Franco-Germanic dialectic

Charlemagne is the earliest icon of the Franco-Germanic idea. The Franks were a Germanic tribe who spoke an early version of German called Old Frankish. Charlemagne united the Germanic culture of the Franks with the old memory of the Roman Empire, being crowned in The Vatican by Pope Leo III as Emperor of the Romans. In following centuries, the Franks who mixed with the descendants of Roman Gauls became the French, while the part that remained more separate became the German-speaking realms. This is the earliest version of the Franco-Germanic dialectic: the successful integration of the legacy of the Roman Empire and the old Gothic barbarians, under the umbrella of Medieval Christendom.--- "Physes" Sep 1, 2020.