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The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

Released Monday, 17th May 2021
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The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

The Prince Who Was Promised (S2: E15)

Monday, 17th May 2021
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Click here to check out the Listenable course mentioned at the end of this episode!

This week we’re looking at the end of Theuderic III… which just happens to also be the beginning of Pépin d’Herstal as princeps, the Prince/Duke of the Franks. Remember, Theuderic and Pépin went to battle twice before Pépin took over in his new role, so to say that the two men had a good working relationship would be a complete lie. Their relationship, if it can even be called that, is more akin to a master and servant, but in this case the roles were reversed. A king in almost any other context would be served by his advisors, but in this case the king is in place for no other reason than to legitimize the advisors.

In losing at Tertry, Theuderic became little more than an object to be possessed, and for the rest of the Merovingian Dynasty, this was all that the kings would be.

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On a different (yet related) note, in the past month I’ve been working with an audio course company called Listenable to create a truncated version of what we’ve learned so far. The course, unsurprisingly called “History of the Merovingians (451-613),” breaks down the first half of the Merovingian Dynasty into bite-size chunks: 15 lessons of less than 10 minutes each. If you’re new to the podcast and want to get the Cliff Notes version of what we discussed in Season 1, or if you just want a quick refresher without having to go through all 12 1/2 hours and 25 episodes, then you should head on over to Listenable to give them a try. On top of my course, they also offer powerful, bite-sized audio courses authored by well‑loved experts on a variety of subjects. It’s a perfect format for listening and learning, especially on-the-go. You can give them a try for seven days completely free; just click one of the links to check it out! If you appreciate the content we’ve brought to you so far and want to help the show out, this is a perfect way to do so. I’m pretty excited about the whole experience and like that I have a new way to get this amazing story out to the world, so please, click the link and check out Listenable.io or search for Listenable in the Apple App Store.

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