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5 days ago
20 min

Season 2, Episode 6: Love, War and Politics

Samo sat alone before his campfire, considering the battle to take place and how best to prosecute his attack against the mighty Franks.

Ben

Jan 1
25 min

Season 2, Episode 5: The Spare

Unlike his father, who had to rely on luck, illness and a homicidal mother for the throne, Dagobert had a more conventional ascension.

Season 2, Episode 4: A Legacy of Decline

Ben

Dec 20, 2020
20 min

Season 2, Episode 4: A Legacy of Decline

Chlothar II loved to hunt, and that's what he did while others ruled his Kingdom - right up to death. His reign led in a legacy of decline.

Ben

Dec 6, 2020
26 min

Season 2, Episode 3: A Quiet Place

A Roman beheading. A stag hunt. A slighted guest. How these came together to make Paris' Basilica of St Denis the resting spot of royalty...

Season 2, Episode 1: The Cost of Doing Business

Ben

Sep 4, 2020
20 min

Season 2, Episode 1: The Cost of Doing Business

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

Ben

Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Sources: Season 2, Episode 1: The Cost of Doing Business

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

Rabbit Hole #5: Saint Eligius - Saddles, Thrones and All the Wrong Words

Ben

Aug 25, 2020
14 min

Rabbit Hole #5: Saint Eligius - Saddles, Thrones and All the Wrong Words

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?

Rabbit Hole #4: Eugène-François Vidocq, the French Police Spy

Ben

Aug 2, 2020
11 min

Rabbit Hole #4: Eugène-François Vidocq, the French Police Spy

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...

Ben

Aug 2, 2020
1 min

Sources: Rabbit Hole #4

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.

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.3) – Primogeniture (Or Lack Thereof)

Ben

Jul 25, 2020
3 min

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.3) – Primogeniture (Or Lack Thereof)

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

Episode 25: Luck and Timing / Season 1 Finale

Ben

Jul 22, 2020
22 min

Episode 25: Luck and Timing / Season 1 Finale

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.

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.2) – Mommy Issues

Ben

Jul 14, 2020
4 min

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.2) – Mommy Issues

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

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.1) - Arianism

Ben

Jul 12, 2020
2 min

Thoughts on the End of a Season (Part 1.1) - Arianism

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

Ben

Jul 8, 2020
3 min

Closing the Book

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 ...

Ben

Jul 7, 2020
28 min

Episode 24: Death of a Legend

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

Ben

Jun 28, 2020
21 min

Episode 23: The End of the Beginning

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...

Ben

Jun 27, 2020
1 min

Sources: Episode Twenty-Three

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.

Ben

Jun 17, 2020
23 min

Episode 22: My Brother's Keeper

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.

Ben

Jun 17, 2020
1 min

Sources: Episode Twenty-Two

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.

Ben

May 24, 2020
22 min

Episode 21: A Family Divided

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.

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