Le guerre del '700

Buy my new book, "Even Socrates Had Some Doubts": https://amzn.to/3wPZfmC Between the late 17th and mid-18th centuries, many wars were fought in Europe, often involving multiple powers. Let's try to understand the reasons for their outbreak and quickly analyze two of the major conflicts of that period, the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War, focusing in particular on the rise of Prussia. Contents: 00:00 Intro 00:54 The Five Protagonists 03:57 The Economic Causes 06:13 The Dynastic Causes 09:14 The Pragmatic Sanction 13:43 The Austrian Succession 16:18 The Geopolitical Causes 18:57 The Seven Years' War 21:54 Frederick the Great 24:07 The Prussian Army 25:21 Prussia to the West 27:08 Junkers, Ports, and Huguenots 30:44 Portugal and the United Kingdom 32:23 Spain and Naples 33:27 France in Difficulty 34:09 Belgium and the Netherlands 35:18 The British Strategy 36:21 The Peoples of the East 37:43 Austria and Northern Italy 39:25 Italy and the House of Savoy 41:03 Conclusions 💁 Do you want to support the channel? Do you like or find the videos useful and want to make a tangible contribution so I can continue making them? You can do so in one of these three ways: Make a direct donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Treat yourself to a book, film, or anything else: https://amzn.to/3ueER9j Other videos mentioned: Louis XIV, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the Huguenots:    • La Francia di Luigi XIV, il Re Sole   The Thirty Years' War:    • La guerra dei trent'anni   If you'd like to stay in touch, you can find me here: Weekly newsletter: https://scrip.substack.com/ Website: http://www.ermannoferretti.it Twitter:   / scrip   Facebook:   / scrip   Instagram:   / scrip