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The Frankish Expansion and the Unification of …
Years: 388 - 531
The Frankish Expansion and the Unification of the Low Countries
With the collapse of Roman rule in the Low Countries, the Franks expand their influence, establishing multiple small kingdoms across the region.
By the 490s, Clovis I consolidates these territories in the southern Netherlands, forging a single Frankish kingdom. From this stronghold, he launches further conquests into Gaul, laying the foundations for what will become the Frankish dominion over much of Western Europe.
As the Franks migrate southward, many gradually adopt the Vulgar Latin spoken by the local Gallo-Roman population, a linguistic shift that will contribute to the emergence of early Romance languages in the region.
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Britons (historical)
- Franks
- Suebi (Suevi), Realms of the
- Burgundians (East Germanic tribe)
- Alamanni (Germanic tribal alliance)
- Christianity, Arian
- Breton people
- Roman Empire: Valentinian dynasty (Rome)
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Milan)
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Burgundians, (first) Kingdom of the
- Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse
- Burgundians, (second) Kingdom of the
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Frisians
- Reims, Frankish Kingdom of
- Soissons (eventually Neustria), Frankish Kingdom of
- Paris, Frankish Kingdom of
- Orléans (eventually Burgundy), Frankish Kingdom of
- Basque people
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Years: 388 - 531
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Britons (historical)
- Franks
- Suebi (Suevi), Realms of the
- Burgundians (East Germanic tribe)
- Alamanni (Germanic tribal alliance)
- Christianity, Arian
- Breton people
- Roman Empire: Valentinian dynasty (Rome)
- Hunnic Empire
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Milan)
- Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
- Burgundians, (first) Kingdom of the
- Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse
- Burgundians, (second) Kingdom of the
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Frisians
- Reims, Frankish Kingdom of
- Soissons (eventually Neustria), Frankish Kingdom of
- Paris, Frankish Kingdom of
- Orléans (eventually Burgundy), Frankish Kingdom of
- Basque people
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions