Exercises on the Kingdom of the Franks

(FAAP)

Among the main barbarian peoples that invaded the Roman Empire, we can mention:

a) the Visigoths

b) the vandals

c) the Ostrogoths

d) the francs

e) all of the above

(PUCC) The decline of the Merovingian Dynasty in the Frankish Kingdom allowed the emergence of a new de facto political chief, namely:

a) the treasurer

b) missi dominici

c) the constable

d) the major domus

e) n.d.a.

(PUC)

Clovis' conversion and baptism, after the Battle of Tolbiac, are mainly explained:

a) at the insistence of Pope Gregory the Great

b) at the insistence of his wife Clotilde

c) the fact that most of the population of Gaul was Christian

d) at the insistence of the bishops of Gaul

e) n.d.a.

(UNIP)

The importance of the Battle of Poitiers, in 732, in the context of European history, is justified by the fact that:

a) with this victory, Charles Martel became Emperor of the Franks

b) from there began the War of Reconquest in the Iberian Peninsula

c) this event marked the limit of Christian expansion in the Mediterranean

d) the Christians were defeated by the Arabs, consolidating European feudalism

e) the Arab defeat against the Frankish Kingdom prevented the Islamization of the West

(MED. SANTOS)

Louis the Pious, successor to Charlemagne, held the Empire together. With his death, the political crisis began, characterized on the one hand by the Norman invasions and on the other:

a) by the division of the Empire into three kingdoms, through the Treaty of Verdun

b) for the maintenance of the unity of the Empire, through the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

c) the dispute between his successors, who ended up maintaining the unity of the Empire through the Treaty of Verdun

d) by the division of the Empire, through the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

e) n.d.a.

Letter E. All the mentioned peoples had a great contribution in the process of disarticulation of the Roman Empire of the West. From the entry of the barbarians in this territory, we observe the unfolding of several political, cultural and economic transformations that marked the passage from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Letter D . The decline of the Merovingians was marked by the political-administrative negligence of the so-called “sluggish kings”. Gradually, these monarchs allowed the political authority of major domus to grow to the point of allowing the fall of the Merovingian dynasty and the consequent rise of the Carolingian dynasty.

Letter B . According to the legend that explains the conversion of Clovis to Christianity, he would have invoked the god of his Christian wife to win the battle that determined the conquest of all Gaul. From that event, this monarch established the organization of his state, inaugurating the so-called Merovingian dynasty.

Letter E . Charles Martel's victory at the Battle of Poitiers was of paramount importance for the Muslims not to advance into Western Europe. Furthermore, this same victory was of great importance for the Church to support the rise of the Carolingian dynasty in the Kingdom of the Franks. Once again, the union of State and Church was of fundamental importance to the history of this important barbarian kingdom.

Letter A. After the death of Louis the Pious, the inheritance of the throne fell to his eldest son Lothair. However, seeking support in ancient Germanic traditions, the other two youngest sons of the late monarch decided to dispute the kingdom with the eldest. In the end, this dispute was only resolved with the signing of the Treaty of Verdun (843), which determined the division of the old kingdom into Eastern, Western and Central France.