This week our focus is on Theuderic II and the constantly tightening spiral that Brunhilda finds herself in as she grows older. Theuderic himself is an interesting case to look at, insofar as how he dealt with his grandmother vice the way that his brother dealt with her. Remember, Theudebert ultimately kicked Brunhilda out of his Kingdom and tried to make his way in the world without her; this led to her turning against him in a sort of total war that is all that much more incredibly visceral due to the close relationship these people shared. Anyway, Theudebert rejected Brunhilda and Theuderic accepted her; we know how this turned out for Theudebert, so how about his younger brother?

Also this week, we open with some Show Notes so as to set the tone for the next few months and the eventual start of Season Two. First off, you’ll notice that the name of the episode is “The End of the Beginning.” Throughout the production of the show you may also have noticed that I list the episodes as Season 1, Episode Whatever… Well there’s a reason for this. As far as the show title, I feel confident in saying that we have, in fact, come to the end of the beginning. We covered the formative events in the founding of the Merovingian Dynasty, ranging from the mythical to the exaggerated and everything in between, and we should now have a firm foundation upon which to build the rest of the history. That said, the rest of the history will continue in Season Two, which is scheduled to begin on 6 September 2020. I will finish out this first 25-episode season with this episode and then with the next two, and then everything will wrap up around 19 July. I’ll then take that month-and-a-half window between Seasons 1 and 2 to work on a variety of things, ranging from cleaning up and updating the website, to compiling the episode transcripts into a full manuscript, and most importantly, researching deeper and deeper into our history. The coronavirus has put quite a damper on being able to get to the library and the bookstores to get more source documents, so hopefully we’ll see virus rates stay low and libraries reopen shortly here in the UK so I can make the show as interesting – and, quite honestly, as historically accurate – as possible.

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