Merovingian in a sentence

Art From the beginning of the 6th century, Merovingian artefacts were present in Sussex, as they were in Kent and on the Isle of Wight, which is thought to reflect cross-Channel exchanges between Saxon Sussex and Merovingian Gaul.

Merovingian period: 575 AD - 800 AD The Merovingian period in Finland gave rise to distinctive fine crafts culture of its own, visible in the original decorations of domestically produced weapons and jewelry.

Since The Assassin appeared to be using Corrupted exiles to destabilize the very fabric of the Matrix, The Merovingian could be looking to force another reboot.

The real villain of isn't The General, the Cypherites, or even the Machines, but The Merovingian - Lambert Wilson's character that appeared in the sequel movies.

The story sees The Merovingian bringing The Twins back online, supporting the idea that Morpheus' explosion in did kill them, as far as exile programs on the horizon, however, whether or not can still be considered canon is debatable.

The ship may belong to the Viking era, which ran from about 800 to 1000, or even earlier in the Frankish Merovingian period in Europe, Paasche said.

At times it was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palatinus ("of the palace"') and Abbas castrensis ("of the camp") were chaplains to the Merovingian and Carolingian sovereigns’ court and army respectively.

Authority over Austrasia passed back and forth from autonomy to royal subjugation, as successive Merovingian kings alternately united and subdivided the Frankish lands.

De Taeye introduced him to books that influenced his desire to portray Merovingian subjects early in his career.

Gregory's hagiographies are also an invaluable source of anecdotes and stories which enrich our understanding of life and belief in Merovingian Gaul.

Had Charles Martel suffered at Tours-Poitiers the fate of King Roderick at the Rio Barbate, it is doubtful that a "do-nothing" sovereign of the Merovingian realm could have later succeeded where his talented major domus had failed.

In 743, the brothers placed Childeric III on the throne to curb separatism in the periphery of the realm, and he was the last Merovingian king.

In particular, there is no change in burial practice, and tumulus warrior graves continued to be erected throughout Merovingian times.

Judith Oliver noted five Merovingian female saints in the diocese of Liège who appeared in a long list of saints in a late 13th-century psalter-hours.

Many Merovingian saints, and the majority of female saints, were local ones, venerated only within strictly circumscribed regions; their cults were revived in the High Middle Ages, when the population of women in religious orders increased enormously.

Merovingian kings and queens used the newly forming ecclesiastical power structure to their advantage.

Merovingian themes were the painter's favourite subject up to the mid-1860s.

The ancient crypt houses sepulchres of the Merovingian family.

The Burgundian kingdom was made part of the Merovingian kingdoms, and the Burgundians themselves were by and large absorbed as well.

The Merovingian ruling family were sometimes referred to as the "long-haired kings" (Latin reges criniti) by contemporaries, as their long hair distinguished them among the Franks, who commonly cut their hair short.