Fredegunda appears to have been a self-made woman, "beautiful, dexterous, ambitious, and bold."

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. Our sources for Episode Seventeen - Fredegunda.

Brunhilda had everything. And it all went away in the blink of an eye...

The goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. That said, here's our sources!

When we’re done we’ll know who was in play, how they’ll affect the Merovingian narrative, and also where they're located.

Today we get to start looking at some new people who are going to shake our history right to its roots; enter Fredegunda and Brunhilda!

When we’re done we’ll know who was in play, how they’ll affect the Merovingian narrative, and also where they're located.

He could hear her inside, imploring Chlothar for mercy. He listened to none of her pleas. “Burn it,” he ordered.

The goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history; hence, our sources.

NOTE: The only source used for this episode, outside of the direct quotation from Moby Dick, was Procopius's History of the Wars. For...

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As always, the goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. This podcast would...

Hermenafrid had lied to Theuderic, and for this there could be no mercy...

As always, the goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. This podcast would...

Chlothar, Chlodomir and Childebert spent hours and days planning their strategy for the attack on Burgundy...

Genevieve bookends the entire arc of the T+M universe. She stood against Attila, and centuries later, her church became the Panthéon.

The source list for T+M Bonus Episode One: Saint Geneviève, Protector of Paris.

Clotilde's boys, always looking for a reason to expand their power or pick a fight, needed little reason to go to war...

Clovis never passed a day in his life as King without thinking about how he could expand his Kingdom and burnish his hold on power.

So who was Rusticus? He was a resident of a region that had, at the beginning of the century, been a part of the Roman Empire for 450 years.