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Feudal Japan vs Europe: The Silent Coup of Wealth

Feudal Japan vs Europe: The Silent Coup of Wealth

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While earlier episodes explored the martial prowess of samurai and knights, or the bureaucratic structures of the bakufu and feudal courts, Episode 222 turns to the quiet engine of power: debt. We examine how European monarchs like Charles V and Philip II bankrupted their realms by relying on German banking families such as the Fuggers and Welsers, a strategy that contrasted sharply with the Tokugawa shogunate’s systematic expulsion of foreign merchants and strict control over domestic commerce. Lucas traces the collapse of Spanish global hegemony not just through military defeat, but through the ledger books of Antwerp and Seville, while Luna asks how Japanese daimyo managed similar financial pressures without falling into the same trap. We look at specific figures like Jan VI de Welsner and the concept of usury laws in both Christian and Buddhist contexts, revealing how economic isolation in Edo Japan created a different kind of stability—one built on hoarded gold rather than borrowed credit. This conversation uncovers the hidden warfare of finance that determined whether a feudal state would expand or implode. #FeudalJapan #FeudalEurope #TokugawaIeyasu #CharlesV #PhilipIIofSpain #FuggerBank #JanWelsner #EdoPeriod #SpanishArmada #Sakoku #GoldMine #IwamiGinzan #UsuryLaws #DebtCrisis #HanseaticLeague #BuddhistEconomics #MerchantGuilds #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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