# The Original Poster w/ Patrick Wyman | American Prestige



## Notes

-   [[the great divergence]], when the backwater of Europe overtook the Muslim world
-   the thing that changed the power relation between monarchs and financiers was public debt and interest bearing debt, which was pioneered in Spain
-   Spain could pay for this because of their new world conquests
-   Luther became popular because he found he was very suited for the medium of printing, which was good news for printing companies


## Refs

-   https://americanprestige.libsyn.com/e21-the-original-poster-w-patrick-wyman