June 2018 - AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST

MINI009 “A Victorian Scandal?”

2018-06-20 age-of-victoria 00:35:55 0 Comments

Join me and decide who, if anyone was the truly scandalous one. The aristocrat? The banker? The Sporting Superstar?

This is a minisode that is a stand alone episode on a scandal involving Beatrice Sumner and Charles Hoare in the very late Victorian period, plus why framing a narrative is dangerous when studying history. What would you do to protect your daughter? What would you do to be with the man you loved?

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MINI008 Announcements & thank you’s.

2018-06-12 age-of-victoria 00:07:13 0 Comments

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A very short update on upcoming episodes, reviews, thank you’s and a shout out to the excellent Pontifacts podcast.

EP011 Congress of Vienna pt 1 “A Brave old world”

2018-06-01 age-of-victoria 00:46:03 1 Comment

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Every European school child should have learnt about the Congress of Vienna. Seriously. It is actually possibly the most important series of events in modern history that no one has ever heard of.

Honestly, how many of us have heard of it, or know what it was, or what happened? We should and not just because it is important or worthy. It is a fascinating tail in its own right. Who would rule France? Would there be a Poland? What about the Pope or the Prussians? Who would control the Baltic or the Mediterranean? Who would end up in power, and who would end up dead? Politicians and kings squared off. Devious spies, and clever diplomats faced imperial generals or experienced statesmen. Flattery, bribery and corruption vied with high minded principle. Hypocrisy warred with genuine optimism. Had they disposed a tyrant only to create new tyrannies? Clever, ruthless men like Talleyrand destroyed incriminating archives, attempting to shape history itself.

This is part one of the story of how the modern nations of Europe were born, who shaped them and why.

Join me and find out about the brave old world that the old elite of Europe were attempting to build.

Month: June 2018

MINI009 “A Victorian Scandal?”

MINI008 Announcements & thank you’s.

EP011 Congress of Vienna pt 1 “A Brave old world”