The Song of Roland tells of Charlemagne's ill-fated return from Spain. Besides this central theme, was anything else in the Song accurate?

We’re going to take a look at Widukind, a great medieval resistance leader. Because, news flash, lots of people did not like Charlemagne...

The Franks and Saxons were no strangers to battle. However, this struggle went into high gear for 30 years during the reign of Charlemagne.

This week we’re going to take a look at how, for the third time in less than two decades, the Franks and the Lombards came to blows...

Take a look at what exactly happened between Charles and his brother Carloman from 768-771, and find out how one ended up dead...

Take a look at the first few years of Charles and Carloman’s reign as seen through the eyes of their mother, Queen Bertrada...

Gaining power is difficult, but holding everything together once you’ve arrived... well, therein lies the real challenge.

Frankish Kings emulated Constantine... was this used against them? Find out how the Donation of Pépin may have been based on a fraud!

Pépin le Bref is now King Pépin I, having just overthrown the last Merovingian. The Pope is on the run from the Lombards. Worlds collide...

How many language learning apps have you tried? For me, I think I’m up to about 10. Seriously! Duolingo, Kwiziq, Memrise, French in...

A year in prison. A broken army. And now caught between two tribes. No problem, Charles Martel thought. I've got them right where I want...

A powerful man, a young woman and an upset, long-suffering wife from the 7th century prove that midlife crises are timeless...

The T+M source list for... everything. The goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible, so here's our ingredients list!

How do you justify the notion that certain people were chosen, either by God or by fate, to sit in judgement over all other people?

Victory rides on a knife’s edge. Oftentimes what appears to be a loss is actually the access point to a path not hitherto contemplated...

Welcome to the April edition of the T+M newsletter (Volume #3) Eight Kings, the coup d'état goes full circle, and the Mayors finally...

Twenty years. A lot can change in the world in 20 years. A lot can change in a person. And that’s how long Dagobert II was locked away...

Leodegar knew he had been bested as he looked out of his window and saw the army below waiting for his capitulation...

This week we’re finishing the trilogy that began with a coup... and then kept getting worse. Meet Ebroin, the new Mayor of the Palace...

"The King may let you go to a monastery, or he may choose to end your life quickly. Those are your only real options..."