A common misperception is that once Roman influence ended by 476 CE, the European continent went into a dark abyss with very little happening until the Italian Renaissance in the the 14th century. Most historians today would most likely disagree with this notion, as do we, because many important and enlightening things were happening in Europe, including our little part, the Lowlands. This episode is all about monks, migrations and Merovingians.

Show notes: https://www.republicofamsterdamradio.com/episodes/historyofthenetherlands/episode-3-illuminating-the-dark-ages

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