Frankish Tribe
Both Frankish Merovingian were a Germanic tribe, but Franks was better Germanic tribe because they created a very stable and powerful kingdom. The Frank’s military base was also: powerful, and undefeated. The Franks had an impressive unifying government system.
The Franks tribes were the more dominant tribe of the lower and middle Rhine because they were sturdier. The Franks’ achievements and stabilization were due to the Frankish rulers and Romans merging together in the Catholic faith- making the Frankish kingdom the largest and most powerful of the Germanic tribes to succeed the Roman Empire in the West. The Franks also had a very successful military base; because, unlike many other Germanic tribes, they build themselves off of staying in one place (the French-German border area today), after building …show more content…
up, they gradually spread, giving themselves a good base, a good organization, and deep roots. While many other Germanic tribes gave themselves a short period of time to grow, and giving a long period of time to expand, The Franks military base gave them long term steady growth over a short term temporary gain.
Around the middle of the third century CE, The Franks known by many to be “Barbaric” settled along the east bank of the upper Rhine River.
The Franks created their own language called the “Frankish”. “The Franks” in Frankish meant free, or fierce. This brought the tribe much encouragement and strength and will later be the foundation making The Franks one of the strongest tribes during the 3rd century.
The Franks are known for being under the leadership of King Clovis the 1st during his reign from 481 to 511: Clovis founded the Merovingian Dynasty which ruled the Franks until about 710 BC, he led the Franks people to numerous victories on the battlefield, and he converted his people to Christianity which will later get him recognized as the 1st king of the Franks to ever be acknowledged by the pope as king. History being made by this one man led and guided the Franks to being a powerful tribe for many years.
The name Clovis would later evolve into the name "Louis," the most popular name for French kings. “For the French, he was the founder of France, and a derivation of his name, Louis, became the principal name of its
king.”
“In many ways the Franks were at the heart of the culture of the Middle Ages. It was the Franks who developed the concept of the knight and the feudal system.” The knight in feudal system is when different tribes battled to obtain land. During this time, the frankish tribe were very successful and were controlling vast territory/land. Feudalism was when only one team controlled all of the land, armies and troops were hired to defined the kings land as seen fit. A few system of government aloud many opportunities of advancement within the cast system, military, and knighthood. Knights were right above peasants and the cast system but they were highly respect, and known as “noble”. To be a knight, you have to work for the position-- it was not given to you, and it was not easy to earn.
The Franks tribes were the more dominant tribe of the lower and middle Rhine because they were sturdier. The Franks’ achievements and stabilization were due to the Frankish rulers and Romans merging together in the Catholic faith- making the Frankish kingdom the largest and most powerful of the Germanic tribes to succeed the Roman Empire in the West. The Franks also had a very successful military base; because, unlike many other Germanic tribes, they build themselves off of staying in one place (the French-German border area today), after building …show more content…
up, they gradually spread, giving themselves a good base, a good organization, and deep roots. While many other Germanic tribes gave themselves a short period of time to grow, and giving a long period of time to expand, The Franks military base gave them long term steady growth over a short term temporary gain.
Around the middle of the third century CE, The Franks known by many to be “Barbaric” settled along the east bank of the upper Rhine River.
The Franks created their own language called the “Frankish”. “The Franks” in Frankish meant free, or fierce. This brought the tribe much encouragement and strength and will later be the foundation making The Franks one of the strongest tribes during the 3rd century.
The Franks are known for being under the leadership of King Clovis the 1st during his reign from 481 to 511: Clovis founded the Merovingian Dynasty which ruled the Franks until about 710 BC, he led the Franks people to numerous victories on the battlefield, and he converted his people to Christianity which will later get him recognized as the 1st king of the Franks to ever be acknowledged by the pope as king. History being made by this one man led and guided the Franks to being a powerful tribe for many years.
The name Clovis would later evolve into the name "Louis," the most popular name for French kings. “For the French, he was the founder of France, and a derivation of his name, Louis, became the principal name of its
king.”
“In many ways the Franks were at the heart of the culture of the Middle Ages. It was the Franks who developed the concept of the knight and the feudal system.” The knight in feudal system is when different tribes battled to obtain land. During this time, the frankish tribe were very successful and were controlling vast territory/land. Feudalism was when only one team controlled all of the land, armies and troops were hired to defined the kings land as seen fit. A few system of government aloud many opportunities of advancement within the cast system, military, and knighthood. Knights were right above peasants and the cast system but they were highly respect, and known as “noble”. To be a knight, you have to work for the position-- it was not given to you, and it was not easy to earn.