Introduction

This week's episode is brought to you by fellow history podcasky, patrick wyman. The verge is about the crucial as between 14 90 and 15 30 that birth so much of what we understand as the modern world. Wyman takes us from fleets in the atlantic to silver mines in hungary to wool traders in england to the richest banks in europe. Clearly illustrating the sophisticated economic, technological and political forces driving europe towards global domination.