Soissons: The post-Roman Kingdom which (probably) never existed | Rise of the Merovingians

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A good lesson in source criticism. The Historian's Craft is made by a history graduate who cites scholarship on screen and in the descriptions.

What you'll learn

The 'Kingdom of Soissons' of Aegidius and Syagrius, and why historians doubt it was a kingdom at all.

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