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FRANKISH KINGDOMS (FRANCIA)

FRANKISH KINGDOMS (FRANCIA). By: Mady Basich and Emmalee Berger. BASIC INFO. Late 5 th century to the 10 th century A.D. The Western Germanic people Unknown Origins Byzantine Empire. BEGINNING. Gaul under Byzantine control East of Gaul was vast unconquered land Germania

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FRANKISH KINGDOMS (FRANCIA)

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  1. FRANKISH KINGDOMS (FRANCIA) By: Mady Basich and Emmalee Berger

  2. BASIC INFO. • Late 5th century to the 10th century A.D. • The Western Germanic people • Unknown Origins • Byzantine Empire

  3. BEGINNING • Gaul under Byzantine control • East of Gaul was vast unconquered land Germania • Great Migration (400 A.D.) • Germanians move into Gaul in masses • Franks, Alamans, Angles and Saxons, Burgundians, Lombards, and Visagoths

  4. The Great Migration Britons and English Celts Alamans Visagoths Angle and Saxon Franks Burgundians Lombards

  5. RISE OF THE EMPIRE • Byzantines • churches • Merovingian Dynasty • Clovis (481-511) • Alps to the Pyrenees • Roman Catholicism • Aristocracy • Counts vs. Bishops • After Clovis • Weak Rulers • 6th and 7th Ceturies • Austrasia, Nuestria, Burgundy • Pepin I and Arnulf were the most powerful men in Francia • Pepin II • Strengthens Connection • Charles Martel

  6. CHARLOGINIAN DYNASTY • Charles Martel • Illegitimate son of Pepin II • Born 688 A.D. • Wanted power • Seized power in Nuestria • United Nuestria, Austrasia and Burgundy while conquering Aquitaine • Nicknamed the Hammer • Sons Pippin III and Carloman

  7. RISE OF ISLAM • Islam had taken Spain • Invaders from Spain • The Battle of Tours • Charles “the hammer” was called to aid Odo • Defeated Abd al-Rahmad

  8. CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY Carlomon Charlemagne • Son of Pepin III • Brothers • Chicken when fighting Aquitaine • Dies 771 A.D. at 20 • Son of Pepin III • Fought against Aquitaine uprise • Married Desiderata to make peace with Lombards • Bedrada • Took control over all of Francia after his brother died

  9. Charlemagne • Charles the Great became the overall ruler • He wanted more power like his ancestors • Saxony Siege (772) • Paderborn-chopped down the tree of life, and looted • Lombard Siege(773-774) • Pavia, made them into ally but left them independent

  10. Charlemagne Cnt. • Saxony Again and Bavaria • 775 returned and demanded conversion and alligience • Lots of fighting for many years, ended 788 • Most difficult and powerful • Moors • Muslims that had conquered Spain • They wanted help defeating the Basques in their country • The Franks helped but were defeated, although they did add the Basque to their Empire

  11. Charlemagne Cnt. 2 • 794, against the Avars, Pepin and Charlemagne fought together • Then return to Saxony they forced conversion to all and a pledge of alligiance • Back Home • He had blended Roman and Germanic culture • He created schools, laws, government strength, stronger commerce, and literature, art, and architecture.

  12. FALL OF THE FRANKS • His sons Charles, Louis, and Pepin –Heirs • 810 Pepin, king of Italy, died • 811 Charles, king of Saxony, died • Lois lived to inherit All land and Emperor • 814 Charlemagne dies at 72 • Louis begins the fall by being weak in a time of peace • His sons Charles, Lothair, and Louis • They fought for control over territory • The Treaty of Verdun (843) divided the empire into three parts among the sons

  13. WORKS CITED "Battle of Tours." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2011. "Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance (Overview)." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC- CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. "Charles Martel." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. "Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours." Image. Archivo Iconografico, S.A./Corbis. World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. "Franks." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011 Biel, Timothy L. Charlemagne. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1997. Print. Bhote, Tehmina. Charlemagne: the Life and times of an Early Medieval Emperor. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2005. Print. Barbero, Alessandro, and Allan Cameron. Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. London: Folio Society, 2006. Print. Joinville, Jean, Geoffroi De Villehardouin, and Caroline Smith. Chronicles of the Crusades. London: Penguin, 2008. Print.

  14. WORKS CITED Barbero, Alessandro, and Allan Cameron. Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. London: Folio Society, 2006. Print. Joinville, Jean, Geoffroi De Villehardouin, and Caroline Smith. Chronicles of the Crusades. London: Penguin, 2008. Print. http://ximene.net/wp-content/gallery/source-of-the-conflict/rise-of-the-frankish-empire.png  http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/prh3/151/carolmap.JPG http://ximene.net/wp-content/gallery/source-of-the-conflict/rise-of-the-frankish-empire.png

  15. WORKS CITED http://ximene.net/wp-content/gallery/source-of-the-conflict/rise-of-the-frankish-empire.png http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcgee411/GHTOUT/Charlemagne-bio.html http://france-travel-and-tour.blogspot.com/ http://souklaye.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/la-certitude-du-doute-245/ http://www.history.com/news/2011/06/17/history%E2%80%99s-best-and-worst-dads/ http://www.searchingthescriptures.net/main_pages/articles/instrumental_music_in_church/instrumental_music_2_wells.htm

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