War and the weather: what caused the huge economic slump of 1706?

Queen Anne was on the throne. Work had just started on Blenheim Palace in honour of John Churchills victories over Louis XIVs French armies in the war of Spanish succession. The union between England and Scotland was imminent.
1706 is how far economic histor…

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