Franks
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The Franks were a Western European people who first appeared under this name in the third century AD as a group of Germanic tribes living near the Rhine River, and who gradually became a larger, multi
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty
Detail of the Tabula Peutingeriana, showing Francia at the top
Frankish leader grave, c. 500, with golden Spangenhelm in Krefeld, Germany
A 6th century bow fibula found in north-eastern France and the Rhineland. They were worn by Frankish noblewomen in pairs at the shoulder or as belt ornaments.
Merovingian dynasty
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The Merovingian dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of nort
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…century, the whole of Gaul north of the Loire, and all the Frankish kingdoms, were united within the kingdom of the Frank Clovis I, the founder of the Merovingian dynasty. By building upon the basis of this empire, the subsequent Frankish dynasty, the Carolingians, eventually came to be seen as the new emperors of Western…
Merovingian dynasty 1
Signet ring of Childeric I. Monnaie de Paris.
Frankish gold tremissis, imitation of Byzantine tremissis, mid-6th century.
Coin of Clotaire II, 584–628. British Museum.