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!

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion. The source list for Episode Nineteen - Family Dynamics.

In the past few days I have had the privilege of talking with David Cot of The History of Spain podcast; he and I have quite a bit of...

Guntram had a problem with women. And his family. And basically everyone else...

The goal at T+M is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. The source list for Episode Eighteen - Guntram.

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!