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Historyzine 019: The Battle of Oudenarde

Posted on April 28, 2010 by jimmowatt

Historyzine’s retelling of The War of the Spanish Succession now reaches the year 1708 and the Battle of Oudenarde. The Duke of Burgundy and the Marshall Vendome make initial gains in the Spanish Netherlands moving swiftly to take control of … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 018: 1707

Posted on February 19, 2010 by jimmowatt

Historyzine now moves into the year 1707 in the saga of the War of the Spanish Succession. This year the allies are looking to attack Toulon and hopefully make more gains in the Spanish Netherlands. The Duke of Marlborough has … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 017: The Aftermath of Ramillies

Posted on January 29, 2010 by jimmowatt

Historyzine 17 features 1706 and the Aftermath of Battle of Ramilies as well as the relief of Turin in our War of the Spanish Succession section. In the linguistic history trivia bit we’ll be looking at a couple of printing … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 014: Forcing the lines of Brabant (1705)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by jimmowatt

Family History – connecting up with large scale history. I’ve recently spent a considerable amount of time delving into my family history and been quite delighted by the reflection of large scale events such as the industrial revolution, highland clearances … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 001: Prelude to the War of the Spanish Succession

Posted on November 13, 2007 by jimmowatt

The first episode of Historyzine features a review of the podcast, History According to Bob and a look at the phrase, ‘burning the candle at both ends.’ My featured subject at the moment is the ‘War of the Spanish Succession.’ … Continue reading →

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