Hello it's Matt again, welcome back for country number 2! I am releasing these first two in 2 weeks because I was already a bit ahead on these but usually these will run one every two weeks as I have to have time to work and research and prepare things as well as that spending time with my wife and children thing haha. So this week's episode will be on Charlemagne and how he helped found Andorra. Charlemagne did about a billion things and is responsible in many ways for Europe as we know it so this 20 minute episode will not cover much more than a brief background and his interactions with Andorra. For more information there are many books and podcasts as well as a metal album done by none other than a 90-year old Christopher Lee(Count Dooku, Sauroman, and other characters). I read the Carolingian Chronicles but there are many others available. As for podcasts that's what this mini-sode is for. Here we go:
The History of English Podcast has 6 episodes where Charlemagne plays a big part each episode is about an hour long. This one focuses on Charlemagne's reign and especially reform related things, especially those that ended up influencing English words, very interesting to find some common words from Charlemagne! It's pretty interesting and the episodes are very well researched. We will take a listen to the main episode on Charlemagne as our sample
https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/category/charlemagne/
The Viking Age Podcast has a 5-episode series of 1-hour episodes on the rise of the Franks and then their wars with the Saxons. The show is well thought out and has good info about the Viking Age. We'll be sampling a few minutes from Episode 4 of the series.
http://vikingagepodcast.com/charlemagne-saxon-wars-part-1
The History of Byzantium - has one episode on the relationship that developed between the Byzantine Emperor and Charlemagne, interesting stuff here. This podcast is traipsing through the entirety of Byzantine History so lots of good information,
https://play.acast.com/s/thehistoryofbyzantium/episode-81a-charlemagne-and-leo
The Medieval World - has a bunch of episodes on both Charlemagne and the Carolingians, we will be sampling one episode from the bunch, it's well researched and informative.
https://www.themedievalworld.com/
We Talk about Dead People - A 2-hour episode that goes into a LOT of details and they cover pretty much every area of what makes Charles so magne. This podcast is basically like listening to a rock morning radio show but about historical events so be ready for silliness and steady cursing.
https://soundcloud.com/wetalkaboutdeadpeople/105-charlemagne-return-of-the-king
The Life of Charlemagne is a book on podcast that has 5 episodes averaging around 15 minutes each. This is written by Einhard, Charlemagne's court historian, and is a good primary source for Charlemagne.
http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-life-of-charlemagne-by-einhard
Charlemagne: medieval empire builder - a 20 minute interview on the family of Charlemagne
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/history-extra-podcast/e/62794311