Posts – The French History Podcast

November 20, 2020

46 – France’s First Dynasty

In the first episode of this podcast I talked about how the words ‘France’ and ‘French’ are not set, but are ever-evolving concepts. Related

November 13, 2020

French ‘Corsairing’ in the Americas during the War of the Spanish Succession by Mike LaMonica

It took the podcast quite a while but we finally have an episode with pirates. Today’s special episode is by Mike LaMonica, a PhD

Early modern

November 6, 2020

45 – The End of the Merovingian Dynasty

Episode 45: The End of the Merovingian Dynasty For roughly 120 years from the ascension of Clovis I to Dagobert the scions of the

medieval

October 30, 2020

The Prefect’s Purse-String: Jean Moulin and the Rex Mission by David A. Foulk

Gary: Today’s special episode is by David A. Foulk. David is a student at Oxford University currently completing his dissertation on the economic aspect

modern, WW2

October 23, 2020

The Occupation of Northern France in WWI with Dr. James E. Connolly

Script Forthcoming

October 16, 2020

44 – The Last Great Merovingian Kings

Episode 44: The Last Great Merovingian Kings In 584 Queen Fredegund gave birth to her fifth male child. Her four previous sons died at

medieval

October 11, 2020

43 – The Medieval Transformation Part 5: Medicine and Mythology

Today’s episode is a little short and because of that I will be releasing a full one this Saturday, so consider this a bonus.

medieval

October 9, 2020

Syria and the French Empire from WWI to Present by Patrick Higgins

Gary: Today’s special episode is by Middle Eastern scholar Patrick Higgins, who gives an account of the French Empire in Syria from its earliest

Empire, modern, Syria

October 2, 2020

42 – The Medieval Transformation Part 4: The Salic Law

Today’s episode begins with a cliché that keeps hanging over people’s collective imagining of the post-Roman world: ‘the Dark Ages.’ In the early 14th

medieval

September 25, 2020

Before Trans: Three Incredible Lives with Dr. Rachel Mesch

Gary: Today’s special episode is an interview with Dr. Rachel Mesch. She received her BA from Yale College, her M.A. from Columbia University and

modern

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