Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe: Alsace and the Frankish Realm, 6001000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521854412
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History - General History; Europe - France; History; History: World; France; History / Europe / General; Europe; Europe - General; 476-1492; Alsace (France); Politics and government
First sentence: In 751, Pippin III deposed the last Merovingian king, Childeric III (743-51), assumed the kingship of the Franks and, three years later, along with his wife and two sons Charlemagne and Carloman, was anointed with holy oil when he received the sacrament of confirmation from Pope Stephen.
Notes: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series