Salian Franks
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The Salian Franks were a major subgroup of the early Franks who settled in the western Low Countries and northern Gaul and played a key role in the formation of the Frankish kingdoms that succeeded the Western Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salian Franks canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Frankish people
ⓘ
Germanic tribe ⓘ early medieval people ⓘ |
| capitalOrCenter |
Doornik
ⓘ
Tournai ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | basis of medieval Frankish identity in Gaul ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Merovingian dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | early Franks ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Lower Rhine region ⓘ |
| ethnogenesisRole | formation of the medieval French and Dutch populations ⓘ |
| floruitCentury |
4th century
ⓘ
5th century ⓘ |
| language |
Old Frankish
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish language
|
| languageFamily | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| laterIntegration | Romanized Gallo-Roman population ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| lawFeature | agnatic succession emphasized in Salic law ⓘ |
| legalCode | Salic law ⓘ |
| legalCodeLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| legalCodeType | Germanic law code ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Kingdom of the Franks
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish kingdom of Clovis I
|
| migration | from Lower Rhine to Toxandria ⓘ |
| militaryActivity |
raids into Roman Gaul
ⓘ
service in Roman armies ⓘ |
| modernEquivalentOfToxandria | parts of the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Childeric I
ⓘ
Clovis ⓘ
surface form:
Clovis I
|
| opposedBy | Roman authorities in northern Gaul ⓘ |
| originalHomeland | around the IJssel and Lower Rhine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Franks
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish confederation
|
| politicalStatus | foederati of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | kingdoms ruled by warrior-kings ⓘ |
| presentDayRegion |
Belgium
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| region |
northern Gaul
ⓘ
western Low Countries ⓘ |
| relationshipToRome | allies and enemies of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInHistory |
formation of Frankish kingdoms
ⓘ
transition from Roman to post-Roman rule in Gaul ⓘ |
| settlementArea | Toxandria ⓘ |
| socialStructure | warrior aristocracy ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Franks ⓘ |
| successor |
Merovingian dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Merovingian Franks
|
| timePeriod |
Early Middle Ages
ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.