Category Archives: EUROPE

King Pepin III (also Pippin III, Pépin le Bref) of the Franks

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Mustang

This will continue the story about the end of the Merovingian dynasty.  Charles Martel died on 22 October A.D. 741 in the present-day Picardy section of France.  His remains are buried at Saint Denis Basilica in Paris.  He divided his … Continue reading →

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The Vascones

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Mustang

Mithridátēs is the name given to the kings of several kingdoms in the ancient world.  It does get confusing when you run across people named Mithridátēs I of Pontus, who was also Mithridátēs III of Cius, whose descendants included both … Continue reading →

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The Merovingian Dynasty

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Mustang

Introduction So far, we’ve spoken about the Celts, which take us back several hundred years before the common era, the Roman period in Gaul, the development of post-Roman Franks, and the migrations of the Visigoths into the Iberian Peninsula. Now … Continue reading →

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The Franks

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Mustang

We previously learned that Indo-European people, known as Celts, occupied widespread areas of Central Europe, eventually expanding into areas of present-day Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, France, Northern Italy, Switzerland, lower Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.  These people occupied most of … Continue reading →

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The Celts

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Mustang

When most Americans think of Celts, they think of basketball players in Boston. Everyone else in the world knows that the Celts were an early tribal people who dominated the British Isles before the arrival of the Romans. Several hundred … Continue reading →

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DOWRIES & KNOTS

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Mustang

Five hundred years ago, most people died within twenty-five miles of their birthplace.  In those days, men and women awakened with the dawn and retired with the dusk.  At night they slept and made babies.  In the daytime, they pursued … Continue reading →

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