The Merovingians

Send us Fan Mail This episode we take a break from the wars and plots of the Merovingian kings and instead focus on two of the most significant Merovingian queens. How much can Clothild and Radegund teach us about how queens could amass and use power in the period? Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail This week we deal with the last years of the sons of Clovis. They've conquered, schemed, murdered and waited impatiently for their chance to unite the realm. Which of them will succeed? Let's find out. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail This episode dives into the difficult and sometimes murderous relationship between the sons of Clovis. Between the constant backstabbing, plots, rebellions and precarious alliances, the kings of the Franks were constantly looking for weakness. They would not yet find it in each other, but there were other kingdoms and helpless princes to pick on for the moment. Laugh Love Law Real...

Send us Fan Mail This episode we meet the four new Merovingian kings, the sons of Clovis, Theuderic, Chlodomer, Childebert, and Chlothar. We discuss the succession and how the realm came to be split between them, then look at the two major Frankish conquests of this period, the Thuringians and the Burgundians. Will the sons be better or worse than their father?

Send us Fan Mail This week we look at the other, nastier side of Clovis. His brutality, his manipulations, lies, and his insatiable lust for power and wealth. Is he really the great, noble king he is so often presented as?  Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail This week we go through the official narrative about Clovis, the first major king of the Merovingian dynasty. We'll track Clovis as he expands the Frankish realm from a minor power in the north to dominating Gaul and beating back his two great rivals, the Burgundians and the Visigoths. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and....

Send us Fan Mail This week we explore those that stood in the way of the Frankish domination of Gaul. The Burgundians to the east and the Visigoths to the south are the main rivals but other groups, including the Gallo-Romans are discussed here. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail Who are the Merovingians and where did they come from? This episode takes a look at the origins of the dynasty and their people, the Franks. 

Send us Fan Mail An introduction to the Merovingian Dynasty, beginning with a brief look at the fall of the Roman Empire in the west, setting the stage for one of the most turbulent eras in European history.