A warrior chieftain, converted to orthodox Christianity around 496 and founded the first Frankish dynasty, the Merovingians.
fulfilled his imperial pretensions on Christmas Day, 800, when Pope Leo III crowned him emperor.
The agrarian economy of the early Middle Ages was organized and controlled through village farms known as .
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