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September 18, 2020

41 – The Medieval Transformation Part 3: Daily Life

This episode and the next one or two will complete the Medieval Transformation series, as I talk about how life changed from late-Antiquity under

medieval

September 11, 2020

Four Royal Women’s Entangled Lives by Keira Morgan

Gary: Today’s special episode is by Keira Morgan. When Keira was five, her grandmother gave her a book about England’s queens, which started

Renaissance

September 4, 2020

40 – Great Merovingian Women

There are very few still-existing histories dating to the Merovingian period. Gregory of Tours’ Histories and The Chronicle of Fredegar are the only long-form

medieval, women

August 28, 2020

Cistercian Monks, the Albigensian Crusade, and the French Conquest of Occitania by Leland Renato Grigoli

[Gary] And we’re back! Thanks for your patience as I did some moving and researching this past month. Episode 40 will be out next

Christianity, medieval

August 7, 2020

Navigating Paris: What’s the flâneur got to do with it?

Gary: Today’s special episode is by Lauren Quigley who is a PhD candidate in French Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland. Her dissertation ‘Parisian

modern

July 31, 2020

Napoleon, Egypt and the Birth of Modern Egyptology with Dr. Tara Sewell-Lasater

Intro (Gary speaking): Today’s special episode is by Dr. Tara Sewell-Lasater Dr. Sewell-Lasater received her Ph.D in history from the University of Houston in

Middle East, modern

July 28, 2020

39 – The Epic of Brunhilda

Episode 39: The Epic of Brunhilda Francia in 561 and 587 Prologue: The early reigns of the sons of Clothar Before we

medieval

July 17, 2020

French History Myths with the Fake History Hunter, Jo Teeuwisse

Gary: Today’s special episode is an interview with Dutch historian Jo Teeuwisse, better known as the Fake History Hunter, for her work online debunking

July 10, 2020

38 – The Long-haired Kings

Announcements: Hello everyone. Before I begin today’s episode I have three quick announcements. First, I was a guest on the French Embassy to the

medieval

June 27, 2020

Intelligent Speech 2020 (audio only)

Intentional Wandering: How to find Hidden History Hello everyone, this is Gary Girod from the French History Podcast. The theme of this year’s conference

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