- Yeah. Yeah, that... I could not agree more. There are some problems with, the Frankish King, Charles the Simple, which is not stupid. It's, it's more like straightforward. There's no guile in how he talks. Uh, and
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Uh, "Active in the ninth century during the height of the Viking raids." And then descriptions of the raids and the exploits. "Medieval traditions link Ragnar to famous raids on the Frankish realms, especially the attack on Paris in 845, where he reputedly sails up the Seine and extorts a huge ransom from King Charles the Bald." He's also associated with repeated attacks on
And most recently, the British philosopher, Keith Frankish , has been really pushing illusionism as a theory of consciousness. He has a book centering around a paper by Keith Frankish on illusionism as a theory of consciousness that I recommend to you.
pressure on the areas of Denmark. And those are the areas that first kind of erupt down toward, um... Norway and Denmark contribute most of the early Vikings that hit the Franks. And the Frankish Empire is the most wealthy state in Europe. It's poured money into religious houses for the reasons you outlined. And all sitting there, easy pickings for people who've just developed the keel.
where we get the word Viking from. Um, one other note about how hard it is to- to tease apart what's happening here is the- the English and the Frankish and the Irish writers all call them Danes, no matter where they came from. They didn't stop to ask, "Now, excuse me, are you from Norway, or are you from..." So they're all called Danes or
- Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. - So Charles the Great, widely acknowledged as sort of one of the great leaders of the Frankish Empire- ... aka Charlemagne. Uh, so what else do we know about him? So, there's
Daniel Dennett, a leading reductionist thinker about consciousness has been pushing for the last couple of decades the idea that consciousness involves a certain kind of user illusion. And most recently, the British philosopher, Keith Frankish , has been really pushing illusionism as a theory of consciousness. He has a book centering around a paper by Keith Frankish on illusionism as a theory of consciousness
By the time the Vikings crash into it, you also have the added bonus for them of really feckless rulers. - And we should say, going to Perplexity here, that Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, is the Frankish king who became emperor in 800 and ruled much of the Western and Central Europe in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. And,
there is a well-known city on the Seine and he raids it. Supposedly, he takes the hinge of one of the gates from Paris to prove that he's been there. The- the Frankish king, I love the Frankish kings because they- their citizens give them names based on how much they hate them.
'Okay.' Intimate arrangements complete, we formed a compact human battering ram, or 'scrum'. We smashed full-force into an iron sled called the Dominator. The Dominator looked like something that would be useful in taking out a Frankish castle. My face was about a foot off the ground, and I could only hear barnyard squelching as we hurled ourselves against this torture device. Thirty seconds later, I wobbled to my feet. 'Well done, rookie,' the prop said.