On the approach of the Frankish army he again raised the siege, but this time the Franks gave battle. |
Have a read of the scholarly works on the conversion of the Franks and compare and contrast with Pol Pot. |
Both the Visigoths and the Franks, in emulation of the Old Testament, anointed their kings with holy oil. |
But the power of Carolo Augosto did not hail from the Pope, but instead from his lordship over the Franks, and, to a lesser extent, the Lombards. |
Boniface was also prominent in Frankish church reform and functioned as representative of the pope to the Franks. |
The laws of the Salian Franks are considered a part of the Germanic Codes that predated Roman Law in Europe. |