73: The Norman Conquest

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73: The Norman Conquest

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Sep 24, 2022

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Well, it’s been a while. In fairness, the last episode, this one and the next are about 5x longer than my usual. But a lot has been going on in my life. First, more podcasting stuff. One of my aims is to make this podcast financially viable so that I can keep it going. To […]

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Sep 24, 2022

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A weekly history podcast that will cover France from 3 million years ago to present. Presented by Gary Girod, with contributions by numerous scholars.

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29 – Life in a Crumbling Empire: What was life like for ordinary people in 4th century Gallia? In this episode were covering men, women, children, the family, culture, entertainment, language, medicine, the environment, food, barbarians & everything else that made up the lives of t by The French History Podcast
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10 – Destiny Meets Opportunity: A crisis in Gaul sparks a war between civilizations a millenia in the making. by The French History Podcast
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Between Throne and Altar: French Kings Versus the Papacy with Quentin Adams: 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 by The French History Podcast
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73: The Norman Conquest

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