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Mar 9, 2020
21 min

Episode 14: The Year That Was - 561

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

Ben

Mar 8, 2020
2 min

Sources: Episode Fourteen

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

Ben

Feb 23, 2020
22 min

Episode 13: The Sons of Clovis - Part V

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

Ben

Feb 23, 2020
1 min

Sources: Episode Thirteen

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

Ben

Feb 16, 2020
12 min

Bonus Episode 2: Procopius and Brittia

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

Episode 12: The Sons of Clovis - Part IV

Ben

Feb 9, 2020
23 min

Episode 12: The Sons of Clovis - Part IV

Hey, if you follow Thugs and Miracles on social media, be it Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, then you already probably know about this, ...

Ben

Feb 9, 2020
2 min

Sources: Episode Twelve

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...

Ben

Jan 26, 2020
22 min

The Sons of Clovis - Part III

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

Ben

Jan 26, 2020
1 min

Sources: Episode Eleven

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...

Ben

Jan 12, 2020
5 min

So You Want To Be A Podcast Superstar

I've been daydreaming recently about ditching everything to chase my goal of being a full-time podcaster. So what would it take to do this?

Ben

Jan 12, 2020
19 min

The Sons of Clovis - Part II

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

Ben

Jan 12, 2020
1 min

Sources: Episode Ten

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...

Bonus Episode One: Saint Geneviève, Protector of Paris

Ben

Dec 29, 2019
14 min

Bonus Episode One: Saint Geneviève, Protector of Paris

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

Ben

Dec 28, 2019
1 min

Sources: Bonus Episode One

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

Episode Nine: The Sons of Clovis - Part I

Ben

Dec 22, 2019
19 min

Episode Nine: The Sons of Clovis - Part I

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

Episode 8: Clovis, the First King - Legacy

Ben

Dec 8, 2019
22 min

Episode 8: Clovis, the First King - Legacy

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.

Ben

Nov 24, 2019
20 min

Episode 7: The Peasant Rusticus

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.

Ben

Nov 14, 2019
3 min

Four Kings

Four kings stand against one another in a battle for a kingdom that only one can win. What happens on this day will change the world...

Episode 6: Clovis, the First King - Consolidation

Ben

Nov 10, 2019
20 min

Episode 6: Clovis, the First King - Consolidation

Sieges were the worst, and Clovis hated them with a passion. Yet here he was, sitting in the shadow of Avignon‘s city walls...

Ben

Oct 27, 2019
3 min

Hair Is Everything

Phoebe Waller-Bridge said on the television show Fleabag that, “Hair is everything.” She was right, historically-speaking.

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