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What 2 factors mark the Franks out, compared to the other post-Romanic kingdoms?

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  1. Least Roman of all

2. Were not refugees, probably natives

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Who was the first king of France, and when did he rule?

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Clovis, 509-511

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3
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Where was Clovis’ capital?

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Tournai, Belgium

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Who was Clovis’ father?

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Childeric

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When was Clovis baptised?

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496

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Which Germanic kingdom did Clovis conquer?

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Thuringia

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7
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Which Merovingian king ruled 629-639?

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Dagobert I

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8
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Where did Dagobert I conquer?

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Frisia

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9
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Which 3 groups did Dagobert I have contact with?

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  1. Germanic Saxons
  2. Anglo Saxons
  3. Slavs
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10
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Which group did Dagobert fail to conquer? What happened instead

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Saxons; he forced them into submission

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Describe the extent of Frankish territory at the end of Merovingian rule

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France, Belgium, Holland, Germany to Bohemia, Switzerland

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12
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Where was Austrasia?

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East Frankia, up to the Mosel

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Where was Neustria?

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West Frankia, up to the Mosel

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14
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Where was Merovingian Burgundy?

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Central and Southern Frankia

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What position did the Pepinid dynasty traditionally hold?

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Maiordomus

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16
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Explain the etymology of Charles

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Germanic; linked to jarl, ceorl, earl

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17
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Whom did the Pope call “regulus”? What does that term mean?

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Charles Martel, little king

18
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Who fought the Umayyads at Tours, and in which year?

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Charles Martel, 732

19
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Who crowned Pepin the Short? What was special about this?

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Pope Stephen; first papal trip north of the Alps

20
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How did Pepin the Short come to power?

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Peacefully, with popular support and papal approval

21
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When did Charlemagne rule?

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768-814

22
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Where was Charlemagne’s capital?

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Aachen

23
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Who crowned Charlemagne? When and where?

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Pope Leo II, Rome, Christmas day 800

24
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Who did Charlemagne’s Papal alliance help?

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Both parties:
Pope needed military backing
Charlemagne needed prestige

25
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Which ancestor of Charlemagne had previously tried to seize power, and when?

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Grimoald, late 600s

26
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What relationship with education did Charlemagne have? 3 things

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  1. Tried to read and write
  2. Revived latin
  3. Monks copied classical texts
27
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Which three Roman authors survive thanks to Charlemagne?

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Tacitus, Livy, Cicero

28
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Where was learning centred?

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Monasteries

29
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What three forms of prestige did Charlemagne take advantage of?

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Military, religious and Roman

30
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Which five areas/peoples did Charlemage conquer?

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  1. Lombards
  2. Avars
  3. Bavarians
  4. Saxons
  5. Barcelona
31
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How did Charlemagne intend to split his realm?

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  1. North to Charles
  2. Lombardy & Bavaria to Pepin
  3. Aquitaine to Louis
32
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What three consequences of hereditary rule appeared?

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  1. more castles
  2. start of siege warfare
  3. less royal power
33
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Which 3 raiders took advantage of internal problems?

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  1. Vikings
  2. Hungarians
  3. North Africans
34
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What 2 internal problems caused crisis in late Frankia?

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Size & diversity

35
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Who succeeded Charlemagne, and when did he rule?

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Louis the Pious, 814-840

36
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What hampered Louis the Pious’ succession?

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He had sons from two wives

37
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When was the Treaty of Verdun signed?

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843

38
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What did the Treaty of Verdun dictate?

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Splitting of the kingdom:

  1. Charles the Bald gains the West
  2. Louis the German gains the East
  3. Lothair gains the middle
39
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When did the Carolingian dynasty come to an end?

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987

40
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Which dynasty succeeded the Carolingian dynasty?

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Capetians

41
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Why was Lotharingia a failure?

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No natural or historical basis

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