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  • The Venice time machine

    • October 2, 2021
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      To anyone interested in history this is a truly mind-bending project that has to be seen to be believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQGgYPRWfs https://www.ted.com/talks/frederic_kaplan_how_i_built_an_information_time_machine https://vtm.epfl.ch/page-109836-en.html 'Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King' is now freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova's life and times are freely available here. #venice #history #eighteenthcentury #timemachine
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  • The successor problem

    • July 10, 2021
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    From the Emperor Augustus to the Emperor Napoleon one of the biggest challenges to the stability and prosperity of any state was to ensure a peaceful succession.  Transition from one ruler to the next was often a time fraught with danger.  If an incumbent ruler had no clear successor then both domestic and foreign competitors
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  • Under arrest

    • June 19, 2021
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      After almost 10 years of the high life, for Casanova the fun and games abruptly stopped.  Here’s an extract from his autobiography of the moment on 26th July, 1755 he was placed under arrest. What a strange and unexplained power certain words exercise upon the soul! I, who the evening before so bravely fortified myself
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