Carolingian Empire
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties
- Curriculum: Italian History, German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History
- Geographical Location: France, Frankish Kingdom, Gaul, Spain, Italy, Netherlands
- Date: 750-887
Article abstract: Military significance: Created and sustained by Frankish military victories, the empire encompassed western continental Christendom and created a political framework for medieval Europe.
As Roman imperial control in Gaul disintegrated, the Germanic tribe of Franks established—by nearly constant warfare—a kingdom in the northeast of modern France. From the sixth through mid-eighth centuries, the Franks extended their lordship over Gaul, excepting Aquitaine, Septimania, and Brittany, and throughout the Rhineland. Pépin III the Short, son of...
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