The Kingdom That Forged the Heart of Europe

00:00:01 - Introduction
00:01:03 - Part 1: The Franks Before the Kingdom
00:10:39 - Part 2: The Rise of the Merovingians
00:20:51 - Part 3: Clovis I and the Unification of the Franks
00:33:43 - Part 4: The Division of the Frankish Realm
00:45:20 - Part 5: The Wars of Clothar I and the Merovingian High Point
00:57:06 - Part 6: Decline of Merovingian Royal Authority
01:08:37 - Part 7: The Rise of the Mayors of the Palace
01:16:57 - Part 8: Charles Martel and the Defense of Christendom
01:27:23 - Part 9: Pepin the Short and the Fall of the Merovingians
01:36:53 - Part 10: Charlemagne's Early Reign
01:44:26 - Part 11: The Carolingian Empire
01:52:14 - Part 12: Louis the Pious and the Fragmentation of the Empire
01:59:57 - Part 13: West Francia under the Later Carolingians
02:07:41 - Part 14: The End of Carolingian Rule and Rise of the Capetians
02:15:29 - Part 15: Legacy of the Frankish Realm in Europe