Umayyad invasion of Gaul
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The Umayyads invaded Gaul following their conquest of the Iberian peninsula. The invasion occurred in two main phases, from AD 719 and from 732. Although the Umayyads secured control of Septimania, th
Umayyad Hispania in 732, Septimania is to the northeast, around Carcassonne
Departure of Umayyad troops from Narbonne to Pépin le Bref, in 759, after 40 years of occupation.
Battle of Tours
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The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs, was fought on 10 October 732, and was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul. It
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
…but they continued to conduct raids in the southern half of Gaul as far as Avignon and Lyon. A major Umayyad raid directed at Tours was defeated in the Battle of Tours in 732. After 732, the Franks asserted their authority in Aquitaine and Burgundy, but only in 759 did they manage to take the Mediterranean region of…
Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours, depicted in the Grandes Chroniques de France
The Battle of Tours depicted in the Grandes Chroniques de France