In the last lecture, we saw some of the salient features of the Frankish world. Towards the end, I noted the rise of an important family, that is, the dynasty of the Merovingians. Under the Merovingians, Clovis would unify much of Western Europe. In this lecture, I want to zoom in and examine the salient institutions that made up the government and bureaucracy of the Frankish kingdom of the Merovingians. It is important to discuss this because these are the institutions in which Charlemagne’s grandfather, Charles the Hammer, and father, Pippin the Short operated. And these are the institutions that his family inherited when they overthrew the Merovingians.
Ep. 09: Medieval Birds in Thought
Ep. 08: Hobgoblin in the Ninth Century (Medieval Beasts)
Ep. 07: Dirty Riddles and Farts
Ep. 06: Murder in a Church
Ep. 05: The Case of a Criminal in a Church
Ep. 04: The Song of Roland (Medieval Tale)
Ep. 03: That Time a Viking Kissed a Foot
Ep. 02 - Medieval Beasts (Cynocephaly)
Ep. 01: Medieval Murder (The Murder of a Pope)
Charlemagne 06: Boyhood (742-755)
Charlemagne 05: Pippin the Short (751-768)
Charlemagne 04: Charles the Hammer
Charlemagne 03: The Carolingian Family
Charlemagne 01: The Frankish World
Medieval Europe 30: The End of the Middle Ages
Medieval Europe 29: The Hundred Years War, Part II (1415-1453)
Medieval Europe 28: The Western Schism (1378-1417)
Medieval Europe 27: The Black Death (1347-1351)
Medieval Europe 26: The Hundred Years War, Part I (1327-1386)
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