Bloody History of the Merovingian's: 250 Years of Thugs & Miracles - History Documentary

Bloody History of the Merovingian's: 250 Years of Thugs & Miracles - History Documentary
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GOD Did Not Want Anyone To Kill In His Name, But The Catholic Church Most Certainly Did...
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111,174 views November 22, 2023
Empire-Builders
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The Merovingians ruled Francia for 250 years. Too often, their reign is seen as a gap in the late antique period, a dark age preceding the Carolingian renaissance. But that is a disservice to the Merovingians, without whom there would have been no Carolingians, and no Charlemagne.
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This is the second episode in a series covering the Holy Roman Empire.

0:00 - Thugs & Miracles
3:38 - The sons of Clovis
8:16 - The scissors or the sword
10:21 - Attack on the Thuringians
12:47 - Assassination attempt on Chlotaire 14:13 - Childebert's Visigothic adventure
17:13 - Succession of Theudebert
19:52 - The final victory of Chlotaire
24:12 - Start of the great Merovingian feud 28:26 - Assessment of Chilperic's reign
33:13 - The end of the great Merovingian feud 37:05 - Introduction of the palace mayors 44:55 - Introduction of Charles Martel (yes, THAT one)
51:21 - The end of the Merovingians
54:18 - Assessing Merovingian rule
57:53 - Thugs & Miracles
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Sources & further reading:
- History of the Franks (Gregory of Tours)
- Chronicle of Fredegar + Continuations
- Liber Historiae Francorum
- Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire (Peter H. Wilson)
- The Merovingian Kingdoms (Ian Wood)
- From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader (Alexander Callander Murray)
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