Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Merovingian dynasty (/ ˌ m ɛ r ə ˈ v ɪ n dʒ i ə n /) was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. [1] They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul.
A final category of members of the court are the Missi Domininici (the palace inspectors), who travelled to the far reaches of the kingdom to promulgate royal doctrine. See the Capitulary of Servais for a listing of the bishops, abbots and counts that supported Charles the Bald in his attempts to manage the outlands, as well as the Capitularies ...
The Frankish kingdom was then divided by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Lothair was allowed to keep his imperial title and his kingdom of Italy, and granted the newly created Kingdom of Middle Francia , a corridor of land stretching from Italy to the North Sea, and including the Low Countries, the Rhineland (including Aachen), Burgundy, and Provence.
When Clovis died, his kingdom was partitioned among his four sons, Theuderic, Chlodomer, Childebert and Clotaire. This partition created the new political units of the Kingdoms of Rheims, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, and inaugurated a tradition that would lead to disunity lasting until the end of the Merovingian dynasty in 751. Clovis had been ...
Chlothar I, [a] sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died c. December 561) [b] also anglicised as Clotaire from the original French version, [2] was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.
This page was last edited on 7 November 2022, at 07:49 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
A woman’s value in Merovingian Gaul came from their ability to reproduce and mother a child. Despite this, women of Merovingian Gaul saw a surprising amount of ability for social mobility. Queens such as Austregilde and Fredegund, as well as many other women of the Merovingian elite were able to marry their way into elite social status.
The Merovingian period (5th-7th centuries) — of the Merovingian Dynasty during the Early Middle Ages in western and central Europe. See also the preceding Category:Roman Gaul and the succeeding Category:Carolingian period