40 – Great Merovingian Women

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40 – Great Merovingian Women

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Sep 4, 2020

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There are very few still-existing histories dating to the Merovingian period. Gregory of Tours’ Histories and The Chronicle of Fredegar are the only long-form histories, and both were written by men and were mostly about men. Theirs were histories of great kings and saints, which largely excluded women. When women do emerge in the histories […]

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Sep 4, 2020

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40 – Great Merovingian Women

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