This week, we’re going to look at the abdication of a powerful figure, a man who loomed over Francia and French politics in the mid-8th century - but this man was not the King! This week we’ll be looking at Carloman, the Austrasian Mayor of the Palace, and trying to figure out what drove him to give up all of his worldly authority and possessions. Was it a political hot job? Did he have an honest-to-goodness spiritual conversion? Or did he have a mental health crisis at a time in history when mental health was not really a thing? Considering that he may have had 1,000 people put to death right before his decision to become a monk, you can guess where we’re placing our bets!
Before we get into all of that though, a quick programming note: I’m recording this week’s episode while on holiday in Wiesbaden, the heart of the area whose history we’re looking into. That part is pretty cool, and I’m staying in nice accommodations, but it’s pretty much made out of cement and ceramic tiles and not exactly the stuff of recording studios so... No worries, I’ll be back into the normal-sounding digs next week, but that’s why this week we’re sounding just a little bit odd!
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Listenable: History of the Merovingians, 451-613
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