c. 500 to 590
"Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be."
- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Additional Music:
Hildegard of Bingen, “Antiphon for St. Ursula”
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28:12
The Life and Loves of Theudebert I
516 - 548
One of the strongest of the early Merovingians, Theudebert built a powerful kingdom while squabbling with his uncles and carrying on a complicated personal life.
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Webpage for this Episode: https://darkagespod.com/2025/04/16/57-the-life-and-loves-of-theudebert-i/
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects from freesound.com
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32:26
The Inheritance of Clovis
511-532
Out of the four sons of Clovis, not one of them was the type to stay at home, or to be content with what he had. In this episode, we’ll abandon chronological accuracy for the moment, to tell stories of each of these kings. Violence, mostly.
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects from freesound.com
And https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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30:40
Kingdoms of Francia
c. 450 - c. 600
When Clovis, king of the Franks, died in 511, he passed on to his sons a huge territory, containing many millions of people. In this episode, we take a look at those people, how they made their livings, and how they organized society around them.
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https://www.museedestempsbarbares.fr/le-village-franc/
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects from freesound.com
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35:23
Basque-ing in Glory
Basque-ing in Glory
4000 BCE to c. 700 CE
The Western Pyrenees are home to the Basques, a mysterious community who speaks a unique language, and who have been there … for as long as anyone can tell. In this episode we’ll explore their history up through the seventh century, and their relationship to the people who have come and gone around them.
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects from freesound.com
And https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
The history of Europe from 376 and beyond the Fall of Rome.
Barbarian invasions, kings, queens, and saints, myths and legends.
It’s the history they skipped.
New Zealand