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Episode 5: Clovis, the First King - Conversion

Ben

Oct 27, 2019
19 min

Episode 5: Clovis, the First King - Conversion

The world was caving in on Clovis. At least, that’s how he felt as he watched his line continue to be pushed back...

Ben

Oct 23, 2019
3 min

Succession

Human nature remains constant, whether it's 511 or 2019.

Episode 4: Clovis, the First King - Taking Power

Ben

Oct 13, 2019
19 min

Episode 4: Clovis, the First King - Taking Power

Syagrius had one thought that repeated over and over again in his mind: How had everything gone so wrong so quickly? Who was this Clovis?

Ben

Oct 9, 2019
1 min

Sources - Episode 4

T+M includes a list of sources used to make each episode. Without further ado, sources for Episode 4 - Clovis, the First King: Taking Power

Ben

Sep 30, 2019
19 min

Episode 3: Childeric - Crossing Worlds

Around 455CE, the Salian Franks of Belgica Secunda, an area that in modern times falls in and around Northern France and Belgium, were fa...

Ben

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

Sources - Episode 3

Thugs and Miracles strives to be as transparent as possible and to spark discussion. Hence, the sources for Episode 3 - Childeric are listed

Ben

Sep 28, 2019
3 min

Listening and Writing

Some thoughts from the first thirty days of T+M (plus a few years of listening to podcasts before I made the jump to making one myself).

Episode 2: Merovech, the Ghost Who Spawned A Dynasty

Ben

Sep 16, 2019
19 min

Episode 2: Merovech, the Ghost Who Spawned A Dynasty

Merovech was born from the dual fathers of a sea monster and a normal man; then again, if you look deeper, maybe he never existed at all...

Ben

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

Sources - Episode 2

Source list for Episode 2 - Merovech: The Ghost Who Created A Dynasty:

Episode 1: After the Fall, the Beginning

Ben

Aug 28, 2019
19 min

Episode 1: After the Fall, the Beginning

In 476 CE, the Roman Empire fell. What came after the fall was a fight for power that shaped history and affects us to this day.

Ben

Aug 28, 2019
2 min

Sources - Episode 1

The source list for Episode 1 - After the Fall, the Beginning

Ben

Aug 26, 2019
4 min

Season 1 Trailer

Thugs and Miracles, the podcast looking at the history of the kings and queens of France from the fall of Rome to the fall of the guillotine

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