Frankish king Charles Martel & the Schlegerbund, a group of Swabian knights, took their names from this tool
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Battle of Tours - Wikipedia  The Battle of Tours (10 October 732)  also called the Battle of Poitiers and, by Arab sources, ... Details of the battle, including its exact location and the number of .... The Frankish realm under Charles Martel was the foremost military power of .... south, avoiding the old Roman roads hoping to take the Muslims by surprise.
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Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack  FRANKISH KING CHARLES MARTEL AND THE SCHLEGERBUND, A GROUP OF SWABIAN KNIGHTS, TOOK THEIR NAMES FROM THIS TOOL, HAMMER.
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List of Frankish kings - Wikipedia  The Franks were originally led by dukes (military leaders) and reguli (petty kings). The Salian ... They acquired Provence and made the Bavarii and Thuringii their clients. ... He took his seat at Paris, which along with Soissons, Reims, Metz, and .... and Burgundy: 714716); Charles Martel (Austrasia: 715741, Neustria and...
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Charles Martel - Wikipedia  Charles Martel (c. 686  22 October 741) was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as ... Charles further took the offensive after Tours, destroying fortresses at Agde, Bziers ... who ruled the Frankish realm of Austrasia in all but name as Mayors of the Palace. ...... Greenwood Publishing Group. p. ..... Personal tools.
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Battle of Tours (732 A.D.) - The Latin Library  During the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. ... Eudes appealed to the Franks for assistance, which Charles Martel only ... The Muslim heavy cavalry broke the Christian infantry in their first charge, ... south avoiding the old Roman roads hoping to take the Muslims by surprise.
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia  Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I (Frankish: Karl), was King of the ... Charlemagne was the oldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. .... The most powerful officers of the Frankish people, the Mayor of the Palace (Maior Domus) and one or more ..... The pope granted him the title patrician.
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Clovis I - Wikipedia  Clovis was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, ... Numerous small Frankish kingdoms existed during the 5th century. ... Catholicism did offer certain advantages to Clovis as he fought to distinguish his ... a sixth-century "vita" of Saint Genevieve and letters to or concerning Clovis from...
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RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Wiley Dorr Family Ancestry  Apr 4, 2007 ... Charles, whose surname means the hammer, was the son of Pepin of Herstal and the grandfather of Charlemagne. ... When he died in 714, Charles, an illegitimate son, was imprisoned by his father's widow, but he escaped in...
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia  Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I (Frankish: Karl), was King of the .... Pepin of Herstal was eventually succeeded by his illegitimate son Charles, later known as Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer). After 737...
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HISTORY OF THE FRANKS - History World  The dynasty itself is called Merovingian, from Merovech - a leader of the tribe in the ... In the Roman empire large households were run by an official known as ... 8th century by Charlemagne, the grandson of Charles Martel and son of Pepin III. ... he is annointed by the pope (Stephen II), together with his father and brother,...
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia  Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I (Frankish: Karl), was King of the ... From 800, he became the first Holy Roman Emperorthe first recognised emperor ... left Charlemagne as the undisputed ruler of the Frankish Kingdom. ... After 737, Charles governed the Franks without a king on the throne but...
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The Surname Karls - Photos and Stories  FamilySearch.org  Karls is a patronymic surname, meaning it was derived from a father whose name was ... Karl der Grosse (Karl the Great) is Charlemagne and he was a German and the ... His grandfather Karl the Hammer, who was illegitimate and ineligible to...
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia  Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I (Frankish: Karl), was King of the .... In 747, Easter fell on April 2, a coincidence that likely would have been .... founded a hereditary dynasty of Basque kings of an expanded Aquitania. ...... He was named Karl (Charles in French and English, Carolus in Latin) after...
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Pepin the Short - New World Encyclopedia  His father was Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his ... were short in those days, and Pepin wanted family continuity, the Pope also ... Pepin's first major act was to go to war against the Lombard king Aistulf, who had a ... the so-called Donation of Pepin, whereby the Papal States was founded.
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia  Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I (Frankish: Karl), was King of the Franks. He united a large part of Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France, Germany and the Low Countries. He took the Frankish throne in 768 and became King of Italy in 774. ... All Holy Roman Emperors up to the last Emperor Francis II, as well as both...
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CHAPTER 6 The Conversion Of The Barbarian Tribes The great  CONVERSION OF THE FRANKS By this act, the Franks became the first Germanic tribe to ... He was sent by Pope St. Celestine I as an aid to the Bishop of Ireland. .... Ethelbert also gave them a dwelling in Canterbury, his capital. ST. .... ADALBERT OF PRAGUE: THE APOSTLE OF THE PRUSSIANS Fleeing Prague the...
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The Carolingian Era - ORB: The Online Reference Book for ...  The mayors ruled the Franks in all essential points, and the Merovingians ... But such victories helped establish him, rather than the king, as the leading .... to receive missionaries and to send tribute payments to the Christian king. ... To make doubly certain of his new subjects, he forced the chiefs to convert to Christianity.
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Charles Martel, aka The Hammer, King of the Franks; saved Western ...  Pepin the Short was the 1st King of the Franks of the Carolingian Dynasty. Son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. .... then divorced the king to become Queen of England by marrying Henry II, then in her old age led ..... which changed much of Europe by bringing about a new monetary system, educational reform...
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Finals History Flashcards | Quizlet  Battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks led by Charles Martel defeated ... until Charlemagne's grandfather, Charles Martel, stopped their most advanced ... When the Muslims just started invading everywhere and this lead to the Battle of Tours ..... It was nailed to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 and is widely...
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The genealogical tree of Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor  Charlemagne (Charles the Great), King of the Franks and Lombards, ... to Pope Hadrian, and so he called for the Frankish kings for protection. ... (He is reckoned as Charles I of the Holy Roman Empire, as well as Charles I of France.) .... these papal aims in the name of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I the Great.
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Carolingian dynasty - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987 AD. Class: group noun (groupings of people and objects). Usage: proper noun ... family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. ... dynasty | dynasties [plural] | dynastic [adjective, related] | dynastically [adverb,...