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Salian Law
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Salian Law see Germanic laws .
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Franks
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian...sometimes united against a common enemy. The Salian Franks became allies of the Roman Empire...Romans. Clovis permanently united the Salian and Ripuarian Franks, accepted Roman...
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Flemish
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...invaders and settlers in this remote outpost of the empire, and Salian Franks, who invaded the Roman empire in the fifth century...the cultural influence of Rome was weaker. The invasion of Salian Franks in the fifth century abruptly interrupted the period...
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Clovis I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...more than a tribal chieftain, he became sole leader of the Salian Franks by force of perseverance and by murdering a number of...of SW Germany. Shortly before his death he probably had the Salian Law revised and put into writing. Clovis united all Franks...
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Merovingians
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Merovingians Frankish dynasty (476–750). It was named after Merovech, a leader of the Salian Franks, whose grandson, Clovis I (r. c. 481–511), ruled over most of France and, converting to Christianity...
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Henry III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...generally considered to have attained its greatest power and solidity during his reign. The only son of Conrad II, the first Salian emperor, Henry was designated by his father to be co-king of Germany in 1028. He was made Duke of Swabia in 1038, and on...
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Henry V
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry V Henry V (1081-1125) was Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany from 1106 to 1125. The last of the Salian line of emperors, he continued the struggle with the papacy over lay investiture that had been carried on by Henry IV. In 1106...
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German Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...from the time of Charlemagne, Germany bore versions of the name Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, beginning with the Salian dynasty and proceeding with the rule of the Hohenstaufens, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns. Germany suffered religious...
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Luxembourg
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia
...Wigerik and Siegfried of the House of Ardennes, governed the region that would become modern Luxembourg in fealty to Saxon and Salian Holy Roman Emperors. The first dynasty Luxembourg counts became extinct in 1136. The title and lands were awarded to Henry...
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Franconia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Rhenish Franconia and that of Eastern Franconia—emerged. Rhenish Franconia, which gave the empire the Franconian or Salian dynasty (1024-1125; Conrad II, Henry III, Henry IV, and Henry V), broke up into the free cities of Frankfurt and Worms...
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