Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Hanging with History
1797 Cape St Vincent, Jervis and Thomas Cochrane
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Harald Hansen
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Season 1
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Episode 153
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The new French and Spanish alliance is ascendant in the Mediterranean. The strategic move the Spanish make is more dictated by the royal revenue requirements and political strategy rather than naval strategy.
The outcome is the Battle of Cape St Vincent, where Nelson makes an enduring reputation. We then cover the remarkable career of Admiral Jervis, he is a hero of reform and an irresponsible villain who leaves France unprepared and vulnerable to Napoleon's planned invasion of 1804.
and we finish with a discussion of resentment, of Thomas Cochrane's heroism, idiocy and lifelong resentment of Jervis. Was it deserved?