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Dispatch 36
🕑 Added 2025-06-21 03:16:00 +0000 UTCHere is the thirty-sixth patrons-only Dispatch. Topics include: the indigenous people of Haiti, stimulants in Napoleonic armies, and tattoos in early 19th century Europe.
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Comments
Kevin Xu
Sorry meant to write this here: In Chinese art history, Jesuits were also prized for their knowledge of western portraiture and photo realistic paintings thanks to western focus of the human form. The sudden appearance of court portraits of the emperors can be credited to the Jesuit paintings Giuseppe Castiglione was well known for this
Blake
Bernadotte having a "Death to Kings" tramp stamp is too funny not to be true.
Christoher Argo
I listen to the programs over and over because they are so enjoyable and informative. This weekend while working in the yard I decided to start from the beginning again, but now I cannot find the beginning on podcast platform nor Patreon. Are they no longer available or am I missing something?
Don Sandbekkhaug
You’ve mentioned a few instances of soldiers looking for wives and even proposing marriage when a woman’s husband was killed in a battle. How did Napoleonic soldiers typically meet women to marry? What happened if they got married while on campaign? Furthermore, in contrast, how did civilians find suitable marriage partners in this era?
