Western Civilization I / Unit 10 WC1 0911 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Charles Martel, Tours, and Pepin's Coup, 751
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The idea
As the Merovingians weakened, the Carolingians ran affairs. Charles Martel stopped the Arabs at Tours in seven thirty-two, and his son Pepin deposed the last Merovingian in seven fifty-one, the witness's date, with the pope's ratification lending legitimacy.
In practice
The anchor dates the coup seven fifty. Use seven fifty-one.
Where people slip
The pope's role is the point. Church and Franks now legitimized each other.
Your place on the trail
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