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Podcast: We Effed Up
Episode: Episode 7: Louis the Pious
Description: Welcome to the seventh episode of “We Effed Up!” On this episode, we discuss the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and how one man’s decision to follow tradition led to a millennium of conflict.SourcesDavis, Jennifer R. Charlemagne’s Practice of Empire. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2015.Fried, Johannes (Lewis, Peter, Trans.). Holy Roman Empire. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2016.McKitterick, Rosamond. Charlemagne: The Formation of European Identity. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2008.Nelson, Janet L. King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne. U. of California Press, Oakland, 2019.Norwich, John Julius. A History of France. Atlantic...