People assume that being king was a glorious, entertaining, easy way of life. Glorious? Absolutely. Entertaining? Sometimes. Easy? Never.

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion. Source list of Season 2 Episode 1: The Cost of Doing Business

Chlothar II needed a new place to sit, a throne befitting his station as the new King of the Franks. But where to find a good craftsman?

On 5 Nov 1831, thieves broke into the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and stole more than 2,000 pieces; one man would hunt them down...

The goal at T+M is to be transparent; as such, here's the source list for Rabbit Hole #4 - Eugène-François Vidoqc, the French Police Spy.

The final thoughts I have for Season One, what surprised me the most, is the sheer number of civil wars fought amongst the Merovingians...

King Chlothar II struck the jackpot in almost every conceivable way in his life, and it culminated with him becoming King of All the Franks.

I never would've imagined the ways in which Merovingian women were a part of the history, or the wide-ranging impacts of their interventions

A few thoughts on what I've learned after a year of podcasting about the early French monarchy and the Merovingians, starting with Arianism.

Brunhilda is dead, and it feels like my world is crumbling. Okay, okay, Brunhilda has been dead for – checks watch – 1,407 years now, so ...

Brunhilda had lived a royal life; now, in this year of 613, she found herself about to die as a captive.

Theuderic II had had enough of death and war for a while. In the past decade, he had taken his army to the field time and time again...

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible; as such, here's the source list for Episode Twenty-Three: The End of the Beginning.

Theudebert II's time as king started poorly and never got better. It ended with him in a cell, watching his royal hair fall to the floor.

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion. The source list for Episode Twenty-Two: My Brother's Keeper.

Brunhilda was in a bind. In 596, the Queen Mother was torn between letting her son rule as king while maintaining her own grip on power.

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion. The source list for Episode Twenty-One: A Family Divided.

We’re going to move between all three of our main subjects, Fredegunda, Brunhilda and Guntram; by the end, one of them will be leaving...

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion. The source list for Episode Twenty - Something's Gotta Give

This week we cover the Gundovald Affair, how Guntram, Brunhilda and Childebert are getting on and we look at why you never mess with Freddy!