The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 121 "The Fall of the Frankish Empire"

About this episode

This episode explores the reasons behind the collapse of the Frankish Empire after Charlemagne's reign and the subsequent Viking threat.

Charlemagne created the largest empire in western Europe since the Romans. But it didn’t last. Within only a few decades of his death, it had broken up and one half of it was fighting for its survival against a new and terrifying enemy from the north: the Vikings. In this episode, I want to ask why did that happen? For a free ebook, maps and blogs check out my website nickholmesauthor.com Find my latest book, The End of Antiquity, on Amazon. For German listeners, find the German transla...

People in this episode

Host: Nick Holmes

Topics covered

• Frankish Empire
• Charlemagne
• Vikings
• historical analysis
• empire collapse

Keywords

• Frankish Empire
• Charlemagne
• Vikings
• empire collapse
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: nickholmesauthor.com

Books & works: The End of Antiquity

Places: Germany, western Europe, north

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