(~740 – 756 CE · Spain, France, and Italy)
The Narrator remembers his time living among the Franks, and especially one frigid morning where he acted as a translator between a little boy and a Pope who fled Italy in the depths of winter to borrow an army on the strength of one of history’s most important and breathtaking bald-faced lies.
Based on the first half of Chapter 8 of End by Geoff Micks.
(A 14th Century depiction of Charles Martel dividing the realm between his sons, Pepin and Carloman.)
(An 1840 painting of Charlemagne accepting the surrender of Saxon pagans.)
(A 19th Century depiction of Frankish costumes.)
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Credits:
Voice Acting – Geoff Micks
Editing – Geoff Micks
Music – Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay
Additional Music – Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay
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