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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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June 12, 2020

37 – The Medieval Transformation Part 2: The Birth and Spread of Monasteries

Episode 37: The Medieval Transformation Part 2: The Birth and Spread of Monasteries During the first four centuries of Christianity’s history, believers were frequently

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May 1, 2020

34 – Gaul No More

The Western Roman Empire falls. Gaul is no more, & three kingdoms vie to replace it. Antiquity ends & Clovis turns the land into

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