Francia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-01

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00:02:31 1 History
00:02:40 1.1 Origins
00:05:32 1.2 Merovingian rise and decline, 481–687
00:08:08 1.2.1 Clovis's sons
00:10:31 1.2.2 Chlothar
00:13:24 1.2.3 Francia split into Neustria, Austrasia, and Burgundy
00:16:13 1.2.4 Rule of Chlothar II
00:18:01 1.2.5 Dagobert I
00:22:41 1.3 Dominance of the mayors of the palace, 687–751
00:26:21 1.3.1 Death of Pepin
00:28:43 1.3.2 Islamic invasion
00:32:22 1.4 Carolingian empire, 751–840
00:39:17 1.5 Divided empire, after 840
00:44:16 2 Life in Francia
00:44:26 2.1 Law
00:47:37 2.2 Church
00:49:18 2.3 Society
00:49:58 2.4 Currency
00:51:11 3 See also
00:51:27 4 References and sources
00:51:44 5 External links



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Francia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), or Frankish Empire was the largest post-Roman Barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Franks during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. It is the predecessor of the modern states of France and Germany. After the Treaty of Verdun in 843, West Francia became the predecessor of France, and East Francia became that of Germany. Francia was among the last surviving Germanic kingdoms from the Migration Period era until its partitioning in 843.
The core Frankish territories inside the former Western Roman Empire were close to the Rhine and Maas rivers in the north. After a period where small kingdoms inter-acted with the remaining Gallo-Roman institutions to their south, a single kingdom uniting them was founded by Clovis I who was crowned King of the Franks in 496. His dynasty, the Merovingian dynasty was eventually replaced by the Carolingian dynasty. Under the nearly continuous campaigns of Pepin of Herstal, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, and Louis the Pious—father, son, grandson, great-grandson and great-great-grandson—the greatest expansion of the Frankish empire was secured by the early 9th century, by this point dubbed as the Carolingian Empire.
During the Carolingian and Merovingian dynasties the Frankish realm was one large kingdom polity subdivided into several smaller kingdoms, often effectively independent. The geography and number of subkingdoms varied over time, but a basic split between eastern and western domains persisted. The eastern kingdom was initially called Austrasia, centred on the Rhine and Meuse, and expanding eastwards into central Europe. It evolved into a German kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire. The western kingdom Neustria was founded in Northern Roman Gaul, and as the original kingdom of the Merovingians it came over time to be referred to as Francia, now France, although in other contexts western Europe generally could still be described as "Frankish". In Germany there are prominent other places named after the Franks such as the region of Franconia, the city of Frankfurt, and Frankenstein Castle.