@civilwarbore it was a suggestion from my supervisor, actually. She noticed how jazzed I got about the Anglo-Saxon stuff.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore and tbh, I LOVE the Franks. The Merovingians have a great history, but I have written on them before. I needed something new3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip closest I got to reading on the Franks was my Crusades kick, which wound up with troubadours.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore The Merovingian dynasty (they ruled Francia before the Carolingians, who were a bunch of usurpers) were great.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore Crazy interfamilial drama, origin stories, etc.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip crazy origin stories are a mark of early medieval history it seems. Cf Gerald's assertion the Welsh came from Troy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore lmao the Merovingian Franks had an origin story that they were from Troy too. But the most famous one is about a monster.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore their progenitor, Merovech, grandfather of Clovis, was apparenty the son of a queen and a Quinotaur, a sea monster.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore It's less of a sea monster and more like a weird merman, though. Possibly it's linked to a Frankish sea god.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Frankish holdover of an equivalent deity.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore other than it was similar to other Germanic peoples but with some other deities.
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