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The Franks (Latin: Franci or gens Francorum; German: Franken; French: Francs) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. They began as a Germanic people who lived near the Lower Rhine, on the northern continental frontier of the empire.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Frank, member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Dominating present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany, the Franks established the most powerful Christian kingdom of early medieval western Europe.
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20 de mar. de 2023 · The Franks were a Germanic people who originated along the lower Rhine River. They moved into Gaul during the Migration Age, where they established one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
- The Franks were a Germanic people originating along the lower Rhine River. They were originally settled in Belgium and along the Rhine by the Weste...
- The Franks were of Germanic origin, though they gradually became Romanized culturally as they intermingled with the Gallo-Roman population of Gaul....
- The word 'Frank' means 'the fierce' or 'the brave', and also came to mean 'the free', which became the definition favored by the Franks themselves....
- Some notable Frankish leaders include Clovis I (r. 481-511), who conquered Gaul, converted to Christianity, and united the Franks; Charles Martel (...
Frank, Member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The Franks lived east of the Rhine River in the 3rd century and came under Roman influence. They gained control of northern Gaul by 494 and southern Gaul by 507, and the conversion of their leader Clovis I to Catholic Christianity won them the ...
20 de ago. de 2019 · From Defeat to Triumph: the Early History of the Franks. In the valleys of the Rhine, that pulsating vein that flows through the very heart of Europe, Germanic tribes always flourished. One of these, a more prominent tribe, was known as the Franks.
Origins of the Franks. The Franks, like other West Germanic tribes, is thought to have descended from Denmark or Schleswig-Holstein in the Early Iron Age (c. 500 BCE) through Lower Saxony. The Franks would have settled in the northeastern Netherlands, as far as the Rhine, circa 200 BCE.
23 de may. de 2018 · FRANKS. A people of Germanic origin who played a decisive role in shaping western European history during four centuries extending from the late 5th to the late 10th century. During that period the term "Frank" assumed different meanings depending on the historical situation.
