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Christianization of the Franks was the process of converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism during the late 5th century and early 6th century. It was started by Clovis I, regulus of Tournai, with the insistence of his wife, Clotilde and Saint Remigius, the bishop of Reims.

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Christianization of the Franks

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Christianization of the Franks was the process of converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism during the late 5th century and early 6th century. It was...

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Christianisation of the Germanic peoples

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The Germanic peoples underwent gradual Christianization in the course of late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. By AD 700, England and Francia were...

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Franks

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The Franks (Latin: Franci or gens Francorum; German: Franken; French: Francs) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Early Middle...

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Christianization

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Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted...

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Germanic Heroic Age

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after the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons, or the Hildebrandslied, written at Fulda 300 years after the Christianization of the Franks. The Prose Edda...

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Christianization of Scandinavia

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The Christianization of Scandinavia, as well as other Nordic countries and the Baltic countries, took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries. The...

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Saint Remigius

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in the Christianization of the Franks. Because of Clovis's efforts, a large number of churches were established in the formerly pagan lands of the Frankish...

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Germanic kingship

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and pre-Christianization practice was slowly being replaced. The Frankish state under the Merovingian dynasty had many of the characteristics of Germanic...

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Francia

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The Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was...

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Istvaeones

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"Irmionic" nation of the Chatti also seem to have been considered Franks, or allies of the Franks, at least once. In one of the last mentions of them as a separate...

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Christianization of Iceland

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compulsory. Ari Thorgilsson's Book of the Icelanders, the oldest indigenous account of Iceland's Christianization describes how Icelanders agreed to convert...

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Christianization of Bulgaria

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lead the Christianization that would integrate the Slavs in South and Central Europe. The Bulgarian Khanate and the Kingdom of the East Franks had established...

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Sicambri

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influential. By the 3rd century, the region in which they and their neighbours had lived had become part of the territory of the Franks, which was a new...

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Frank Christian

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singer-songwriter Frank Christian (NASCAR owner) (1910–1969), American NASCAR race car owner Frank Christian (politician) (1911–1988), Canadian Member of Parliament...

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Frankish paganism

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The pagan religion of the Germanic tribal confederation of the Franks has been traced from its roots in polytheistic Germanic paganism through to the...

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Arianism

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the fortunes of the Jews in many countries. In view of the fact that most Germanic peoples—such as the eastern and western Goths, as also the Franks,...

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Norse mythology

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mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia...

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Thuringii

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conflict with the Merovingian Franks, and it later came under their influence and Frankish control. The name is still used for one of modern Germany's...

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Saxons

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During the eighth and ninth centuries the Saxons of Old Saxony were in continual conflict with the Franks, whose kingdom at the time was ruled by the Carolingian...

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Alemanni

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allies of the Christian Franks, the Alemanni were gradually Christianized during the seventh century. The Lex Alamannorum is a record of their customary law...

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Goths

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translation of the Bible credited to Ulfilas. The language was in decline by the mid-500s, due to the military victory of the Franks, the elimination of the Goths...

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Germania

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century AD saw the emergence of several powerful Germanic confederations in Magna Germania, such as the Alemanni and Franks. The Crisis of the Third Century...

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Odin

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opened in the 18th century, purportedly containing the body of Odin. After Christianization, the mound was known as Helvetesbackke (Swedish "Hell's Mound")...

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Vendel Period

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context of what has been described as the Vendel period. The Merovingians have united the Gaulish Romans and the Belgae. The Franks establishing the Merovingan...

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Viking Age

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parts of the Low Countries. This region was progressively brought under Frankish control (Frisian-Frankish wars), but the Christianization of the local...

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Visigoths

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the Franks under Clovis I, who defeated them in the Battle of Vouillé. It is within what is now Spain and Portugal that the Visigoths created the polity...

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Old Norse religion

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doi:10.1080/0015587X.1967.9717093. Staecker, Jörn (1999). "Thor's Hammer: Symbol of Christianization and Political Delusion". Lund Archaeological Review. 5:...

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