The French History Podcast

Louis Sarkozy discusses Napoleon's little-known obsession with literature.

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Gavin Whitehead talks all about Madame Tussaud, the French Revolution and the oddities that ensue.

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WW2 threatens the destruction of the Louvre and its masterpieces

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The holy war is starved and trapped by an army twice its size. Only a miracle can save the Western armies from dying thousands of miles from their home.

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A special episode about the land and language of southern France

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Everything, Everywhere, Daily talks about the French Revolutionaries' attack on one of France's most historic churches.

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Scholar Carlos A. González tells the story of a poem about monsters from Brittany.

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Dr. Matthew Jagel discusses the colonization of Cambodia, it's place in WW2 and the decolonial struggle against France.

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The Iron Men face their greatest challenge yet: an impregnable fortress on the way to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Turks raise army after army to throw at the First Crusade.

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History Daily tells us all about the Man on Wire who in 1974 walked between the Twin Towers.

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Two Western lords are already trying to make themselves masters of the East; but the Eastern Roman Empire looms over all.

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Kiki was 'Queen of Montparnasse,' a superstar of her time. Who was she and why has she been forgotten?

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The Sword-Lion launches a trap that catches God's warriors off-guard. They will emerge as Iron-Men

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After over a year of preparation and marching the Crusaders finally meet their foe. But the greatest enemy of the holy war may be its own leaders.

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The Fake History Hunter talks about things that never happened.

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Seven lords and an emperor vie for control of the holy war before it begins its conquests.

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A history of terrorism in France from the late 19th century to present.

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The first episode of an incredible podcast on the French Revolution

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Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel explains the incredible story of how medieval French artists turned the Biblical Forbidden Fruit into an apple in Western iconography.

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A talk about France's first female helicopter pilot, her many dangerous missions in the First Indochina War and the legacy she created.

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Seven armies trek across Europe to Constantinople, facing the storms, brigands and hostile forces to get there.

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A conversation between two Francophiles on the finer things in life.

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A collaboration with Fabulously Delicious about how French cuisine came to the United States.

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A look into Paris as seen through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson during his 5-year stay just before the Revolution.

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Fiction and reality come together in a modern crisis afflicting the Middle East and Europe.

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A short update on what's been going on with the FHP.

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Dr. Bonnie Effros explains how French soldiers & scholars uncovered & destroyed Roman ruins in Algeria as part of their civilizing mission.

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Warriors in their own Words kindly shares an episode of their podcast following a soldier in the Normandy landings.

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Dr. Lauren Quigley talks about modern interpretations of the City of Lights.

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Scholar Marie Martine talks about one of the most popular woman authors of the Belle Époque.

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Melek Chekili talks about the reinterpretation of Frantz Fanon's ideas in the post-Algerian War by one of Algeria's most famous writers.

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We introduce the seven great lords who led the holy war.

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"The General." "The Great Asparagus." "A man with the most oversized personality." Charles de Gaulle was President of France from 1959-69, and his near-mythological status had been building up for decades before then. His debut appearance in Billy's song is because of his critical involvement in the May 1958 Crisis, which saw Algerian Nationalists rise up and, after nearly 130 years of French colonization, fight for freedom. Dr Arthur Asseraf is an expert in modern France and North Africa, and grew up in France well aware of the near-mythological status that de Gaulle still adopts today.

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Is it better to be a hero or great? What is the difference? What makes someone a hero or great in France? Pierre talks all about that and how to get into the Panthéon

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Scholar Michelle Chun-Han Hsu looks at what a Belle Époque play can tell us about France's understanding of China.

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The pope ordered that only soldiers should fight God's enemies. But a mystic from Amiens leads unnumbered masses to holy war and their doom.

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Arazoo Ferozan discusses how the Sun King remade the port city of the Marseille, France's gateway to the Mediterranean.

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Pope Urban II's call to kill the enemies of God inspires zealots across France and Germany. Yet, many see an enemy amongst them that needs addressing first.

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A humorous episode where we test the limits of AI creativity using French history.

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An examination of the world-changing speech at the Council of Clermont to discover what Pope Urban II actually said.

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Pope Urban II calls a holy war like no other for motives that are...complex.

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Opium, morphine, ether, chloroform, cocaine and hashish. How did these drugs become popular in 19th century France, who used them & what were their effects?

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An episode by the podcast Conflicted, part of the Evergreen Podcast family.

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The Eastern Roman Empire faces an all new threat that brings it to the brink of ruin. The situation becomes so hopeless that the Emperor begs the West for aid.

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The beginning of an epic saga about an Emperor, a Pope, a sacred city & a holy war that would change the course of history forever.

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Dr. Bauer talks all about the lettres de cachet, conspiracies and the Bastille prison.

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The story of industrial seafaring ships, the men who made them, the World Wars and the decline of their garden city.

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An episode covering night time culture in the French Caribbean

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We explore the spectacular rise and fall of the French Communist Party

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We list every war between France and England (then Britain) and judge each whether it was a win, loss or tie for France.

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We examine what wars could be considered 'French Civil Wars'

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Find out where 'Louis' came from and why there were so many kings who bore that name.

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Why did the Second Republic only last four years and was it doomed to fail?

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An excerpt from our epic series on the Louvre!

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Best-selling author Leanda de Lisle talks about the princess from France who was also queen of England during its Civil War.

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An episode covering the history of all the capitals of France; it wasn't just Paris!

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We examine possible end dates for one of the most important revolutions in human history.

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France has existed for over a millenia; how many governments has it had in that time?

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Philippe I "The Amorous" shows that all is fair in love in war.

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Henri I is known as the French monarchy's lowest point. But was he such a bad king?

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The completed series on the Norman Conquest of the Mediterranean.

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Wherein we recount the incredible impact that Normans had upon the medieval Mediterranean world.

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Most 11th-12th century Norman adventurers went to Italy, but some went south to Iberia to join the Reconquista.

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Guillaume II dies, plunging Sicily into chaos. Norman rule gives way to German overlordship. The great kingdom declines but survives.

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Norman Sicily enters its golden age and becomes one of the greatest kingdoms in medieval Europe.

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Queen Marguerite of Navarre rules the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, but she faces constant conspiracies that threaten to overthrow the realm.

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The Normans conquer north-central Africa and create a new kingdom. But can it last?

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The Normans create a kingdom in Sicily and rule as 'baptized sultans.'

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 Bohemond, the giant from Apulia, leads the armies of Christ eastward. But is it for God or his own glory for which he fights?

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The Normans invade Byzantium as Robert Guiscard wants to leave his son Bohemond with an empire.

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Norman mercenaries serve the Eastern Roman Empire against the Turks, but will they be Byzantium's salvation or its worst enemy?

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The Normans conquer Southern Italy and Sicily, creating a new country.

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The Hauteville family conquers southern Italy, defying princes, popes and emperors.

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Celine Mitchell explores how modern Algerian-French rappers recreate memory of the Algerian War and connect with France's youth.

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Norman mercenaries travel to Italy for a better life. Soon they turn from swords-for-hire to conquerors who would rule states across the Mediterranean World.

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Ben of Battle Royale: French Monarchs joins the podcast to rank the Carolingians.

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A Halloween episode about a lethal dance mania in Strasbourg.

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The Duke of Normandy dreams of a crown. When chaos engulfs England he seizes his chance with blood and iron.

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Dr. Christina Carroll explains the ideological underpinnings behind the Second French Empire.

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Dr. Emma Kavanagh reads Olympe de Gouges' 'The Declaration of the Rights of Woman (September 1791),' a classic feminist document and critique of the RIghts of Man and of the Citizen.

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A dramatic reading of one of the most important documents in modern European history.

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Dr. Micah Alpaugh talks about the revolutionary ideas that criss-crossed the Atlantic & overturned the old Atlantic World order.

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Olivier Robichaud returns to talk about how the Old French language came into being.

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Dahlia El Zein talks about how colonial peoples travelled through the French Empire, interacting and changing their world.

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The Vikings descend upon West Francia, first as raiders, then as conquerors.

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Dr. Richard Derderian talks about how Algerians in France maintained and developed their culture during decades of remarkable, violent change.

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Dr. Joan DeJean talks about how climate crisis, the first economic bubble and meltdown and corrupt police forced innocent women into exile in colonial Louisiana and how they overcame incredible odds to survive and even thrive.

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Dr. Kate Vigurs talks about the women secret agents operating in France, their heroism, sacrifice & service in the fight against Nazi Occupation.

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With the country in chaos, faithful ban together to bring peace to France.

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Dr. Megan Brown discusses how post-independence Algeria remained a part of a pan-European project, as it existed in a legal limbo following its independence.

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The Year 1,000 approaches. Signs in the heavens signal doom. French people prepare for the end of the world.

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A riot breaks out between left-wing & right-wing agitators and half a dozen are killed by police. What happened? Whose fault was it? Dr. Chris Millington talks about the heated political culture of 1930s France.

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Dr. Kathleen McCrudden Illert talks about one of the most fascinating revolutionaries you've probably never heard of and her impact on France.

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Robert II ascends to the throne. The second Capetian, he must rule a kingdom even as many of his vassals consider him an illegitimate ruler.

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Dr. Matt Robertshaw explains how Haitians travelled through the French Empire and their impact on Africa.

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Hugh Capet inaugurates a new dynasty whose house and offshoots will rule France for 800 years.

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Dr. Deborah Bauer talks about the emergence of surveillance agencies in France and the contradictions they represented in a liberal democracy.

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Islamic forces from Iberia conquer a fortress in Provence. Taking advantage of political weakness in France, they establish a state along the coast.

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Benjamin Bernier of Thugs and Miracles joins the podcasts to rank the Merovingian kings, often called France's first dynasty.

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Mickey Mouse, er Robespierre, reads a speech on reason and the Supreme Being.

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An excerpt from an audiobook on France's greatest monument, exclusively for patrons!

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Part 2 of War for the Throne sees the Carolingian House fail and a new dynasty take its place.

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Olivier Robichaud talks about the origins of the French language; how Latin was it? How Gallic? How Frankish?

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The Carolingian House enters a crisis that threatens its existence in West Francia.

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A massive army of Odin-worshippers sail down the Seine and threaten Paris. With the Carolingians gone the Franks will have to fend for themselves.

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What made Gauls and Franks laugh? Hear some very very old jokes that made our ancestors' sides split.

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Many people know about Christian Dior, but have you heard about Catherine? Resistance hero, learn all about Miss Dior.

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An episode on the wonder and woes of childbirth in the medieval period.

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An episode all about Carolingian women, their lives and impact upon Francia.

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The legendary Mike Duncan talks about his book Hero of Two Worlds and the incredible life of Lafayette.

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What was life like in medieval Francia? Learn all about it for the rich, poor, powerful and powerless.

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Charles the Bald inherits a kingdom in collapse. Yet, his indefatigueable spirit proves legendary.

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A poem on the inter-Frankish violence by Louis the Pious' sons that tore apart Charlemagne's empire.

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A conversation with Robert Pike about Oradour-sur-Glane, which experienced a Nazi massacre in 1944.

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Louis the Pious' sons each fight for what is theirs, tearing apart the Frankish world.

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A dramatic reading of medieval poems.

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Dr.s Christine and Tracy Adams. Christine Adams talk about the history of one of France's most important political positions: the royal mistress.

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How will Louis the Pious rule the great empire left by his legendary father Charlemagne?

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A conversation on the Franco-Prussian War and an exciting project to bring it life!

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A dramatic readings of poems by the greatest poet of Merovingian Francia.

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What influence did Charlemagne have on Francia, Europe & the world?

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Dr. Emma Kavanagh discusses a disaster of a play, and the incredible woman behind it.

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In the last episode on the Carolingian Renaissance I talked about how the Franks expanded their knowledge on nearly every major subject. One area I didn’t manage to get to is astronomy. At the time, calendars and general knowledge of the heavens were fairly crude. In fact, there are no surviving Merovingian works dealing with […]

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Dr. Matthew McDonald tells the story of how one of Napoleon's generals became King of Sweden.

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A classic episode about one of the greatest periods of learning, construction & art in European history.

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“The Political Philosophy of Terror” a speech by Paris Deputy of the National Convention Maximilien Robespierre, delivered to the Convention 5 February 1794. Read, by Mickey Mouse.

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Ainan Liu details an important and historic play by the great Jean Racine.

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Death might be permanent, but resting places are not. Learn about the unique way French people died by Dr. Kaylee Alexander.

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Charlemagne wanted to create a righteous empire and changed Christianity forever.

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An episode all about Charlemagne's military.

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Sophie Higgerson talks about a mansion so grand it made King Louis XIV jealous and inspired Versailles.

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Charlemagne was already a king. Now he ascends still further and becomes the first emperor in the west in centuries.

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Aaron Kestle talks about how French mythmakers told stories of King Arthur and how he wasn't just an English hero.

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Charlemagne launches wars in all directions and wins them all. Mostly.

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Charlemagne and his brother vie for power, but only one will become a legend.

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Dr. Chris Millington talks about the rise of the far-right in France during the 1920s-1930s.

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Pepin the short seizes the throne and founds a new dynasty.

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Arazoo Ferozan talks about Jewish merchant networks based in medieval Marseille.

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What really happened at The Battle of Poitiers. Was it the cataclysm so many people think it was?

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Dr. Chris Millington talks about the French Empire in WW2.

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A retrospective on France's 'First Dynasty.'

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Mike LaMonica talks all about French naval adventure-seekers in the 17th-18th centuries.

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The House of Merovech ends with a whimper.

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David A. Foulk tells the story of resistance hero Jean Moulin.

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Dr. James E. Connolly talks about the Occupation in the Nord 1914 to 1918.

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Clothar II and Dagobert I rule as the last great kings of Merovingian Francia.

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A short episode on early medieval myths and medicine.

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Patrick Higgins details the complex & contentious history of French Syria.

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The Franks most important law and the foundation of their society is discussed.

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Dr. Rachel Mesch discusses three 19th century Parisian writers who transgressed against gender norms.

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A episode exploring daily life in post-Roman Gaul.

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Keira Morgan talks about four aristocratic women's remarkable lives and impact on France.

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A talk about the great Merovingian women of the Frankish kingdom.

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Dr. Leland Grigoli tells the tragic story of the Albigensian Crusade & the political implications of the holy war.

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Lauren Quigley discusses a uniquely French and Parisian type of city-dweller and how they navigate the urban landscape of the beautiful city.

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Dr. Tara Sewell-Lasater talks Napoleon, the Rosetta Stone & the Egyptomania that gripped France, unraveled ancient secrets and created modern dilemmas.

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Two rival queens fight a 50-year war that tears apart the Frankish world.

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The Fake History Hunter and I smash myths about French history.

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The sons of Clovis vie for supremacy, threatening the kingom their father left to them.

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My talk for the Intelligent Speech Conference 2020. Let's talk camels!

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A discussion with Iain MacGregor about the French Occupation in West Berlin.

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In an age of violence, the penitent flee from society and draw closer to God and each other.

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Dr. Steve Shone talks about the fantastical life of a radical revolutionary woman and her impact on world feminism.

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In an age of anxiety early Christians developed cults to their saints. Power, politics and the fear of God remake Gaul.

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Hear about the last saints of Gaul before the Frankish invasion.

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The Western Roman Empire falls. Gaul is no more, & three kingdoms vie to replace it. Antiquity ends & Clovis turns the land into the first great medieval kingdom: Francia. 

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The Scourge of God descends upon Gaul. Aetius must rally what remains of Western Rome and unite with his nemesis Theodoric of the Visigoths. Together, they will fight Western Rome’s last great battle against Attila and his Huns. 

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Gaul is a battleground & Rome is on the retreat. The Visigoths, Burgundians and Franks vie for supremacy while Gauls are trapped in between them...yet maybe 'Barbaria' isn't as bad as it seems.

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The Huns march westward, pushing uncountable numbers of Germans towards Rome. The Romanized Franks have to defend Gaul while the empire crumbles. But the more successful the Franks are the more they realize Rome needs them more than they need it.

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In this interview with Dr. Tom Chaffin, we discuss his new book Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations. We talk about Lafayette and Jefferson's work in founding America, writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and their long friendship.

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Christianity finally comes center-stage! During the 2nd-3rd centuries Gaul gets a host of saints and miracles and becomes an important part of the Christian world. But state persecutions and heresy threaten the faithful.

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What was life like for ordinary people in 4th century Gallia? In this episode we're covering men, women, children, the family, culture, entertainment, language, medicine, the environment, food, barbarians & everything else that made up the lives of the Gauls during the Late Roman Empire.

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In this special episode, I interview Dr. Robin Mitchell on her new book Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France. We talk about three African women, Ourika, Sarah Baartmann and Jeanne Duval, and how each women reflected and embodied different anxieties felt by France in its tumultuous 19th century.

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Galerius rules from the East and Constantine fears for his life. One night the young man flees to Gaul to rejoin his father in the west. When Constantius dies his son becomes emperor. In the chaos that follows the ambitious man looks to the heavens and receives divine revelation.

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The year is 285. Diocletian is the undisputed master of a Roman world in tatters. Gaul has fallen completely apart as its own people ravage the land looking for food while German hordes poor in. Diocleatian sends two emperors to save Gaul, but even if they can bring peace it will never be the same as Celtic Gaul declines and the Franks rise.

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Rome is falling apart. It's being invaded along its entire northern and eastern borders. Emperors are assassinated. Usurper generals rise up every year to seize power. Plague devastates the empire. Out of this chaos a Gallic military commander decides to create a new Celtic empire and revive a free Gaul.

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Rome ascends to unprecedented glory by the time of Antoninus Pius. Then the unthinkable happens and the ancient superpower is hit with one disaster after another. Plague, civil war and invasion bring the glorious empire to its knees.

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Dr. Cameron Zinsou talks about the tense waiting period known as 'The Phoney War.' Zinsou argues that despite no large-scale military engagements occuring a whole lot happened. French society had to reorganize for total war and that the political, social and military changes presaged the occupation.

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Nearly two centuries of Gallia's history go missing. What happened to the records and what happened in Gallia?

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The Haitian Revolution has often been described as an oddity that had little impact on the world. Since then, historians have challenged this narrative and argue that Haiti's victory over France had a huge impact on the Atlantic World. Dr. Matthew Clavin of the University of Houston argues that the Haitian Revolution had an enormous impact on the world.

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The Year of the Four Emperors in the Roman Empire brings chaos and war. In Gallia, three people claim divinity as they revolt against the empire.

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Guest host Sarah K. Miles tells the fascinating story of how radical bookseller François Maspero spread revolutionary anti-colonial ideas from the left bank of the Seine. Listen as Ms. Miles recounts how Maspero evaded government sensors, created networks of subversives across the world.

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Another revolt convinces Tiberius and later Claudius that the only way to civilize Gallia is to rid it of its druids. Gallia survives the madness of Caligula and then unites with Hispania to overthrow Nero.

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Dr. Catherine Kudlick of San Francisco State University talks about a blind community in 19th century Paris. Furthermore, she talks about disability, disease and what those meant in French history.

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Augustus decides to invade Germania and Romanize it as he did with Gallia. Family drama and an insurrection give the Germans a chance to revolt. What follows is one of Rome's greatest tragedies and a history-defining moment for Gallia, Rome and Europe.

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UC Berkeley's Dr. Ethan Katz talks about how Jewish Resistance Fighters captured Algiers for the Allies in 1942. Then we discuss the history and importance of Jewish-Muslim relations in France, which has the largest population of both in the EU.

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Gallia wasn't as peaceful as Augustus' propaganda would have you believe. Meanwhile, Germania's shadow stretched across the Rhine. Until the bold leader Drusus decides to march to the ends of the Earth for the glory of Rome and his place as Augustus' successor.

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Prof. Annabelle Dolidon talks about the history of French science-fiction and how it deals with questions of transhumanism, artificial intelligence, climate change, and other potential futures.

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How much of Celtic religion and culture remained during the Augustan reforms? Did the Romans wipe away the old Gaul? And how much did the Gauls influence Rome? All of these and more are answered in today's episode.

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Dr. Bohling of Portland State University explains how France, a country with very limited fossil fuels, became an energy leader. Along the way he dispels myths about France falling in love with nuclear power and their position as a green country.

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Caesar launches a civil war, then Octavian and Mark Antony launch another, and finally Octavian turns on Mark Antony. All the while the Roman wars leave Gaul in relative peace as the country heals. Octavian becomes the first Roman Emperor 'Augustus' and inaugurates a program of Romanization on the Gauls, starting with the resettling of veterans and the building of massive new cities.

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In this very special episode I interview the man who inspired me to become a historian, Taylor Marrow. Marrow talks about African-American service in World War I and II France, how this impacted the United States, and what France means to African Americans today.

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52 BCE and Prince Vercingetorix unites Gaul in a war to the death with Caesar that will decide Rome and Gaul's fates.

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It's 53 BCE and Marcus Licinius Crassus is tired of watching Pompey and Caesar take all the glory. Crassus raises an army to invade Persia, a gambit which determines Rome's fate. Meanwhile, Caesar's divide and conquer tactics reach new heights as he turns the Gauls against themselves.

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Caesar begins the year by invading Britannia and harassing Belgica. Meanwhile Celtica rises up and the Gauls surround two Roman armies. With doom approaching heroes are born as Vorenus and Pullo make an epic last stand.

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The fall of Rome meant the rise of the Vatican as Europe broke up into small feudal states. But when France emerged as a major nation its kings were done taking orders from the Papacy. What followed was centuries of on-and-off conflict to decide whether God's Chosen Ruler or Christ's Vicar on Earth ruled Europe.

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Caesar's devastation of the Belgae opens up Gaul to a German invasion to the east. To the north, Britannia unsettles Gaul. To solve both problems Caesar will have to go where no Roman ever has and become more than a mere man.

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After conquering Celtica, Caesar engages in two years of brutal war against the Belgae who are determined to maintain their freedom.

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One of America's leading scholars on the Vietnam War talks about how France and the US clashed during the Cold War, largely over Indochina.

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Ph.D candidate Gary Girod tells Notre Dame's fascinating history from the first stones laid for the Roman temple to Jupiter, up until present and explains why there's hope for a complete restoration after the April 15, 2019 fire.

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A migrating wave of Celts from Switzerland gives Caesar the opportunity to invade Gaul. But things aren't so simple; to conquer Gaul he'll have to defeat a German king before he can bring over an overwhelming number of warriors.

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A crisis in Gaul sparks a war between civilizations a millenia in the making.

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A conversation with renowned scholar Dr. Sarah Fishman on how French women under Vichy, who were among the most oppressed in the developed world, turned France into the most egalitarian major country on Earth.

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In this special episode, we examine the hardships, triumphs and transformation that women underwent in WWI while exploring why French women didn't receive the same rights as their British counterparts.

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Ancient historian Darah Vann Orr explains how modern feminist historians are re-evaluating Roman culture in the wake of the #MeToo era.

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Where we tell the story of the Gallic kingdoms before the Roman conquest.

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Anatolian Greeks establish an empire in Southern Gaul around Masallia, or modern-day Marseille.

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A lover's quarrel spirals out of control and leads to a war between Rome and the Gauls.

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Film studies expert Lyz Renshaw takes us through the first forty years of French cinema history and gives us a list of titles to add to our Netflix queues.

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In this episode we will examine the megalithic structures of France, which are among the oldest still-standing buildings in the world.

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Long before there were people, France was a frozen tundra. This episode looks at France from 3 million years ago until the first humans arrived.

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In this first episode I introduce myself, the podcast and the fascinating journey we're about to take.

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