily in 1718, and tried to overthrow the French Regency...everything spun out of control.  But that's OK, because Charles XII would save him...

The Florida History Podcast
Episode 145: Queen Anne's War kicks off. Battle of the Flint River and 1702 Siege of St Augustine

The Florida History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 20:14


We discuss the origins of Queen Anne's War including its links to the European War of Spanish Succession. The war kicked off in 1702 and would prove a calamitous event for Florida. We discuss the issues in 1702, and the battles that took place that year. including the siege of St Augustine by the English.

Hobby Support Group
Hobby Support Group Ep 35 - Interview with Peter Berry of Baccus

Hobby Support Group

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 77:42


In this episode we chat with Peter Berry of Baccus about the many, many joys of 6 mm gaming including Pony Wars, O Group, Napoleonic's, Ancients, The War of the Spanish Succession, The Great Northern War, English Civil War, The Thirty Years War and a lot more. In short, we chat about a lot.

Hanging with History
79. France :The Enemy ; part 2

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 49:28


The 2nd Hundred Years War arc continues.Louis XIV's Geo Strategy and and an exploration of the French government's financial system.  A strange combination of topics?  But no, the one explains necessary features and failures of the other.France is remarkably backward in financial matters compared to the Netherlands and Great Britain during the war of the Spanish Succession.  And yet France has interesting financial innovations including Bearer instruments (can you say Die Hard and Beverly Hills Cop?).  They also have two important financial centers in Paris and Lyon.  But France suffers deeply from moral hazard, the principal-agent distortion, rent seeking and asymmetric information.Guy Rowlands is the primary source for this episode.Raoul Sunset does conversations with Camie where we discuss Necker, but mainly focus on financial issues. 

Hanging with History
77. War of Spanish Succession Part 4; Gibraltar, North America and Peace

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 40:59


We cover the campaign to take Gibraltar and hold it 1704-5, including the great sea battle of Malaga. We cover the war in North America, the breaking of Spanish power and the confused picture in Nova Scotia, where after the peace none of the participants understand the consequences of the peace the same way.   And the introduction of paper money as legal tender in the colonies as an accidental innovation to cope with the wars.We cover the peace and its a few of its consequences.  There will be many episodes on the consequences of this peace to come.   One is making London the center of European finance.With Camie we cover the global aspect of the war,  review the scale of naval warfare, the horrid conditions of the siege of Gibraltar, paper currency, the leading impact of capital markets on economic growth from Richard Sylla, and the ending of the slave trade.

Hanging with History
War of Spanish Succession Part 3 , Marlborough, Rooke, Oudenarde, Malplaquet and Vigo

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 41:37


The war continues with continued victories for Marlborough, but coalition politics and politics in London spell bad news for John Churchill.    A discussion of the strategic realities of seapower leads us to cover Rooke's first expedition in 1702 that ends with the utter destruction of French and Spanish fleets in Vigo Bay.With Camie we discuss the puzzle of the Dutch trading with the enemy, which is some presentism on our part and what I prefer to call a mindset problem for us.  Also of course she is curious about Sara Churchill and her relationship with Anne Stuart and Anne's unhappy efforts to create a family.

Cui Bono Cast
S2E12 The Spanish What Now? How a 300 Year Old War Lives on Today

Cui Bono Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 43:51


Dr. Caleb Karges (History) explains the nature of the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714), the lessons it teaches us, and why it still matters today. Dr. Karges also regularly hosts a feature podcast series with Cui Bono Cast, called “The History Suite.” He is also faculty-in-residence at the Global Village Living-Learning Community.

Hanging with History
War of Spanish Succession Part 2 , Marlborough, Blenheim, Ramillies

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 44:28


Marlborough's earliest campaigns covered in great detail.There is an analysis of why Marlborough's armies were able to defeat what were previously the greatest armies in the world.  This is a highly controversial topic.With Camie we cover the famous anecdotes, the women dressed as men serving as soldiers, the British tendency to shoot their officers if they don't like them, the crisis of each battle.  

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

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 44:07


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.

Talk Radio Europe
Spanish succession tax – how does it affect your family?

Talk Radio Europe

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 16:30


Brett Hanson of Blevins Franks International Tax and Wealth Management talks to Howard Brereton #Wealth #Tax #WealthManagement #Spain #Expat #Brexit

Hanging with History
73. Nine Years War, War of the Grand Alliance, King Williams War

Hanging with History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 62:21


So many names for one war.  We focus on the war at sea and in North America.  The peace of exhaustion and provide an introduction to the War of the Spanish Succession. The great strategic outcomes of the is war are covered as well.  The financial revolutions that financed these wars is introduced.  Nine Years War, War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg, King Williams War.  Write to hangingwithhistorypodcast@gmail.com with your preferred name.

Podcast of Greats
Episode 32 - Edward Teach: Blackbeard

Podcast of Greats

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 56:19


In this week's episode, we will be covering Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard! Blackbeard was an English pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy. After serving as a privateer in the British navy, he, like many other privateers, turned to a life of piracy when the War of Spanish Succession ended in 1713. In a few short years, Blackbeard gained a notorious reputation as he and his crew attacked settlements in the Caribbean Sea and along the Atlantic Coast of North America up until he met his violent end on November 22, 1718.

每日一經濟學人 LEON x The Economist
*第五季*【EP. 211】#589 經濟學人導讀 feat. 國際時事 feat. 新聞評論【福特汽車在印度 > 入了虎穴,但沒得虎子;北愛爾蘭要開大絕了;卡達航空 ft. 阿富汗大撤退;西班牙波旁王朝 ft. 加泰隆尼

每日一經濟學人 LEON x The Economist

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 38:10


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A History of England
48. The Austrian Throne

A History of England

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 14:47


There was no real problem with a woman inheriting the Austrian throne. But it could be a useful pretext for war by nations keen on advancing their own interests militarily. Frederick II of Prussia was quick to go to war - the Philosopher Prince became a Military King when he had the power to - and he seized the rich Austrian province of Silesia (which is actually Polish, but neither the Austrians nor the Prussians cared about that). Britain kept fighting the War of Jenkins' Ear against the Spanish, but then it got subsumed into the War of Austrian Succession, which it joined on the Austrian side as it had in the War of Spanish Succession. It did badly in the land war, under George II who, at Dettingen, became the last British sovereign to appear on a battlefield, and his younger son, the Duke of Cumberland, who proved pretty hopeless. They fought the French in America, chiefly through the Massachusetts colonists, and in India, through the East India Company. Most gains were handed back at the end of the fighting, except that Prussia hung on to Silesia. With British backing. Which annoyed Austria a lot, and that had consequences for the next war. A war that was bound to come, since this one had sorted out very little, apart from allowing Maria Theresa to mount the Austrian throne after all. Illustration: Empress Maria Theresa, portrait by Martin van Meytens, 1759. Public domain (published anywhere (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before 1926 and public domain in the U.S.) Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

In The Wild
Alexander Selkirk

In The Wild

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 14:32


 The year is 1704, and Alexander Selkirk signed up as a sailing master on the Cinque Ports, an English vessel under commission by the King of England during the War of Spanish Succession. In years prior, Selkirk had joined buccaneering voyages. Buccaneering is a more pleasant-sounding term for piracy and was usually the term used for pirates in the Caribbean. The Caribbean was far away from governing authorities frowning on such activity, and there were many benefits to reap from this line of work.But this voyage was different.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-the-wild/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In The Wild
Alexander Selkirk

In The Wild

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 16:17


 The year is 1704, and Alexander Selkirk signed up as a sailing master on the Cinque Ports, an English vessel under commission by the King of England during the War of Spanish Succession. In years prior, Selkirk had joined buccaneering voyages. Buccaneering is a more pleasant-sounding term for piracy and was usually the term used for pirates in the Caribbean. The Caribbean was far away from governing authorities frowning on such activity, and there were many benefits to reap from this line of work. But this voyage was different. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-the-wild/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Life and Times of Frederick the Great
The War of Spanish Succession

The Life and Times of Frederick the Great

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 21:57


Listen to Euripides Eumenides: https://tridenttheatre.com/euripides-eumenides/ Email for questions: aavdakov01@gmail.com For Ad-Free episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/frederick_the_great_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frederick_the_great_podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fredthegpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A History of England
40. Bye, bye Anne. Hello, George. And bye, bye James yet again

A History of England

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 12:20


In the dying days of her reign, we see Queen Anne refusing royal assent to a bill, a historic moment only because it was the last time ever that a British monarch blocked a bill passed by both Houses of Parliament from becoming law (but she did do it on the advice of her ministers...) We also see her engineering herself a Tory government, backing her High Church Anglican views. Not for long though. When she died and George I took over, he lined up with the Whigs, especially on the terms of the Peace of Utrecht at the end of the War of Spanish Succession, which he thought sold Britain short. So he in turn engineered a Whig majority and many Tories, realising they were in for a bad time, fled abroad. Where some of them went over to the side of the Stuart claimant to the throne, James Edward. We now get him having another go at conquering Britain. Not just once. Not even twice. But three times in under fifteen years. What a bore they were, the Stuarts, weren't they? They just couldn't learn to go away. And as we know from our own experience, a head of state who won't go through the door when he's shown it, is a real pain. Illustration: Prince James Francis Edward Stuart. Studio of Alexis Simon Belle, circa 1712 National Portrait Gallery 348 Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

New Books in Diplomatic History
Stella Ghervas, "Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union" (Harvard UP, 2021)

New Books in Diplomatic History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 56:11


Stella Ghervas's Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union (Harvard University Press, 2021) is a bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace. Political peace in Europe has historically been elusive and ephemeral. Stella Ghervas shows that since the eighteenth century, European thinkers and leaders in pursuit of lasting peace fostered the idea of European unification. Bridging intellectual and political history, Ghervas draws on the work of philosophers from Abbé de Saint-Pierre, who wrote an early eighteenth-century plan for perpetual peace, to Rousseau and Kant, as well as statesmen such as Tsar Alexander I, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Robert Schuman, and Mikhail Gorbachev. She locates five major conflicts since 1700 that spurred such visionaries to promote systems of peace in Europe: the War of the Spanish Succession, the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Each moment generated a "spirit" of peace among monarchs, diplomats, democratic leaders, and ordinary citizens. The engineers of peace progressively constructed mechanisms and institutions designed to prevent future wars. Arguing for continuities from the ideals of the Enlightenment, through the nineteenth-century Concert of Nations, to the institutions of the European Union and beyond, Conquering Peace illustrates how peace as a value shaped the idea of a unified Europe long before the EU came into being. Today the EU is widely criticized as an obstacle to sovereignty and for its democratic deficit. Seen in the long-range perspective of the history of peacemaking, however, this European society of states emerges as something else entirely: a step in the quest for a less violent world. Stella Ghervas is Professor of Russian History at Newcastle University (UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is also an Associate of the History Department at Harvard University and Visiting Professor at Harvard Summer School since 2015. Her main interests are in intellectual and international history of modern Europe, with special reference to the history of peace and peace-making, and in Russia's intellectual and maritime history. She is the author of Alexandre Stourdza (1791-1854): Un intellectuel orthodoxe face à l'Occident (1999), Réinventer la tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance (which won several book prizes, including the Guizot Prize from the Académie Française, 2008) and Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union (2021), and the editor of Penser l'Europe – Quarante ans d'études européennes à Genève (2003), Lieux d'Europe: Mythes et limites (2008) and A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment (Bloomsburg, with David Armitage, 2020). Her website is at https://www.ghervas.net/ and you can follow her on Twitter @StellaGhervas Steven Seegel, Professor of History, University of Northern ColoradoMaphead, Founding Board @H__Ukraine, Borderologist, Translator for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Podcast Host, Proud Slow Runner, Dog Valet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The French History Podcast
French ‘Corsairing' in the Americas during the War of the Spanish Succession by Mike LaMonica

The French History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 25:01


Mike LaMonica talks all about French naval adventure-seekers in the 17th-18th centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The History Express
Episode 92 - King Louis XIV - The Sun King - Biography of a Royal Family Documentary

The History Express

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 44:27


Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralisation of power. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralised state governed from the capital. He sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism persisting in parts of France and, by compelling many members of the nobility to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles, succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy, many members of which had participated in the Fronde rebellion during Louis' minority. By these means he became one of the most powerful French monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution. Louis also enforced uniformity of religion under the Gallican Catholic Church. His revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished the rights of the Huguenot Protestant minority and subjected them to a wave of dragonnades, effectively forcing Huguenots to emigrate or convert, and virtually destroying the French Protestant community. The Sun King surrounded himself with a dazzling constellation of political, military, and cultural figures such as Mazarin, Colbert, Louvois, the Grand Condé, Turenne, Vauban, Boulle, Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Lully, Charpentier, Marais, Le Brun, Rigaud, Bossuet, Le Vau, Mansart, Charles, Claude Perrault, and Le Nôtre. During Louis' long reign, France was the leading European power, and it fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. There were also two lesser conflicts: the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions. Warfare defined the foreign policy of Louis XIV, and his personality shaped his approach. Impelled "by a mix of commerce, revenge, and pique", Louis sensed that warfare was the ideal way to enhance his glory. In peacetime he concentrated on preparing for the next war. He taught his diplomats that their job was to create tactical and strategic advantages for the French military. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehistoryexpress/support

Can't Make This Up
Black Flags, Blue Waters with Eric Jay Dolin

Can't Make This Up

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 64:39


We are fascinated with pirates. Whether it's Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney, the Assassin's Creed Black Flag video game, or Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, it seems we've always loved the Age of Piracy. But my guest today says the pirates we see in the movies don't perfectly lineup with the real pirates who sailed the high seas in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this episode, I talk with historian Eric Jay Dolin who's most recent book, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates, profiles many of the pirates you know and some you've likely never heard of. Eric and I discuss how integral piracy was to colonial America, what pirate life was really like, and how the real money wasn't in the Caribbean but all the way across the globe in the Indian Ocean. Eric then tells us about the explosion of piracy in the New World following the end of the War of Spanish Succession in 1715 and the ways we started immortalizing pirates in pop culture even when there were pirates still sailing the Caribbean. Want to listen to new episodes a week earlier and get exclusive bonus content? Consider becoming a supporter of the podcast on Patreon! Like the podcast? Please subscribe and leave a review! Follow @CMTUHistory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app