Episode 216: Pavia

While last week Charles V and Henry VIII slowly boxed Francis I in, this time the French King risks all on one more throw of the dice. And loses. The Battle of Pavia will see the French King become the prisoner of the Emperor, turning the tables upside down on the political life of pre-modern Europe.Check out the Website for more content: www.westerncivpodcast.comJoin the Patreon Feed for Ad-Free Versions of the Show: www.patreon.com/westerncivpodcastTry a Seven-Day Free Trial of Western Civ. 2.0: www.glow.fm/westernciv

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A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.