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Showing posts with label Franks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Franks. Show all posts
02 September 2022

The Ottonians

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The Ottonians, the Ottonian dynasty, the Ottonian Period in Germany—all these refer to the same topic: a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (t...
20 June 2022

Deeds of the Franks

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Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum (Latin: "Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem"), also known simp...
02 May 2022

Merovech

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The Merovingians were the predecessors of the Carolingians (Charlemagne's family) and can be considered the founders of France. I've...
02 December 2015

Charlemagne's Father-in-Law

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Desiderius, from a 15th century miniature I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and s...
24 January 2014

Charlemagne's Enemy

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Much is made of Charlemagne and his unification and christianization of much of Western Europe. What is the other side of the story, however...
21 October 2013

The Edict of Paris

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Gold coin depicting Clothar II The Edict of Paris, an outline of laws and rights in the kingdom of the Franks, has been called "the...
28 October 2012

Sons and Mothers

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Bertrada of Laon Properly speaking, the Carolingian Era started with Carolus Martellus, Charles "the Hammer" Martel (c.688-741...
26 October 2012

Charles the Hammer

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Kings cannot run every administrative detail of their household themselves, so they appoint people to do it for them. Chamberlain, senescha...
25 October 2012

The Lazy Kings

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What do you do when a dynasty seems to become useless? You name them Le Rois fainéants (The do-nothing Kings). The Merovingians are the...
24 October 2012

Gregory of Tours

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Chilperic I speaking to Bishop Gregory Georgius Florentius (539-593) was born into a distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Arverni in s...
23 October 2012

Arverni

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The announcement for the First Crusade was made from Clermont in France. The name "Clermont" came from the Latin clarus mons (cl...