{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Carolingian Dynasty - Part 1: How a family of nobles from Austrasia seized a fading crown","description":"Power does not simply appear. It is claimed, wrested, and secured in the void left by the fallen. In the tangled forests and storm-swept valleys of post-Roman Europe, one family senses opportunity. Ambition stirs. The Carolingians are about to rise.\r\n\r\nPicture the heart of Europe in the early seventh century—a land of shifting allegiances, fractured kingdoms, and restless warlords. The old Roman order has collapsed. In its place, the Merovingian kings rule in name, but real authority lies elsewhere. Out of the woodlands of Austrasia, where the rivers cut through wild terrain, emerges a family with deep ties to both the church and the sword. Their ascent is quiet at first, shadowed by the power of others, but each generation moves closer to the heart of the realm. Their story begins not with a crown, but with a bishop’s staff and a noble’s blade.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thelineagearchive.com/dynasty/carolingian-dynasty","author_name":"The Archive Network"}