The second episode of our discussion of the Chronicon of Thietmar, an eclectic history of the Ottonian dynasty. We suffer from technical difficulties, govern the princes mercifully, recite the psalms in sackcloth, celebrate the Czechs, become authentically masculine, consent to the election of a bishop, issue a knock-out bonk, and realize that our source for some information is infernally untrustworthy. Text: https://www.amazon.com/Ottonian-Germany-Chronicon-Merseburg-Manchester/dp/0719049261

The first episode of our discussion of the Chronicon of Thietmar, an eclectic history of the Ottonian dynasty. We restore the vision of Charlemagne, hide from Lombards in a swamp, narrowly avoid being cut down by an angel with a flaming sword, maximize Gross Domestic Sanctity, and shudder at the thought of counts acting like dukes. Text: https://www.amazon.com/Ottonian-Germany-Chronicon-Merseburg-Manchester/dp/0719049261

Part two of our discussion of the Annolied. We rise from our graves at the name of our master, look into a mirror of excellence, get by on very little sleep, suffer punishment immediately for our calumny, and imagine what it would be like to be both a count and a saint. Text of the Annolied: http://www.dunphy.de/Medieval/Annolied

The first episode of our discussion of the Annolied. We struggle to pronounce the name of this epic poem, refuse to learn Middle High German mid-broadcast, let nuns run the country, get trapped under the sea, escape the fall of Troy, and cast our lot with Caesar. Text of the Annolied: http://www.dunphy.de/Medieval/Annolied

The third episode of our discussion of Einhard's Life of Charlemagne. We ban marriage by abduction, record the laws and songs of all the tribes, invent Europe, give away a lot more money percentage-wise than the Gates Foundation, live in dread of the just punishments of hell which await the wicked, and struggle with our personal lack of Charlemagnes.

The second episode of our discussion of Einhard's Life of Charlemagne. Today we go to war with the Aquitanians and the Lombards and the Saxons, thank the Cleveland Cavaliers for listening, restrict the use of the word "bellicosity" to our inner circle, have a bromance with the King of the Persians, and get blind-sided by the Supreme Pontiff. Einhard's Life of Charlemagne: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Lives-Charlemagne-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140455051/ref=sr_1_3

The first episode of our discussion of Einhard's Life of Charlemagne. Today we take on Voltaire's quote (the one everyone knows), observe bees, defend messy maps, fail to consistently distinguish between heretics and heathens, dunk on an unnamed Frankish scholar, and render due honor to the Coen Brothers. Einhard's Life of Charlemagne: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Lives-Charlemagne-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140455051/ref=sr_1_3