In this series, we will see the aftermath of the disintegration of the Frankish Empire, through the eyes of its challengers within Inner Europe, namely the Magyar and the Pagans of the Baltic Coast (Scandinavian Vikings, Polabian Slavs, Balts). This will be the last push of peoples from East to West for some time, before that direction shifts into West to East. From this extended clash though, would come the profound hybridization of Inner European civilizations, into the High Medieval Age.
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Sources
Intro: Zachary Wheeler and Nathaniel Scarborough, "Hej, Sokoły" folk tune
Outro: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (London Symphony Orchestra 1960)
Rady, Martyn. The Middle Kingdoms. Basic Books, 2023.
Wilson, Peter H. Heart of Europe. Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University, 2020.
Davies, Norman. Moorhouse, Roger. Microcosm: A Portrait of a Central European City. Jonathan Cape, 2002.
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