Franks

also called Frankish and has 15 more synonyms ↓

• Feringhi
• Fraenkisch
• Frakkland
• Frakland
• Franci
• Franconia
• Fränkisch
• Frankish Emperor
• Frankish people
• Frankish people were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd centu
• Frankish tribes
• gens Francorum
• Kingdom of Franks
• Rachimburg
• The Franks
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1. Under the Merovingian dynasty, they founded one of the Germanic monarchies which replaced the Western Roman Empire from the 5th century

   

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2. The Frankish state consolidated its hold over large parts of western Europe by the end of the eighth century and the Carolingian Empire and its successor states were Frankish

   

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3. The Salian political elite were one of the most active forces in spreading Christianity over western Europe

   

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4. It is traditionally believed that the name Frank is derived from their usage of the javelin, which in Old Germanic is *frankon, the same case as the Saxons and their weapon of choice, the seax

   

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5. The mythology of the Franks was probably a form of Germanic polytheism, later adapted and supplanted in the wake of their incursion into the Roman Empire

   mythological origin

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   The pinnacle of Carolingian architecture: the palatine chapel at Aachen, Germany

   

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   Gelasian Sacramentary, c. 750

   

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8. enter recorded history around 260 due to an invasion across the Rhine into the Roman Empire

   history

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   Statue in the Cathedral of Reims depicting the baptism of Clovis I by Saint Remi there around 496

   

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    Chalice (c. 525) from the Treasure of Gourdon, perhaps a late Gallo-Roman piece, but displaying clear barbarian markers and influences

    

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    Territorial situation of the Frankish Empire, AD 481-814

    

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12. In general Germanic peoples on the borders are known to have served in the Roman army since the days of Julius Caesar

    military

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13. The language spoken by the early Franks is known as Old Frankish and is only attested in a few words in the Lex Salica and in personal names, and is mostly reconstructed from Old Low Franconian and loanwords in Old French and Latin

    culture

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14. Like other Germanic peoples, the legal precedents of the Franks were originally housed only in the memory of designated specialists, rachimburgs, parallel to Scandinavian lawspeakers

    society

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15. Because the Frankish kingdom dominated Western Europe for centuries, terms derived from "Frank" were used by many in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and beyond as a synonym for Roman Christians (e.g., al-Faranj in Arabic, farangi in Persian, Frenk i

    legacy

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