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The Charlemagne Legend: How a Frankish King Forged German Identity
Charlemagne looms over German history like a colossus, but the man and the myth are two very different things. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the real Charlemagne — the Frankish warlord who conquered Saxony in a bloody thirty-year campaign, forced conversion at swordpoint, and crowned himself Emperor on Christmas Day 800. They explore how later German rulers from Otto the Great to Kaiser Wilhelm I and even the Nazis weaponized his memory, building a cult of the first 'German' emperor that served their own ambitions. Along the way, they visit Aachen, where…
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