Re: Reloaded with plastic pea pellets; a rant for Jim

Thanks very much to Daniel and Robbie for filling me in. This all sounds very
Foucault's Pendulumesque. I'm pretty sure this is a good connection for the
movie -- the guy was an information minister of sorts, a good analog for a
secret cult of sorts, especially given his Continental airs...and how much he
loved French.

Jim

"L. Manning Vines" wrote:

> Jim writes:
> << Hey...give me some background on this, Daniel... a little history. You
> hit me in a blind spot. >>
>
> Since your request here is in response to what Daniel posed as a question,
> I'll presume that he isn't so sure either, and I'll hope to be forgiven for
> intruding.
>
> The Merovingian dynasty, named for Merovech, was a Frankish dynasty
> sometimes considered the first French royal house. It ruled for several
> hundred years in the middle of the first millennium CE and was responsible
> for uniting most of Gaul (and subsequently dividing it, and uniting it
> again, perhaps several times over). It was one of the first political
> authorities -- and probably the first important one -- to rise in Europe
> after the decline of Roman control.
>
> Having not seen the movie, I expect the allusion is due more to the
> mythico-pseudo-history that has come to envelope the dynasty, involving
> strange and sometimes obtuse relevances to, among others, the Knights
> Templar and Atlantis -- supposed magical powers, and even, yes, direct
> descendance from the one and only Jesus Christ.
>
> -robbie
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