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Ep 171 - Charlemagne's Fail Sons

Added 2024-06-13 13:21:10 +0000 UTC

patrons, this is the ad-free version of this week's regular episode. we answered questions from Estrogenic Memory and Rita Patina.

folks, we're back and we're talking once again doing another entry in our occasional series on large adult fail sons of the Middle Ages. Last time, we discussed Charlemagne, one of the most important rulers of all-time, his legacy, and his Carolingian Empire. however, the Carolingian Empire would only survive its founder by about 80 years thanks to the attempted coups, early deaths, and tragic misrule of Charlemagne's four sons: Pepin, Charles the Younger, Pepin of Italy, and Louis the Pious. so let's take a look at how it all went so wrong for Charlemagne's territorial and imperial legacy