{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Verdun – Part 2: Negotiation at Verdun and the struggle for peace","description":"In a world where bloodshed had failed, the fate of the Carolingian Empire hinged on a different kind of battle—one fought with words, not swords. In the summer of eight forty-three, the future of Europe came down to a handful of men in a city called Verdun.\r\n\r\nThe Carolingian brothers had seen the cost of war. Fontenoy’s fields were still haunted by the dead, and the empire itself was battered, its borders raided by Vikings and Saracens. Each brother—Lothair, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald—came to Verdun with an army behind him, advisors at his side, and years of distrust in his heart. The city of Verdun, chosen for its neutrality, became the crucible where old wounds and new ambitions would be tested. The empire’s collapse seemed all but certain. But now, high-stakes diplomacy offered a last chance to avert disaster.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-verdun","author_name":"The Archive Network"}