tilly_stratford | "Compare with Queen Brunhilda, who was tortured and killed by her nephew Clothar II"

OH MY GOD. There. There. I've finished and uploaded my bachelor thesis.

When I started I joked with my friends that I wished my thesis could be titled "Why the Carolingians were awesome". I think the final product isn't that far off, though it turned mostly into "Why Pepin the Younger was awesome". And gosh, I'm not actually sick to death of the Franks! In fact I'm a bigger Pepin fan now than I've ever been. Though I'm starting to slowly dislike Charlemagne more and more:

WHY DO ALL MEDIEVAL HISTORIANS HAVE SUCH A HARD-ON FOR CHARLEMAGNE. I can't tell you how many books I've read about the Carolingians that have gone "Charles Martel begat Pepin the Younger who begat Charlemagne WHO WAS TOTALLY AWESOME AND DID LOADS OF COOL STUFF I MEAN SERIOUSLY I'D GO GAY FOR HIM RIGHT NOW IF HE WAS ALIVE OH MY GOD HE WAS A FUCKING EMPEROR YOU KNOW SO COOL."

Well I HAD MY REVENGE CHARLEMAGNE, YOU HEAR THAT? You were TOTALLY going to have a chapter in my thesis but I ran out of room AND I JUST DELETED THAT PART. BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT. Instead I WROTE THOUSANDS OF WORDS ABOUT YOUR DADDY. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, YOU SPOTLIGHT-HOGGING... EMPEROR... GUY.

Pepin >>>>>>>>> Charlemagne. SO THERE.

And now I'm going to turn off my brain and go read humorous comics.