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Supporting the underdog, er, underking?
Sep. 3rd, 2010 05:18 pmNyagh. Haven't done my daily quota of TP questions today since my mind is completely occupied with my bachelor thesis (the first presentation is due Monday, you know). Ah, I guess I'll have to double my workload tomorrow.
At least I'm getting a lot of enjoyment out of my bachelor thesis. I was in high spirits when I wrote the presentations, so at the moment it bears the subtitle "Coup-d'etat á la Pepin the Younger" (French, how á propos, right?). I'll probably get a stern comment from a professor but I don't care.
In fact I first didn't intend for the thesis to centre so much around Pepin the Younger (a.k.a Pippin the Small for that cosy Tolkien feel), but the more I read about the Carolingians the more annoyed I get that historians are all gay for Charlemagne. Sure Charlemagne was pretty awesome, but they seem to forget he was the result of a pretty darn great dynasty. His great-grandfather was the stuff of legends (literally)! His grandfather was called "The hammer" and got on swimmingly despite being a bastard (you know, in the "illegitimate child" way)! And his father, our dear Daddy Pepin, he went from being mayor of the palace (pretty much a glorified valet) to a king in one asshole manouver.
He's like a Disney villain come to life! His success in battle is still evident today (just ask the Pope who they got that nice little Vatican from)! And before Charlemagne came along he was the biggest thing to happen to the Franks since Clovis.
Oh, don't get me started on Clovis.
At least I'm getting a lot of enjoyment out of my bachelor thesis. I was in high spirits when I wrote the presentations, so at the moment it bears the subtitle "Coup-d'etat á la Pepin the Younger" (French, how á propos, right?). I'll probably get a stern comment from a professor but I don't care.
In fact I first didn't intend for the thesis to centre so much around Pepin the Younger (a.k.a Pippin the Small for that cosy Tolkien feel), but the more I read about the Carolingians the more annoyed I get that historians are all gay for Charlemagne. Sure Charlemagne was pretty awesome, but they seem to forget he was the result of a pretty darn great dynasty. His great-grandfather was the stuff of legends (literally)! His grandfather was called "The hammer" and got on swimmingly despite being a bastard (you know, in the "illegitimate child" way)! And his father, our dear Daddy Pepin, he went from being mayor of the palace (pretty much a glorified valet) to a king in one asshole manouver.
He's like a Disney villain come to life! His success in battle is still evident today (just ask the Pope who they got that nice little Vatican from)! And before Charlemagne came along he was the biggest thing to happen to the Franks since Clovis.
Oh, don't get me started on Clovis.
