https://www.storyangles.com/post/kings-of-chaos-in-the-dark-ages
Kings of Chaos in the Dark Ages.
The Merovingian Dynasty.
#merovingian #DarkAges #Dynasty #StoryAngles #history #europe
The Merovingian Dynasty. The Merovingian Dynasty was a family of kings who rose to prominence during the Dark Ages. As the world descended into chaos following the fall of the Roman Empire, the Merovingians emerged to shape the political landscape of Europe.This dynasty traces its roots back to its founder King Merovech, a 5th-century Frankish ruler. Merovech’s origins are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts suggest he was the son of a sea monster, while others claim that he was the offspring of
Revealing #palimpest with #multispectral #imaging! These amazing results, showing a #Merovingian overtext and a 5th-century Gospel undertext, were achieved by my colleague Alex Zawacki at Göttingen. I'll be presenting the full results of this and other cool discoveries in May at a German-language conference in Kiel.
This tablet-woven trim is a reconstruction of a sleeve trim that was attached to the burial robe of Abbess Berthild of Chelles, who died at 705 AD. Berthild was the first abbess of Chelles Abbey and a contemporary of the Frankish Merovingian queen Bathilde, who was buried in the same abbey in 680.
It is woven with fine plant-dyed wool attempting to imitate the colouring of the original border.
#tabletweaving #brettchenweben #Merovingian #Merowinger #reenactment #Chelles #weben #weaving
A new perspective on the Viking Age
#Scandinavia's oldest known #ShipBurial is located in mid-#Norway at #Herlaugshaugen - and dates to the #Merovingian period:
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-scandinavia-oldest-ship-burial-mid-norway.html via @physorg
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
C. L. Nichols
Bob the Traveler
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Anna Dorofeeva
ArchaeoWeaver
Jens Notroff
Debborah Donnelly