Podcasts about brunhild

8 Books, Amazing Podcasting Skills! Meagan Brings: 1. Brunhild the Dragonslayer / original story: Yuiko Agarizaki ; art: Takeru Kirishima ; character design: Aoaso ; translation: Jennifer Ward ; lettering: Jamil Stewart. https://bit.ly/4iWLF3v 2. All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy / Phil Keith with Tom Clavin. https://bit.ly/4ckUdyK 3. Over sea, under stone / Susan Cooper https://bit.ly/4lrK086 4. Rules for Ruin / Mimi Matthews https://bit.ly/42jgisX And Peter brought: 5. Uncanny by Junji Ito 6. Heartbreak is the national anthem : how Taylor Swift reinvented pop music / Rob Sheffield. https://bit.ly/4js97FX 7. The Night Never Ends by Steve Theuson https://bit.ly/44mN3YK 8. Fight Club: Japanese Language Edition

Była ikoną wiolonczeli, Brunhildą tego instrumentu, solistką, którą zafascynowały się tłumy, dzikim mustangiem, jak nazywał ją Zubin Mehta. A może wcale nie? Może była, owszem, niezwykle utalentowaną, ale nieszczęśliwą dziewczyną, wychowaną na wielką artystkę w nadopiekuńczym domu o żelaznych zasadach? Jej wspaniałą karierę przerwało stwardnienie rozsiane. Jacqueline du Pré była artystką, która wywarła wpływ na kilka pokoleń muzyków, ale i postacią zagadkową, budzącą do dzisiaj liczne kontrowersje.Z okazji 80-lecia jej urodzin, zapraszam na pierwszą część opowieści o brytyjskiej wiolonczelistce. Opowiem o tym, z jakiego środowiska du Pré pochodziła i jak rodziła się jej sława.Podcast powstał dzięki⁠⁠Mecenasom⁠⁠ Szafy Melomana. Jeśli chcesz stać się jednym z nich i wspierać pierwszy polski podcast o muzyce klasycznej, odwiedź mój profil w serwisie⁠⁠Patronite.pl⁠⁠.Nagrania do posłuchania z wczesnego okresu Jacqueline du Pré:1.E. Elgar, Koncert wiolonczelowy e-moll op. 85, John Barbirolli, LSO.2.J.S. Bach, Suita wiolonczelowa G-dur BWV 1007 (wczesne nagranie dla BBC)3.Handel/Slatter, Suita wiolonczelowa g-moll, przy fortepianie Ernest Lush.Szafa Melomana to pierwszy polski podcast o muzyce klasycznej, tworzony przez dziennikarza Mateusza Ciupkę. To fascynujące historie kompozytorów, wykonawców i utworów, zawsze wzbogacone o liczne konteksty historyczne i kulturowe. Nowe odcinki w co drugi piątek na popularnych platformach podcastowych.Mateusz Ciupka – publicysta muzyczny, autor Szafy Melomana, pierwszego polskiego niezależnego podcastu o muzyce klasycznej, redaktor w magazynie⁠⁠Ruch Muzyczny⁠⁠. Pracował w Operze Krakowskiej, współpracował m.in. z Krakowskim Biurem Festiwalowym, Filharmonią Narodową i Filharmonią Śląską, publikował w „Ruchu Muzycznym”, „Dwutygodniku” i magazynie „Glissando”. Przeprowadził rozmowy m.in. z Garrickiem Ohlssonem, Masaakim Suzukim, Ermonelą Jaho i Giovannim Antoninim. Jest autorem Małej Monografii Romualda Twardowskiego, wydanej nakładem Polskiego Wydawnictwa Muzycznego w 2023 roku. Mieszka i pracuje w Pradze, w Czechach.

Die Suche nach dem Eiderdieb ist echt schwierig! Kommt er etwa gar nicht von außen? Brunhild und Milli sind schlaue Ameisen-Agentinnen. Sie werden ein richtig starkes Team! Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Die Ameisen-Agentinnen – im Auftrag der Königin (Folge 1 von 7) von Silke Wolfrum. Es liest: Anna Thalbach. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

Kommen die Ameisen-Agentinnen dem Eierdieb in der Wüste auf die Schliche? Es gibt gar keine Spur. Da treffen sie einen Ameisenlöwen. Brunhild und Milli müssen zusammenhalten. Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Die Ameisen-Agentinnen – im Auftrag der Königin (Folge 6 von 7) von Silke Wolfrum. Es liest: Anna Thalbach. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

Colabora con Pierre Schaeffer y aprende de Edgar Varèse, de quien incorpora su noción de que el sonido no depende necesariamente de la armonía. Su “Presque Rien”, de 1970, es la primera obra que combina grabaciones de campo con composición musical. Ahí nace el paisaje sonoro._____Has escuchadoDidascalies (2004). Sub Rosa (2007)Hétérozygote (1964). Philips (1969)Presque rien nº 2, ainsi continue la nuit dans ma tête multiple (1979). GRM, Éditions Mego (2012)Tu m'écoutes (1975). Transversales Disques (2019)_____Selección bibliográficaBOSSEUR, Jean-Yves, Musique et contestation. Minerve, 2019*CAUX, Jacqueline (ed.), Presque rien avec Luc Ferrari. Entretiens & textes et autobiographies imaginaires de Luc Ferrari (1979). Main d'œuvre, 2002—, Almost Nothing with Luc Ferrari: Interviews: with Texts and Imaginary Autobiographies by Luc Ferrari. Errant Bodies Press, 2012ENGLISH, Lawrence, “A Memory of Almost Nothing: Luc Ferrari's Listening During Presque Rien No. 1”. Leonardo Music Journal, vol. 27 (2017), pp. 17-20*FERRARI, Brunhild, “Correspondence with Pierre Schaeffer (3 Letters)”. Tacet. Sound in the Arts, n.º 4 (2015)*FERRARI, Brunhild (ed.), Luc Ferrari. Complete Works. Ecstatic Peace Library, 2019FERRARI, Brunhild y Jérôme Hansen (eds.), Luc Ferrari: musiques dans les spasmes: Écrits (1951-2005). Les Presses du Réel, 2017*MARTY, Nicolas, “Presque rien, de l'anecdote au surréalisme”. Musurgia, vol. 18, n.º 4 (2011), pp. 61-78*ROBINDORE, Brigitte, “Luc Ferrari: Interview with an Intimate Iconoclast”. Computer Music Journal, vol. 22, n.º 3 (1998), pp. 8-16* *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Um zur Sandwüste zu gelangen, müssen die Ameisen-Agentinnen das Straßennetz verlassen. Brunhild nimmt Milli huckepack. Da werden sie von einem Vogel angegriffen! Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Die Ameisen-Agentinnen – im Auftrag der Königin (Folge 5 von 7) von Silke Wolfrum. Es liest: Anna Thalbach. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

Als Agentinnen müssen Brunhild und Milli clever kombinieren. Wer hat die Eier geraubt? Fremde Ameisen? In den Pilzgärten bekommen sie die Ausrüstung für den Außeneinsatz. Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Die Ameisen-Agentinnen – im Auftrag der Königin (Folge 3 von 7) von Silke Wolfrum. Es liest: Anna Thalbach. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

Einsatz für Major-Ameisen-Agentin Brunhild: Die Amme in Brutkammer 294b ist ausgeraubt worden. Es fehlen 172 Eier! Ohne Eier, keine Zukunft! Haben fremde Ameisen die Eier geraubt? Ein Außeneinsatz wird nötig. Dafür stellt die Hofrätin Brunhild ausgerechnet eine unerfahrene Minor-Ameise als Leibwächterin an die Seite: Milli. Können sie den Fall lösen? Alle 7 Folgen der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Die Ameisen-Agentinnen – im Auftrag der Königin von Silke Wolfrum. Es liest: Anna Thalbach. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

In der heutigen Folge unseres Podcasts Enten-Talk begrüßen wir einen ganz besonderen Gast: Dr. Reinhard Ematinger. Reinhard ist nicht nur ein erfahrener Coach und NLP Trainer, sondern auch ein anerkannter OKR Master, PLAYMOBIL®pro Facilitator und (natürlich) LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator. Darüber hinaus lehrt er an verschiedenen Hochschulen und bringt einen reichen Schatz an Wissen und Erfahrungen mit. Als einer der uns bekannten frühesten zertifizierten LEGO SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator in Deutschland (2008) und mit einer Promotion speziell in LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, steht Reinhard für eine tiefe und fundierte Kenntnis in der Anwendung kreativer Methoden in der Unternehmensentwicklung. Sein Ansatz ist dabei immer klar auf den Kundennutzen ausgerichtet. In unserem Gespräch erklärt uns Reinhard, die Feinheiten von OKR (Objectives & Key Results) sind, warum es beinahe zwingend ist, sie mittels dreidimensionaler Modelle zu definieren und was bei der Einführung in Unternehmen zu beachten ist. Ein besonderer Aspekt von Reinhards Arbeit ist seine treue Begleiterin, Brunhild, eine Dackelhündin, die ihn zu seinen Vorlesungen begleitet. Sie bringt eine ganz besondere Atmosphäre in seine Lehrveranstaltungen und unterstreicht Reinhards persönlichen und empathischen Ansatz.

Remember awhile ago, we did three episodes about the iconic Queen Fredegund? And she was so iconic we re-named the scandilicious scale after her? WELL By popular request, we're back to look at Fred's arch-nemesis, Brunhild of Austrasia. To keep my #TeamFred energy from overwhelming things, our guest this week is Shelley Puhak, author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Formed The Medieval World aka, the person who introduced Fred and Brun into all our lives!! Learn more about Shelley and her work at shelleypuhak.com. -- Buy The Dark Queens from bookshop.org and support Vulgar History with this link: https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9781639730759 -- Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout -- Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping) -- Support Vulgar History on Patreon  -- Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brunhild reigned as a Queen, Queen Mother and Queen Regent for a son, two grandsons and a great grandson for forty years. She attained a level of power in Medieval Frankia that few people—male or female—would ever achieve after her. In our epic conclusion of Brunhild's story, we come to the end of the bloody rivalry between Brunhild and Fredegund. But that wasn't the end of Brunhild yet! She had two unruly, and dare we say, petulant grandsons to deal with. But, as with many of the women in our epic tales, Brunhild's downfall would come about simply because of the menfolk who considered her womanhood a threat. The men who followed in Brunhild's wake tried their damndest to erase her from the history books and nearly succeeded. But we refuse to let her legacy be forgotten. This story has been absolutely insane right from the start. And it remains as such right up to the bitter, brutal end. (Spoiler alert: it's not a happy ending!) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultdamsels/support

Im Stummfilm-Klassiker „Die Nibelungen“ von 1924 nimmt uns Regisseur Fritz Lang mit in die sagenhafte Welt des Drachentöters Siegfried, zur Amazonenkönigin Brunhild, an den Hof der Burgunder mit ihren Intrigen und schließlich ins ferne Steppenreich des Hunnenkönigs Etzel. Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Epos verrät viel über die Zeit der Weimarer Republik, den Regisseur Fritz Lang, die Rezeptionsgeschichte des Nibelungenlieds und die Kindertage des Kinos. Quellen: Specials und Booklet der Bluray “Die Nibelungen“ (Murnau Stiftung, 2010) Michael Töteberg: Fritz Lang (1985) Dokumentarfilm „Von Caligari zu Hitler“ (2014, Regie: Rüdiger Suchsland)

While most Medieval Queens were generally expected to step aside for their young sons and disappear into obscurity within convent walls, Brunhild would prove to be the exception to the rule. Even after her son came of age to rule on his own, Brunhild still held an iron grip over the throne of Austrasia—much to the chagrin of the men around her. In this episode, Brunhild faces off against threats both within and outside of her kingdom even as her rivalry with Fredegund escalates and assassins are the name of the game. Despite efforts made by her brother-in-law to undermine her relationship with her son and several failed assassination attempts against herself and her family, Brunhild proves to be a woman of iron will. And she's not going anywhere anytime soon. Rachel and Kat play a round of would you rather and Anya screams like the banshee she was born to be. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultdamsels/support

Sigmund, Sinfjötle, Sigurd Fafnesbane, Brynhild, Gudrun, Gunnar, Högne, Atle, Jormunrek – välkända namn i hela Väst-, Nord- och Centraleuropa under den tidiga medeltiden. Varför? Eftersom de var centrala protagonister i Völsungasagan, den mest legendomspunna och återberättade av alla våra gamla hjältehistorier. Intrigerna och striderna avsatte spår i Eddan, i tysk medeltidspoesi, på runhällar och på dopfuntar. I senare tid har sagorna inspirerat till Richard Wagners Nibelungenoperor och till J.R.R. Tolkiens fantasyproduktion. Det går en röd tråd från den tidiga medeltidens Andvaranaut till Saurons härskarring.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om Völsungasagan och dess kombination av fiktion och verklighet.Völsungasagan utgör ett fascinerande titthål in i den tidiga medeltidens berättarkultur. Historien om hur en ödesdiger förbannelse kastas över en stulen skatt, en förbannelse som drabbar envar som lägger sig till med guldet, fängslade både nordbors och kontinentaleuropéers fantasi mer än någon annan enskild berättelsecykel. Kring denna dramatiska kärna vävdes en allt brokigare väv av episoder och utvikningar som gjorde Völsungasagan till ett aldrig avslutat berättarprojekt. Verkliga kungar och drottningar som fastnade i minnet lades in i historien som bifigurer och kom därmed att postumt påverka europeisk kultur på ett sätt som inte lär komma någon nutida potentat till del. Hunnerkungen Attila blev sagans Atle, frankerdrottningen Brunhild blev sagans Brynhild.Bild: Sigurd dödar Fafne. Illustration av Arthur Rackham (1911) från Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (New Impression ed.), London: William Heinemann, s.56. Wikipedia, Public Domain. Lyssna också på Nordisk mytologi – berättelser och kultKlippare: Aron SchuurmanProducent: Urban Lindstedt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've heard the story from the murderess, Fredegund's side. Now it's time to here the cunning of a woman raised to be queen from birth. When Brunhild's sister was murdered in the Kingdom of Neustria, it sparked one of the bloodiest rivalries to ever plague Europe. The early years of Brunhild were filled with tragedy, with the deaths of two husbands, scheming in convents, fighting the patriarchy—late 6th century style—and maybe incest for the purposes of rebellion. From victory to tragedy, Brunhild was expected to fade into obscurity (twice over) as the widowed wife of the fallen king of Austrasia. But Brunhild was determined to get her revenge—and her weregild—from the king and queen responsible for so much tragedy, all while keeping the future of her kingdom and her children safe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultdamsels/support

When we last left off, Fredegund's husband had just been murdered and she's fled to Paris with an unnamed baby at her breast and an uncertain fate ahead of her. But this is Fredegund, and she's not about to let that stop her from clawing, poisoning, stabbing, and climbing her way back to the top. In this episode, the rivalry between Fredegund and Brunhild escalates and we also learn what happens when you challenge Fredegund. Hint: it involves dramatic assassination in the middle of a church, snapping treasure chests and very awkward dinner parties. Just when you think this story can't get any crazier . . . it does! Over and over and over again. Seriously. Don't mess with Fredegund. Not if you value your neck or your life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultdamsels/support

Critically acclaimed writer and author of three award-winning books of poetry, Shelley Puhak, shares with us her fascinating nonfiction debut, The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World. Her story about two rival, medieval queens, Brunhild and Fredegund, surfaced when she was doing research on another project. As she learned more about Read More

Welcome to Episode 163! Both of us had some solo Biblio Adventures, but we also went on an EPIC Joint Jaunt to New Hampshire. We visited all three Toadstool Bookstores — Nashua, Peterborough, and Keene — in a day! We left Guilford (CT) at 7 a.m. and got home twelve hours later, just before 7 p.m. In total, we visited four bookshops, two libraries, one Little Free Library (that we forgot to mention in the episode!), and also had a photo op in front of Yankee Publishing in Dublin, NH (Home of The Old Farmer's Almanac and Yankee Magazine). An awesome day! We are so excited to talk with Shelley Puhak, author of THE DARK QUEENS: THE BLOODY RIVALRY THAT FORGED THE MEDIEVAL WORLD. This joint history of two sixth-century queens, Brunhild and Fredegund, is a well-written, accessible, and fascinating account of two women whose lives and stories are so vital, that they could not be swept under the carpet of patriarchal history (well, at least not forever!). The Dark Queens is a great read for all, even those who consider themselves, like Emily, history-scaredy-cats. The wounds of grade- and high school history reading can run deep. Narrative history like Puhak's book entertains, educates, and reminds us that history belongs to everyone.

Shelley Puhak joins us to discuss two fearless Early Medieval queens, Brunhild (yes that one) and her sister-in-law Fredegund. It is a wild ride across the blood-soaked landscape of sixth-century Merovingian France, which Boney calls Germany in his intro... Buy Shelley's book, The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France, at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781801109154 Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/  

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Bloomsbury, 2022) is the remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Shelley Puhak introduces readers to Brunhild, who was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Bloomsbury, 2022) is the remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Shelley Puhak introduces readers to Brunhild, who was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Bloomsbury, 2022) is the remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Shelley Puhak introduces readers to Brunhild, who was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Bloomsbury, 2022) is the remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Shelley Puhak introduces readers to Brunhild, who was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Bloomsbury, 2022) is the remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Shelley Puhak introduces readers to Brunhild, who was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fritz Lang adapted the medieval German epic into this awe-inspiring two part spectacle, one of the great achievements of the silent film era. After the success of the massive two-part crime film Dr. Mabuse in 1922, Fritz Lang and screenwriter Thea von Harbou, now husband and wife, embarked on an even more ambitious project, an adaptation of the German national epic Die Nibelungen. Two years were spent in preparation, and shooting took nine months, which was a huge amount of time to make a film in those days. Once again, the result was a two-part film. Part One (Siegfried) tells of the warrior Siegfried’s wooing of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild, his services to her brother King Gunther in winning the warrior queen Brunhild, and his betrayal and death through the spite of Brunhild and the machinations of the King’s favorite knight, Hagen. Part Two (Kriemhild’s Revenge) tells of Kriemhild’s marriage to the barbarian king Etzel, and how she lures her brothers and Hagen to her court in Hungary in order to exact a bloody revenge for the death of Siegfried. Those familiar with the 12th century poem will notice that the film is almost totally faithful to its source. With only minor added dramatic flourishes, Lang and von Harbou succeeded in transforming the entire story, with its major and minor characters, into a magnificent visual spectacle. Most importantly, the picture recreates the awesome, elemental feeling of the epic, through an astonishing production design and a brilliant dramatic and visual strategy emphasizing the story’s mythic elements through monumentalism and highly stylized acting. The two parts combined have a running time of almost five hours, but the movie is never dull. At this point, Lang knew how to tell a story primarily through images—gone are the lengthy intertitles that plagued Dr. Mabuse. The huge sets have an abstract quality that aids the picture’s mythic, timeless mood. Every scene is carefully composed to convey a particular spatial sense. It’s amazing how Lang is able to make the material dramatic without ever shrinking the characters into mere individuals who have motives or psychology. These are larger-than-life emblems of human passion and struggle, and yet the film’s dynamism maintains its spell, keeping the action gripping and involving. The actors were somehow coaxed into performances that matched their gigantic surroundings. Best is Margarete Schön as Kriemhild, especially in her later incarnation as avenging angel, when she is positively scary. Die Nibelungen has had a controversial reputation among film critics and historians, some of whom see it as an example of a “fascist” style in filmmaking. But this is a tragic story where greed and envy lead to crime, which then leads to a cycle of vengeance that destroys everyone—hardly the celebration of victory that a nationalist ideology would be looking for. This film is truly one of the most impressive achievements of the silent era—an unforgettable, spellbinding experience.

We are delighted to be joined by historian Dr Rutger Kramer on today's special episode recapping and re-examining all the Carolingians we have ranked on the podcast, from Charles Martel to Louis V. In this episode, among plenty of other topics, we talk about what the Battle of Tours really meant to the Franks, why Charlemagne is such an anomaly in this period, and why Louis the Pious might have been robbed!Rutger's "Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire: Ideas and Expectations During the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)" is available as an open-access read, for those who want to learn more.Other recommendations:Vita Caroli (Life of Charlemagne) by Einhard (full translation)Gesta Normannorum (History of the Dukes of Normandy) by Dudo of St-Quentin (full translation)The Penitential State: Authority and Atonement in the Age of Louis the Pious by Mayke de JongList of books by Thea Beckman (Dutch historical fiction author)The Royal Diaries series by Kathryn Lasky (fiction)The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak (non-fiction narrative history about Fredegund and Brunhild, available in the US and UK)

Shelley Puhak delves into the lives of queens Fredegund and Brunhild, famed for their bitter and bloody rivalry which wracked the Frankish empire in the latter sixth century. Speaking with Emily Briffett, she reveals how their stories were suppressed, overlooked and used as political propaganda by subsequent rulers, and considers how they should be seen today. (Ad) Shelley Puhak is the author of The Dark Queens: A Gripping Tale of Power, Ambition and Murderous Rivalry in Early Medieval France (Apollo, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Queens-Bloody-Rivalry-Medieval/dp/180110915X/ref=asc_df_180110915X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=570409167989&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17412272789854525338&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006715&hvtargid=pla-1570399930681&psc=1&th=1&psc=1&tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've all heard epic tales of early medieval kings, but what about the queens? It doesn't get much more spectacularly brutal than Brunhild and Fredegund, two sixth century queens who fought a bloody civil war against one another that lasted no less than four decades.The rival matriarchs also commanded armies, developed taxation policies, established infrastructure and negotiated with emperors & popes... yet their story has been largely forgotten, until now. In this episode for International Women's Day, Cat is joined by award-winning poet and writer Shelley Puhak, whose new book The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World tells this gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France.For more Gone Medieval content, subscribe to our Gone Medieval newsletter here. If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today!To download, go to Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to our second Myth-stakes Episode! We are here to set the record straight and come clean, kind of like Brunhild and Gudrun when they go and wash their hair, but a lot less petty. We've got some updated information we found from Episodes Six to Ten. We've also got new information about Corrine's Halloween past, and we get to experience Corrines excitement about Hailie setting the record straight about what really happened between Horus & Seth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morethanmyths/support

The third of ten Norse myths tells of the story of the Valkyrie, Odin's shield maidens who bring the fallen heroes of battle to the everlasting rewards of Valhalla. The Valkyrs. Odin's special attendants, the Valkyrs, or battle maidens, were either his daughters, like Brunhild, or the offspring of mortal kings, maidens who were privileged to remain immortal and invulnerable as long as they implicitly obeyed the god and remained virgins. They and their steeds were the personification of the clouds, their glittering weapons being the lightning flashes. The ancients imagined that they swept down to earth at Valfather's command, to choose among the slain in battle heroes worthy to taste the joys of Valhalla, and brave enough to lend aid to the gods when the great battle would be fought. *** These maidens were pictured as young and beautiful, with dazzling white arms and flowing golden hair. They wore helmets of silver or gold, and blood-red corselets, and with spears and shields glittering, they charged boldly through the fray on their mettlesome white steeds. These horses galloped through the realms of air and over the quivering Bifrost, bearing not only their fair riders, but the heroes slain, who after having received the Valkyrs' kiss of death, were thus immediately transported to Valhalla. As the Valkyrs' steeds were personifications of the clouds, it was natural to fancy that the hoar frost and dew dropped down upon earth from their glittering manes as they rapidly dashed to and fro through the air. They were therefore held in high honour and regard, for the people ascribed to their beneficent influence much of the fruitfulness of the earth, the sweetness of dale and mountain-slope, the glory of the pines, and the nourishment of the meadow-land. The mission of the Valkyrs was not only to battlefields upon earth, but they often rode over the sea, snatching the dying Vikings from their sinking dragon-ships. Sometimes they stood upon the strand to beckon them thither, an infallible warning that the coming struggle would be their last, and one which every Northland hero received with joy. The numbers of the Valkyrs differ greatly according to various storytellers, ranging from three to sixteen, most authorities, however, naming only nine. The Valkyrs were considered as divinities of the air. It was said that Freyia and Skuld led them on to the fray. The Valkyrs had important duties in Valhalla, when, their bloody weapons laid aside, they poured out the heavenly mead for the Einheriar. This beverage delighted the souls of the new-comers, and they welcomed the fair maidens as warmly as when they had first seen them on the battlefield and realised that they had come to transport them to their honour in Valhalla. Völund and the Valkyrs The Valkyrs were supposed to take frequent flights to earth in swan plumage, which they would throw off when they came to a secluded stream, that they might indulge in a bath. Any mortal surprising them thus, and securing their plumage, could prevent them from leaving the earth, and could even force these proud maidens to mate with him if such were his pleasure. It is related that three of the Valkyrs, Olrun, Alvit, and Svanhvit, were once sporting in the waters, when suddenly the three brothers Egil, Slagfinn, and Völund, or Wayland the smith, came upon them, and securing their swan plumage, the young men forced them to remain upon earth and become their wives. The Valkyrs, thus detained, remained with their husbands nine years, but at the end of that time, recovering their plumage, or the spell being broken in some other way, they effected their escape. The brothers felt the loss of their wives extremely, and two of them, Egil and Slagfinn, putting on their snow shoes, went in search of their loved ones, disappearing in the cold and foggy regions of the North. The third brother, Völund, however, remained at home, knowing all search would be of no avail, and he found solace in the contemplation of a ring which Alvit had given him as a love-token, and he indulged the constant hope that she would return one day. As he was a very clever smith, and could manufacture the most dainty ornaments of silver and gold, as well as magic weapons which no blow could break, he now employed his leisure in making seven hundred rings exactly like the one which his wife had given him. These, when finished, he bound together; but one night, on coming home from the hunt, he found that some one had carried away one ring, leaving the others behind, and his hopes received fresh inspiration, for he told himself that his wife had been there and would soon return for good. That selfsame night, however, he was surprised in his sleep, and bound and made prisoner by Nidud, King of Sweden, who took possession of his sword, a choice weapon invested with magic powers, which he reserved for his own use, and of the love ring made of pure Rhine gold, which latter he gave to his only daughter, Bodvild. As for the unhappy Völund himself, he was led captive to a neighbouring island, where, after being hamstrung, in order that he should not escape, the king put him to the incessant task of forging weapons and ornaments for his use. He also compelled him to build an intricate labyrinth, and to this day a maze in Iceland is known as “Völund's house.” Völund's rage and despair increased with every new insult offered him by Nidud, and night and day he thought upon how he might obtain revenge. Nor did he forget to provide for his escape, and during the pauses of his labour he fashioned a pair of wings similar to those his wife had used as a Valkyr, which he intended to don as soon as his vengeance had been accomplished. One day the king came to visit his captive, and brought him the stolen sword that he might repair it; but Völund cleverly substituted another weapon so exactly like the magic sword as to deceive the king when he came again to claim it. A few days later, Völund enticed the king's sons into his smithy and slew them, after which he cunningly fashioned drinking vessels out of their skulls, and jewels out of their eyes and teeth, bestowing these upon their parents and sister. The royal family did not suspect whence they came; and so these gifts were joyfully accepted. As for the poor youths, it was believed that they had drifted out to sea and had been drowned. Some time after this, Bodvild, wishing to have her ring repaired, also visited the smith's hut, where, while waiting, she unsuspectingly partook of a magic drug, which sent her to sleep and left her in Völund's power. His last act of vengeance accomplished, Völund immediately donned the wings which he had made in readiness for this day, and grasping his sword and ring he rose slowly in the air. Directing his flight to the palace, he perched there out of reach, and proclaimed his crimes to Nidud. The king, beside himself with rage, summoned Egil, Völund's brother, who had also fallen into his power, and bade him use his marvellous skill as an archer to bring down the impudent bird. Obeying a signal from Völund, Egil aimed for a protuberance under his wing where a bladder full of the young princes' blood was concealed, and the smith flew triumphantly away without hurt, declaring that Odin would give his sword to Sigmund—a prediction which was duly fulfilled. Völund then went to Alf-heim, where, if the legend is to be believed, he found his beloved wife, and lived happily again with her until the twilight of the gods. But, even in Alf-heim, this clever smith continued to ply his craft, and various suits of impenetrable armour, which he is said to have fashioned, are described in later heroic poems. Besides Balmung and Joyeuse, Sigmund's and Charlemagne's celebrated swords, he is reported to have fashioned Miming for his son Heime, and many other remarkable blades while living the rest of his life with his beloved, the Valkyr Alvit. The next story tells How Thor gained his hammer The first Norse Myth is Creation The second Norse Myth is Odin and Frigga And the third tells of the Valkyrie The fourth Norse Myth tells how Thor Gained his Hammer. The fifth tale is about Loki The Sixth tale focuses on the God Heimdall, the guardian of the Bifrost Part of a series on world myths and legends, released through Libsyn, on These Fantastic Worlds SF & Fantasy Fiction Podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Vurbl and Stitcher  and more. Also on this blog, These Fantastic Worlds. RSS feeds available on request by email. Text based on Norse Myths, General Editor Jake Jackson. Copyright © 2014 Flame Tree Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 9780857758200. This and other books on African, Indian, Polynesian, Aztec, Greek, Celtic and mythology are available online at flametreepublishing.com and in store worldwide, including Amazon, BookDepository, Barnes and Noble, Indigo, Blackwells and Waterstones. Online production, images and audio © 2021 Jake Jackson, thesefantasticworlds.com. Thanks to Frances Bodiam and Elise Wells,  Logic ProX, Sound Studio, the Twisted Wave Recorder App, and Scrivener. More Tales, More Audio The first 100 tales in this series are new stories by Jake Jackson, on subjects ranging from robots, dystopia, haunted houses, dark fantasy and long shadows, including: Machines Discarded I Machines Discarded II Find Me The Green Man Kingdom of Lies Obesession Time Now Artificial Intelligence Clone Complicit Cosmic Hall Daily Mask Ophelia A.I. And a carousel of 10 audio stories from the podcast with information about submissions. Here's a related post, 5 Steps to the SF and Fantasy Podcasts.

This episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Shelley Puhak, author of a new book The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World, which you can preorder now. The book is about two real life women who ruled most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and none of us have ever heard of them, because that's what their successors wanted. Puhaks promotion reads, "Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in 6th-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe." Intrigued? So were we! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/remedialherstory/support

Paul tackles the granddaddy of Norse Sagas with the story of Sigurd the Dragon-slayer, role of Odin and the lovely Brunhild; Attila the Hun drops in, and there's also the discussion of this saga's adaptation by Richard Wagner, and it's lamentable appropriation by the Nazis. Byock, Jesse L. (Translator). The Saga of the Volsungs. Berkley: U. Of California Press, 1990.Jones, Chuck. What's Opera, Doc? USA: Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1957.Tarantino, Quentin. Django Unchained. USA: Columbia Pictures, 2012.Wagner, Richard. Die Walkure. 1870.

Programme de BRUNHILD FERRARI pour webSYNradio : PRESQUE RIEN avec des sons de Andrea Belfi, Brunhild Ferrari, Christine Lagniel & Michel Maurer, Christophe Charles, Dave Allen, ERikm, Gerald Fiebig, Gol, Helene Breschand, John Tilbury & Sebastian Lexer, Kazuya Ishigami, Kristoff K.Roll, Luc Ferrari, Mamoru Fujieda, Masayuki Akamatsu, Tomonari Higaki, Vincent Royer