The Entire History of the Lombards AD 100 - 774 | Fall Asleep to History

If you're looking for boring history for sleep, this is the complete history of the Lombards told slow and steady from their northern origins to Pavia, Charlemagne, and the southern states that outlived their kingdom. It begins with a king, his wife, and a silver cup made from her father's skull. In this episode, I want to tell the complete story of the Lombards. I want to follow them from their half-remembered northern origins and migration into Italy, through the kingdom they built at Pavia, to its conquest by Charlemagne in 774 and the southern states that kept the Lombard name alive for another three centuries. I want to show how a people could lose a homeland, a king, a dynasty, and even a capital without disappearing. Their dukes ruled without a king, their kings used written law to rebuild authority, and their southern princes continued to claim a Lombard inheritance long after the northern kingdom had fallen. And I want to return to Paul the Deacon, the Lombard monk who wrote his people's history at the court of their conqueror, but stopped thirty years before their kingdom ended. Inside this episode 💀 Alboin, Rosamund, and the famous story of the cup made from her father's skull 🏛️ The invasion of Italy, the fall of Pavia, and a kingdom ruled without a king 📜 Rothari's law code and the struggle between kings, dukes, and rebellious nobles ⛰️ The pope's journey across the Alps and the Frankish conquest of Lombard Italy 👑 Benevento, Salerno, and the Lombard states that survived until 1077 If you enjoyed this video, a like and a subscribe helps support the channel and lets us know you'd like to see more. Let us know in the comments which civilization, empire, or legend you'd want told next. For anyone coming back to finish this one later 👇 Chapters 00:00 Intro 4:29 Chapter One. The Chair at Thurisind's Table. 19:42 Chapter Two. An Undefended Country. 27:58 Chapter Three. The Kingdom Without a King. 38:44 Chapter Four. The Crown They Bought Back. 54:53 Chapter Five. What a King Was Worth. 1:13:11 Chapter Six. The Duke Who Came North. 1:28:12 Chapter Seven. Two Rebellions and a Deacon's Armour. 1:45:14 Chapter Eight. Thirty-Two Years, and a Fortress Given Away. 1:57:55 Chapter Nine. The Pope Who Crossed the Alps. 2:15:32 Chapter Ten. The Insult That Started a War. 2:28:44 Chapter Eleven. A Brother in Chains. 2:38:11 Chapter Twelve. The Second Lombard State. 2:57:08 Epilogue. The History He Never Finished. #lombards #lombardkingdom #sleephistory #medievalhistory #historydocumentary #charlemagne #medievalitaly #fallofpavia #paulthedeacon #ancientempires #bedtimestory #boringhistoryforsleep