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PAX  ROMANA

Episode from the documentary series Germanic Tribes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOrv3LK3tvg

 

The Franks

Episode # 2 from the documentary series Barbarians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_SSpQDpl4

 

Chalons, A. D. 451

Episode 8 of Decisive Battles

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains/Fields

    or Battle of Châlons

        or Battle of Maurica

A big battle between

an alliance of Romans and Visigoths led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I with the Salian Franks, Saxons, Armoricans, Alans and some of the Burgundians

against

the Huns led by Attila with Amali Goths, Rugians, Scirii, Thuringians, Gepids, Heruli and some of the Franks and Burgundians.  

The battle stopped the Hun western advance into Gaul forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3k0HVP470

 

The Merovingians

The ruling dynasty of the Francs was founded by Childeric, son of Merovech, in 457 and ended by Pope Zachary in 752

Lecture by Ryan Reeves from the series Church History I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXaN2vXEgwg

 

Clovis [c. 466 – c. 511] et son temps

Documentaire
 
 
 
Clovis, premier roi des Francs

Documentaire (1) Les Rois de France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s67rfYzW4TY

 

Le baptême de Clovis Iᵉʳ, roi des Francs

Au cœur de l’histoire

Europe 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3N-6xRpsHE

 

Dagobert I [c. 603   -   639]

Les Rois de France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ldKYyzaiEE

 

Charles Martel [ c. 688 - 741] et Pépin le Bref [714 - 768]

Pepin founded the Carolingian dynasty (752 - 987)

Les Rois de France

(51:55)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmH5Qdvl3GA

 

 

 

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Charlemagne

Charles the Great

742/7 - 814

Charles I;  Charles the Great/Karolus Magnus, King of the Franks (768 - 814), founder and emperor of the Carolignian Empire (768 - 814); Emperor of the Romans (Karolus Imperator Augustus) (800 - 814), "Father of Europe"

Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans", Christmas Day 800

 

Karolus Imperator Augustus

 

Holy Roman Empire (814)

Charlemagne ands his sons

Carolingian Empire at its height (843), divided into three states by Charlemagne's descendants by the Trreaty of Verdun

 

Charlemagne

King of the Franks (768 - 814)

Emperor of the Romans (800 - 814)

 

The Fall of Civilization, the Rise of a New World Order

Episode abut the Carolingians from the documentary series The Dark Ages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFctcpZIKM

 

Charlemagne

Le premier empereur de l'Occident médieval

Documentaire
 
 
 

Holy Roman Empire

Episode from the documentary series Dynasties 

(5 clips)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0tLOQUq7T4&feature=relmfu

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=134n3Eo0vbk&feature=relmfu

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrZ4Y5NJuaM&feature=relmfu

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txw7Z1AlZU&feature=relmfu

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt60k70wqz4&feature=relmfu

 

Introduction to Charlemagne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mWDEL90Iy4

 

Charlemagne

Lecture by Ryan Reeves from the series Church History I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yfhG547two

 

Holy Roman Empire

History over an animated map

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DzOH98Q6TQ

 

The Age of Charlemagne

Lecture by Eugen Weber from the series The Western Tradition 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY75W2AOtlg&feature=related

 

Charlemagne

Blogger's documentary

Part 1.  The Founder of Europe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSYUgI28U2Q&feature=relmfu

Part 2.  Francia Reforms 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aFv9yO0LA&feature=relmfu

 

 

 

The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)

Three lectures of 24 from a course by Paul Freedman at Yale U. in the Fall semester of 2011

Lecture # 19. Charlemagne

1. Introduction
2. The Last Years of the Merovingians
3. Establishing Carolingian Legitimacy
4. Charles Martel and Pepin the Short
5. Charlemagne

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwsP8eOpvE

Yale U.:

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210/lecture-19 

Transcript:

http://oyc.yale.edu/transcript/1243/hist-210

 

Lecture # 20. Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne

1. Introduction to the Carolingian Renaissance
2. The Preservation of Learning before the Carolingians
3. Charlemagne's Programme
4. Einhard's Life of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5OFmQ-cQJ0&feature=relmfu

Yale U.:

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210/lecture-20

Transcript:

http://oyc.yale.edu/transcript/1244/hist-210

 

# 21. Crisis of the Carolingians

1. End of Charlemagne's Rule
2. The Problems of Charlemagne's Empire
3. The reign of Louis the Pious
4. The Treaty of Verdun and its Consequences
5. Conclusion: The Dissolution of Carolingian Authority

You Tube:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHAINEybmoA&feature=relmfu

Yale U.:

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210/lecture-21

Transcript: 

http://oyc.yale.edu/transcript/1245/hist-210

 

 

Charlemagne, Father of Europe

Lecture by Gregory Aldrete, # 47 of History of the Ancient World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJH_JtgY0k&feature=relmfu

 

Charlemagne

Les rois de France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_N0EPsN5YQ

 

Charles le Grand (742 - 814)

Histoire de la France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmELknOo0RM

 

Charlemagne

La Foi prise au Mot

01/06/2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYPfmwH5zs

 

Charlemagne, empereur d’Occident

Au cœur de l’histoire

Europe 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZrvlshBM4

 

Charlemagne

Documentaire sur l'empereur Franc Charlemagne

Première partie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4XvFAC60k

Deuxième partie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSbVSdGVS80

Dernière partie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeZvqYLxzqQ

 

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La Chanson de Roland

 

Roland de Roncevaux

From History to Legend

Description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e1JJvLP9PA

 

Reportage sur un spectacle à Avignon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3VMOS5dCRQ&feature=related

 

Frise de la façade de la Cathédrale d'Angoulême

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuCrf6ecEqE&feature=related

 

Le Roman

La langue française (1539)

Royaume de France

(France-Inter - 2000 ans d'histoire)

Part 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWZ7a9C7Zk

 

La Chanson de Roland

Frank Cassenti (1978) (01:44:49)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3TSoTjMa9M

 

Charlemagne et Roland de Roncevaux

Histoire de France 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAdbFxG1Unc

 

Die Wege der Deutschen

v. Die Deutschen (00)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSGFmt1-SRM

 

Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel in Aachen, Germany

Part 1.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5gL4zBSvjo

Part 2.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=macM5aXS234

 

 



The Song of Roland

Discussion on the BBC weekly Thursday radio programme In Our Time hosted by Melvyn Bragg

With guests Laura Ashe, Miranda Griffin and Luke Sunderland

4 November 2021

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6VIcUEn9CM

BBC In Our Time website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00114m8





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Quelle langue parlait Charlemagne?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3kSX_7H_E


 

 

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Civilisation survives the Dark Ages    -    but just

The Skin of our Teeth

First episode of 13 of the 1969 BBC-TV documentary series Civilisation with Kenneth Clark (50:03)

Charlemagne saved civilisation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpPNbI6GcxI

 

 
















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