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Merovingians
Merovingians dynasty of Frankish kings, descended, according to tradition, from Merovech, chief of the Salian Franks , whose son was Childeric I and whose grandson was Clovis I , the founder of the Frankish monarchy. Merovingian kings followed Frankish custom in dividing the patrimony. After th... Read more
Merovingian art and architecture
Merovingian art and architecture . This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.AD 500-AD 751). The Merovingian period was marked by the gradual decline of the classical tradition and by the absorption of a radically new element into the artistic mainstrea... Read more
Austrasia
Austrasia , northeastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., comprising, in general, parts of E France, W Germany, and the Netherlands, with its capital variously at Metz, Reims, and Soissons. It originated in the partition (511) of the realm of the Fra... Read more
Saint-Ouen
Saint-Ouen , city (1990 pop. 42,611), Seine-Saint-Denis dept., N central France, on the Seine River. It is an industrial suburb N of Paris and a terminal point for river shipping. Electrical equipment, metal products, pharmaceuticals, and perfumes are among the chief manufactures. In 1814, Louis XVI... Read more
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Saint-Germain-des-Prés , historic abbey and church of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. It was founded (6th cent.) by Childebert I; several Merovingian kings were buried there. Both church and abbey were several times destroyed; the present church, in Romanesque style, dates from the earl... Read more
Luxeuil
Luxeuil , former abbey, E France, at the present-day town of Luxeuil-les-Bains. It was founded c.590 by St. Columban on the site of the Roman town Luxovium, destroyed (451) by Attila, later established in Franche-Comté and now in the Haute-Saône dept. The ascetic rule of Columban was ... Read more
coronation
coronation ceremony of crowning and anointing a sovereign on his or her accession to the throne. Although a public ceremony inaugurating a new king or chief had long existed, a new religious service was added when Europe became Christianized. The service, derived from Old Testament accounts of the ... Read more
Franks
Franks group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. AD, they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian Franks in the south. The two groups expanded independently, although they sometimes united against a common enemy. T... Read more
Le Mans
Le Mans , city (1990 pop. 148,465), capital of Sarthe dept., NW France, on the Sarthe River. The historical capital of Maine, it is also an important manufacturing, commercial, educational, and communications center. Its service industries, especially insurance, are important. Le Mans, which dates f... Read more
Neustria
Neustria , western portion of the kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., during the rule of the Merovingians . It comprised the Seine and Loire country and the region to the north; its principal towns were Soissons and Paris. The realm originated with the several partitions of the ... Read more

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Merovingian art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Merovingian art and architecture . This period is...dynasty (c.AD 500-AD 751). The Merovingian period was marked by the gradual decline...types of enamelwork and metalwork. Merovingian architecture, monumental sculpture...
Charles Martel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...appreciate the situation of the last Merovingian kings of Francia and to understand what...reign of Dagobert I (629-639) the Merovingian royal house was weakened by the fact...privileges in the name of the king. The Merovingian kingdom in Gaul comprised two major...
Merovingians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the founder of the Frankish monarchy. Merovingian kings followed Frankish custom in dividing...Pepin the Short deposed (751) the last Merovingian king, Childeric III. See Childebert...Dill, Roman Society in Gaul in the Merovingian Age (1926, repr. 1966); J. M...
Fredegund
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...women who attracted the attention of Merovingian monarchs while serving in the royal...Fredegund must have been very clever, since Merovingian queens were able to acquire political...status is difficult to discern. While Merovingian kings were certainly not given to lifelong...
Austrasia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Austrasia , northeastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent...part of the regionalism that eventually brought an end to Merovingian rule. With the decline of the royal power in Austrasia...
Clovis I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Clovis I The Frankish king Clovis I (465-511) founded the Merovingian kingdom of Gaul, the most successful of the barbarian states...important source for the life of Clovis and the character of Merovingian Gaul is the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, written...
Charlemagne
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and in 751 he deposed (removed from office) the last Merovingian king and was declared king of the Franks, a powerful Germanic...his goals of the empire. Charlemagne, in contrast to his Merovingian predecessors (who constantly traveled throughout their realms...
Soissons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Soissons in 486, and the city was the capital of several Merovingian kings (5th-7th cent.). Pepin the Short dethroned Childeric...nearby Abbey of St. Médard, a burial place of Merovingian kings. The Gothic Cathedral of Saint-Gervais and Saint...
Jean Mabillon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...order. When a Jesuit scholar named Daniel Papebroch attacked the validity of the ancient charters supposedly given by the Merovingian kings to the Benedictine monks for the land on which the Maurist monasteries were built, Mabillon spent 8 years working...
Augustin Thierry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Normans, 3 vol., 1825) and Récits des temps mérovingiens (2 vol., 1840; tr. Narratives of the Merovingian Era, 1845), were great popular successes; however, they lacked exact scholarship and advanced conclusions based on dubious...

Dictionary entries related to "Merovingian"

Merovingian architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Merovingian architecture. Architecture of the first dynasty of Frankish Kings in Gaul ( c. 500–751/2), derived from Early...
Merovingian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Merovingian pert. to the line of Frankish kings founded by Clovis ( c. 500). XVII. — F. mérovingien , f. medL. Merovingī pl., f. L. form ( Meroveus ) of the name of their reputed founder; see -ING3 , -IAN .
Pepin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...mayors of the palace’ under MEROVINGIAN rule who gave rise to the Carolingian...the two most important parts of the Merovingian kingdom. Pepin III, the Short, was...CHARLES MARTEL . He ousted the last Merovingian, Childeric III, in 751 and was crowned...
Pepin III
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...the Frankish kingdom. With the assent of Pope Zacharias , he was elected King by the nobles in 751 in place of the nominal Merovingian King and anointed by Frankish bishops. In 754 the ceremony was repeated by Stephen II (III) , for whom Pepin promised...
Sutton Hoo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...was left in the soil, with the iron bolts still in place, and in the centre was a magnificent collection of grave goods, including exotic jewellery, an iron standard, decorated shield, bronze helmet, and Merovingian gold coins.
France
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...occupation. After 330 it was invaded by GOTHS , FRANKS , and Burgundians, and then ruled by Clovis (465–511), a MEROVINGIAN king. It became part of the empire of CHARLEMAGNE and, after repeated assaults from VIKINGS and SARACENS , a CAPETIAN dynasty...
Burgundy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...former duchy in south-central France. The Burgundii, a Germanic tribe, settled there in the 5th century. It was under Merovingian control and then absorbed into the CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE . During the reign of strong Holy Roman Emperors most of it was under...
Carlovingian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Carlovingian pert. to the French dynasty founded by Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus). XVIII. — F. carlovingien , f. Karl Charles after mérovingien MEROVINGIAN ; largely superseded by Carolingian (XIX), a re-formation on Carolus Charles.
Dagobert
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Dagobert the name of several Merovingian kings .
Periodization
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Joachim's conceit of four ages to French history, marking infancy from the legendary Pharamond, youth to the end of the Merovingian dynasty, maturity under the Carolingians, and old age under the Capetian. On the political level the commonest way of...

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Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481- 751. By Yitzhak...cultural and religious life of Merovingian Gaul.The aim is a comprehensive...giving coherence to the pieces of Merovingian remains. Such an undertaking in...
Making sense of Merovingian burials.(Caring for body & soul: burial and the afterlife in the Merovingian world)(Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...soul: burial and the afterlife in the Merovingian world. xiii+255 words, 15 figures...9 hardback $45. BONNIE EFFROS. Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making...contexts of composition. Both books make Merovingian Gaul their core. Funerary customs and...
The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450-751.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; The Merovingian Kingdoms 450-751. By lan Wood...argument depends on his construction of Merovingian history as the subject of a danatio...into chapters on the creation of the Merovingian State, its structure, the power of...
Far from Barbaric: Re-assessing the Sophistication of Merovingian Metalworking
Magazine article from: JOM; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Middle Ages: the Merovingians. The Merovingian dynasty lasted from the mid-fifth...from the second largest collection of Merovingian artifacts in the United States, which...also sampled. The museum obtained the Merovingian assemblage in 1924. (see the sidebar...
Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul. (Book Reviews and Notes).
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2001; ; 615 words ; ...Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul. By Isabel Moreira. Ithaca...of visionary literature preserved in Merovingian hagiography, from the late fourth to...Part 2, "Visions and Authority in the Merovingian Community," describes the spiritual...
Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640-720
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography...of and translated sources from the Merovingian era which have appeared over the last...significantly altered our view of the Merovingian kingdoms, showing how vibrantly Roman...
Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul Ithaca: Cornell University Press...dreamers are the topics of this study of Merovingian Gaul by Isabel Moreira, an associate...reception of dreams and dreamers in the Merovingian period from the fourth to the eighth...
Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640-720.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...lives, modem understanding of late Merovingian Frankia would be greatly impoverished...insights into the factional character of Merovingian politics. With the present volume...Given the grammatical difficulties of Merovingian Latin, the translations themselves...
Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul.(Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Yitzak Hen, Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751, Cultures...book is an attempt to demonstrate that Merovingian Gaul, which is here distinguished from...of the evidence for Christianity in Merovingian Gaul. The fundamental problem is that...
Skeletal sex and gender in Merovingian mortuary archaeology.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...The longue duree of sexing with Merovingian grave goods Grave goods or what might...constituted the primary means of sexing Merovingian skeletons since the late 19th century...in anything but female graves in the Merovingian period. Among the men, among the warriors...