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Charles Martel (/ m ɑːr ˈ t ɛ l /; c. 688 – 22 October 741), [3] Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death.
The Age of Charles Martel. Pearson Education. ISBN 0-582-06476-7; Gibbon, Edward The Battle of Tours [permanent dead link ], The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Grant, Michael History of Rome; Grunebaum, Gustave von (2005). Classical Islam: A History, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D. Aldine Transaction. ISBN 0-202-30767-0; Hanson ...
Articles relating to Charles Martel, Duke of the Franks (c. 688-741, term 718-741) and his term in office. ... War hammer; Y. Youth for Western Civilization
Emboldened by his success, he attacked Uthman ibn Naissa's Aquitanian ally Duke Odo, who had just encountered Charles Martel's devastating offensive on Bourges and northern Aquitaine (731). Still managing to recruit the necessary number of soldiers, the independent Odo confronted al-Ghafiqi's forces that had broken north by the western Pyrenees ...
Eventually, however, Charles prevailed and compelled the Frisians to submit. Radbod died in 719, [ 6 ] : 90 but for some years his successors struggled against the Frankish power. As an example of how powerful King Radbod still was at the end of his life, the news that he was engaged in assembling an army was reportedly enough to fill the ...
Geoffrey IV (1070/75 – 19 May 1106), called Martel (the Hammer), [1] was Count of Anjou from 1103 until his early death, either co-ruling with his father, Fulk IV, or in opposition to him. He was popular with the Church and grew a reputation for curbing tyranny and opposing his violent father, who, according to Orderic Vitalis , enjoyed ...
John Knight, Hood Century Modern and New Theater Hollywood are on the list of artists to be spotlighted in the Hammer Museum's much-anticipated Made in L.A. biennial. Hammer Museum reveals the 27 ...
Pepin was eventually succeeded by his son Charles, later known as Charles Martel. [18] Charles did not support a Merovingian successor upon the death of King Theuderic IV in 737, leaving the throne vacant. [19] He made plans to divide the kingdom between his sons, Carloman and Pepin the Short, who succeeded him after his death in 741. [20]