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Frankish Empire

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Frankish Empire
Deutsch[1] Fränkisches Reich

Das Fränkische Reich war ein Königreich in West- und Mitteleuropa zwischen dem 5. und 9. Jahrhundert, das sich auf dem westeuropäischen Gebiet des Römischen Reichs bildete. Es geht auf mehrere westgermanische Völker der Völkerwanderungszeit zurück. Das Reich der Franken wurde innerhalb von drei Jahrhunderten zum wichtigsten Land des abendländischen Europa und wurde nach dem Zerfall des antiken Römischen Reichs zum Machtzentrum und später zur Großmacht in West- und Mitteleuropa. Es wurde durch die Dynastien der Merowinger und später der Karolinger regiert, die aus den Arnulfingern und Pippiniden hervorgingen. Eine wichtige Stütze der späteren Dynastie der Karolinger war Karl Martell, der 732 in der Schlacht bei Tours und Poitiers an der Loire das Vordringen der islamischen Mauren nach Zentraleuropa verhinderte. Den Höhepunkt seiner Macht und Ausdehnung erreichte das Frankenreich unter Karl dem Großen. Nach der späteren Teilung wurde aus seinem östlichen Teil das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation und aus dem westlichen Teil Frankreich.

Français Empire des Francs

Les Francs sont un peuple germanique apparaissant sous la forme d'une confédération de tribus au moment des Grandes invasions. Une partie d'entre eux joue un rôle central dans l'Histoire de France, des Pays-Bas, de Belgique et d'Allemagne à compter de leur sédentarisation en Gaule romaine. La conféderétion étati continué par l'Empire des Francs.

Nederlands Frankische Rijk

Het Frankische Rijk was een Europese grootmacht tussen de 5e en de 9e eeuw, die geleidelijk gevormd werd door de Frankische koningen, nadat de Franken en andere Germaanse volkeren zich in de Romeinse provincies van Gallië gevestigd hadden. De Franken bezetten de hele provincie Germania Inferior (het hele huidige Nederland beneden de rivieren, België en het huidige Rijnland) waarbij de Romeinse en geromaniseerde bewoners op de vlucht gingen of werden onderworpen aan de nieuwe Frankische elite. Hun machtscentrum vestigden ze in de stad Doornik. Hun expansie richtte zich vervolgens verder op het nog steeds welvarende gebied in het zuiden en zo veroverden de Merovingische koningen geleidelijk aan Gallië tot aan de Seine, gevolgd door de rest van Gallië en de ook de nooit door Rome bezette Germaanse landstreken ten oosten van de Rijn en Donau, grofweg de gebieden van het huidige Duitsland, Oostenrijk en Zwitserland. Onder de Karolingische dynastie veroveren de Franken ten slotte nog een strook van Noord-Spanje en heel Noord- en Midden-Italië. Onder Karel de Grote is het Frankische Rijk daarmee de machtigste nieuwe staat sinds de val van het (West-)Romeinse Rijk. Na de dood van Karels zoon wordt het rijk verdeeld bij het verdrag van Verdun. Het verdeelde Frankische rijk gaat nu grotendeels verder als Frankrijk en het Heilige Roomse Rijk.

English Frankish Empire

The Frankish Empire or Frankish realm, often just Francia or Frankia, was the territory of the Franks from the 5th to the 10th century. The Franks were a Germanic people, almost unique in that they converted to the Catholicism of Rome instead of the Arianism of most of the barbarian invaders of Western Europe. The various Frankish kingdoms were united by Clovis I (481–511). The kingdom was repeatedly divided among several kings; the division of 843 after the death of Louis the Pious turned out to be permanent. The resulting Western and Eastern Kingdoms eventually developed into the nations of France and Germany respectively. Since the term "empire" properly applies only to times after the coronation of Charlemagne as imperator in 800, and since the unified kingdom was repeatedly split and reunited, most historians prefer to refer to "Frankish kingdoms" or the "Frankish realm."


Short name Frankish Empire
Official name(s) Kingdom of the Franks / Empire of the Franks
Status Independent country between 481 and 843
Location Western Europe
Capital none
Major language(s) Frankish, other Germanic languages and Gallo-Romanic languages
Major religion(s) Traditional beliefs, later Christianity
More information Frankish Empire.
More images Frankish Empire - Frankish Empire (Category).

History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history[2], illustrated with maps.

Rise of the Frankish Empire

Rise of the Frankish Empire
Empire de Clovis
Empire of Clovis
Europe 526-600

The Carolingians

Empire d'Occident carolingien environs 800
Carolingian Empire around 800
Empire d'Occident carolingien
Carolingian Empire (in French)
Empire d'Occident
The Frankish Empire
Europe en 814
Europe in 814

Treaty of Verdun

Treaty of Verdun (843) and Treaty of Meerssen (870)

Treaty of Meersen

Division de l'Empire d'Occident
Division of the Frankish Empire after 870

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  1. German, French and Dutch are given here as continuation of the main languages spoken in the Frankish Empire. However, the administrative language of the Empire was Latin.
  2. The text of the summary of the history is mainly based on the text in Wikipedia.

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