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Ep 170 - Charlemagne
🕑 Added 2024-06-06 12:05:07 +0000 UTCpatrons, here's your ad-free version of this week's regular episode, we answered questions from white trash historian and archbishop absalom's ample ass.
folks, we're back and it's high time we talked about good ol' Karl the Great. no, not Marx, the Medieval Karl the Great, Charlemagne. though he's one of the most important figures in world history, we haven't ever done an episode dedicated to him, so we decided to remedy that. we talk about his early life, his rise to power, his military victories, his massive cultural interests, how he ruled over the only fully "feudal" society (as we understand that word today) in history, and the historiographical battles over legacy. however, if you're just a huge Charlemagne hater, that's ok too, because next week we're going to talk about how his vaunted and much renowned Carolingian Empire only survived his death by about 70 years than to Karl's 4 incompetent fail sons.
Comments
Ted Delphos
Wait, I just found the discord link in a post from November 2021. Okayyy! I mean, it'll still be the same one, right?
Ted Delphos
I really enjoyed this episode. I have two metaquestion and then a question. MQs: How do I get into the discord server, and what fundamental thing am I ignorant of that I haven't figured this out? Question: since you brought up the Song of Roland: what about it? Aside from being anti-Muslim. Does it tell us anything interesting either about Carolingian times, or about the period(s) during which it was composed?
rob
Not about the rapper, most disappointing
