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Of all Rome's western successors, the Frankish kingdom that emerged in France, Belgium, the Rhineland and Switzerland was the most powerful and the longest-lasting; yet the Merovingians, who ruled it for nearly 300 years (481-751), have been harshly treated by posterity. This is partly through the hostility of the Carolingians, who usurped and succeeded them, and partly because of a family history that was lurid and bloody even by contemporary standards. Ian Wood rescues them from the shadows of obscurity and contempt in this superb survey, which covers every aspect of the age. After considering the nature of the sources, the book begins with the rise of the Franks. It then examines the establishment of the Merovingian dynasty itself, and the structure of the Merovingian kingdomor kingdoms, since throughout its long history was both fluid and fissiparous, with borders moving to and fro under the pressures of external enemies and internal dynastic conflict. Ian Wood then goes on to consider the influence of the Merovingians on their own territories and on Europe more widely. In particular he reassesses their cultural importance (long and unjustly neglected) in the world of the sixth

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Author

Ian N. Wood

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317871156

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, European History, Humanities

Rating

3.65 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14