The STRANGE END of the Last MEROVINGIANS

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Published on October 1, 2024 4:00:25 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S67_rMZYWLA

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With the rise to power of the Carolingian dynasty, the previous rulers of the Franks, the Merovingians, were relegated to legendary figures. Or worse, they were described as lazy, slacker kings. But what is the true story of the last of the Merovingians?

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Primary sources and insights:

Chronicle of Fredegar, 7th century
Erchambert, Breviarium Regum Francorum Et Majorum Domus, 8th-9th century
Sigebert of Gembloux, Chronicon, 11th-12th century
Gregory of Tours, Decem libri historiarum or Historia Francorum, 6th century

Babelon E., Le tombeau du roi Childéric et les origines de l’orfévrerie cloisonnée, 1924
Bloch M., Les Rois thaumaturges. Étude sur le caractère surnaturel attributed to la puissance royale particulièrement en France et en Angleterre, 1924
Bürher-Thierry G., Mériaux C., La France avant la France : 481-888, 2010
Costambeys M., Innes M., MacLean S., The Carolingian World, 2011
Dumézil B., L'empire mérovingien, Ve – VIIIe siècles, 2023
Fouracre P., Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography 640-720, 1996
Innes M., Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300-900: The Sword, the Plow and the Book, 2007
Le Jan R., Les Mérovingiens, 2006
Wood I. N., The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751, 1994

The fictionalized legend of the Merovingians:
Baigent M., Leigh R., Lincoln H., The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, 1982
Brown D., The Da Vinci Code, 2003
De Sède G., L'Or de Rennes ou La Vie insolite de Bérenger Saunière, curé de Rennes-le-Château, 1967
Wilson R. A., The Widow's Son, 1985

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 From Merovech to Dagobert I
08:34 The "lazy kings"
14:38 The Merovingians descendants of Jesus
17.44 Were they really lazy?

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Background music: "Dark Hollows", "Marked" and "Vupna" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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