Posts – The French History Podcast

February 21, 2020

Revolutionary Brothers: Lafayette & Jefferson with Dr. Tom Chaffin

In this interview with Dr. Tom Chaffin, we discuss his new book Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that

America, Revolution

February 14, 2020

30 – God and the Gauls

Christianity finally comes center-stage! During the 2nd-3rd centuries Gaul gets a host of saints and miracles and becomes an important part of the Christian

ancient, Christianity

January 31, 2020

29 – Life in a Crumbling Empire

What was life like for ordinary people in 4th century Gallia? In this episode we’re covering men, women, children, the family, culture, entertainment, language,

ancient, Gaul, Rome

January 24, 2020

Black Venus: African Women in 19th Century France with Dr. Robin Mitchell

In this special episode, I interview Dr. Robin Mitchell on her new book Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France. We

Africa, Empire

January 16, 2020

Episode 28: In This Sign You Shall Conquer

Galerius rules from the East and Constantine fears for his life. One night the young man flees to Gaul to rejoin his father in

ancient, Gaul, Rome

January 3, 2020

Episode 27: The Empire Strikes Back

The year is 285. Diocletian is the undisputed master of a Roman world in tatters. Gaul has fallen completely apart as its own people

Diocletian, Gaul

November 30, 2019

Ep. 26 The Gallic Empire

Rome is falling apart. It’s being invaded along its entire northern and eastern borders. Emperors are assassinated. Usurper generals rise up every year to

Celts, Gaul, military

November 16, 2019

25-The Ancient Superpower and its Decline

Rome ascends to unprecedented glory by the time of Antoninus Pius. Then the unthinkable happens and the ancient superpower is hit with one disaster

Celts, Empire, Gaul, history

October 26, 2019

The Phoney War with Cameron Zinsou

Ph.D candidate Cameron Zinsou talks about the tense waiting period known as ‘The Phoney War.’ Zinsou argues that despite no large-scale military engagements occuring