Vol 4 Ep 17 - The Franks, Part Two ( Charlemagne / Carolingians )

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

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🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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715 - 987 - Early Medieval France was as important as any nation of Europe in its history. This episode deals with the rekindling of kingship through the Carolingians and their relationship with the Papacy, and how their succession tradition proved to damage the empire and make way for the fragmentation of the Frankish Empire.

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0:00.0	The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler
0:21.0	Volume 4 The Medieval World
0:24.0	Episode 17 The Franks Part 2 Oh, you know, now. You know, now.
0:44.0	Now,
0:45.0	Now, here,
0:46.0	here, here,
0:47.0	Oh,
0:48.0	Oh, Oh,
0:50.0	Oh, Oh,
0:51.0	Oh, It was necessary for Francier and Aquitaine to stand together in the face of the threat of
1:19.3	Alandalous.
1:21.2	When this new Muslim state of the Iberian Peninsula invaded the Frankish
1:26.3	Kingdom.
1:28.2	Charles Martel, the mayor of the palace in Francia, alongside Odo the Great, the Duke of Aquitaine, fought off the aggressions of the Umead
1:37.2	caliphate and sent them back home without their leader and to some degree empty-handed.
1:44.0	Charles Martel's tenure in control of Francia is highly significant in the fact that it changed the direction of French history.
1:54.0	Charles was a member of the family line called the Carolingian dynasty,
1:59.0	with its most famous member being Charles's grandson, Charlemagne. Despite being in control of Francia, Charles Martel was not a king.
2:09.0	In fact, the king of Francia during the time around the Battle of Tours in 732, was a
2:16.9	Merovingian monarch called Tuderick the fourth.
2:21.2	But he was no more than a child when he acceded to the throne in 721 and Charles kept him in captivity during his reign.
2:30.0	So the Kings had no part to play in ruling the kingdom at this point at all.
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