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Germanic tribes > Franks

Preferred term

Franks  

Definition

  • West Germanic peoples settled along the lower and middle Rhine by the 3d c.; the empire grew 6th-9th cs. to include most of France, the Low Countries, Germany W of the Elbe, Austria, Switzerland and N and Central Italy; Western Europeans are still called Franks in the Levant

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ripuarian Franks
  • Salian Franks

Notation

  • 117684

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VRDFQK8K-S

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