Frankish Empire
Charlemagne's medieval domain
The Frankish Empire was the realm of the Franks, a Germanic people who dominated much of Western Europe from the 5th through 9th centuries.
Under Charlemagne, it reached its greatest extent, encompassing modern France, Germany, and northern Italy.
His coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 800 CE marked a symbolic revival of Roman imperial authority in the West.
- Treaty of Verdun843 Frankish succession agreement
- divided kingdomRealm split by conflict
- CharlemagneEarly medieval Western unifier
- ChristianizationConverting societies to Christianity
- feudal lordsMedieval landowning nobility
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Medieval eastern Roman state
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Early Islamic dynastic empire
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Medieval Germanic political entity