NEUSTRIA

noosˈtrēə, western portion of the kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., during the rule of the Merovingians. It comprised the Seine and Loire country and the region to the north; its principal towns were Soissons and Paris. The realm originated with the several partitions of the lands of Clovis I (d. 511) among his sons and grandsons during the 6th cent. The dynastic rivalry involved Neustria in almost constant warfare with the eastern portion of the Frankish kingdom, which became known as Austrasia. The conflict culminated in the long and bitter war between Queen Fredegunde of Neustria (d. 597) and Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (d. 613). Neustria and Austrasia were reunited briefly by Clotaire I, Clotaire II, and Dagobert I. After Dagobert the kings sank to insignificance, while the mayors of the palace rose in power. In 687, Pepin of Heristal, mayor of the palace of the king of Austrasia, defeated his Neustrian rival and united Austrasia and Neustria. His descendants, the Carolingians, continued to rule the two realms, first as mayors and after 751 as kings.

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books on: Neustria  - 246 results

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Roman Society in Gaul in the Merovingian Age
Book by Samuel Dill; Macmillan, 1926
Subjects: Gaul--Church History, Gaul--History, Gaul--Social Conditions
...Austrasia, Guntram Burgundy, and Chilperic Neustria -- Sigibert marries Brunihildis...blood-feud between Austrasia and Neustria -- Characters of Sigibert, Chilperic...Chilperic assassinated -- Union of Neustria and Burgundy -- The conspiracy of...
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The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 751-987
Book by Rosamond McKitterick; Longman, 1983
Subjects: Carolingians, France--History--To 987, Franks--History
...created the kingdoms of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, a division of Francia...wealth of the Carolingians was based. Neustria extended between the Seine and the...possibly already by the seventh century Neustria was dominated by a dukedom centred on...
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The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751
Book by Ian Wood; Longman, 1994
Subjects: France--Church History--To 987, France--History--To 987, France--Kings And Rulers--History, Merovingians
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The Earliest Times
Book by Frantz Funck-Brentano, E. F. Buckley; William Heinemann, 1927
Subjects: France--History--Carlovingian And Early Period To 987, Gaul--History
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Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire
Book by Simon Maclean; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Charles, Le Grand, 1543-1608, France--History--To 987, France--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Holy Roman Empire--History--843-1273
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Fecamp and Vernacular Historiography
Journal article by Tony Hunt; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
...survives in a seventeenth-century printed edition (Du Monstiers Neustria pia (Rouen, 1663), pp. 193-215), reprinted in Migne, (10) in...16) It survives in two forms: as part of the work entitled Neustria sancta by Arthur du Monstier, which is contained in Paris...
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The Politics of Historiography: The Memory of Bishops in Eleventh-Century Rouen
Journal article by Felice Lifshitz; History and Memory, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Historiography, History, History--Philosophy
...Lifshitz, The Norman Conquest of Pious Neustria: Historiographic Discourse and Saintly...Felice Lifshitz, "The Migration of Neustrian Relics in the Viking Age: The Myth of...idem, The Norman Conquest of Pious Neustria , 271-72, for the list of bishops; see...
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"Modern Panegyrick" and Defoe's "Dunciad
Journal article by D.N. Deluna; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 35, 1995
Subjects: Defoe, Daniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Laudatory poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Brittons" newly arrived from a conquest in "the Neustrian Strand" - Neustria being, in the Arthur poems, both a reference to...encounter a devastating storm as they sail from "the Neustrian Coast"(34) to Albion. A subsequent section of...
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Samantha Kahn Herrick. Imagining the Sacred Past: Hagiography and Power in Early Normandy
Journal article by David Crouch; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Imagining the Sacred Past: Hagiography and Power in Early Normandy (Book)--Book reviews
...saints day, ultimately the dukes of Normandy will inherit the saints power and take responsibility for the conversion of Viking Neustria, and so the hagiographies legitimize the power of Rollos dynasty. It is a pity that this model is pushed so hard by the author...
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Pests, Parasites, and Positionality: Anna Letitia Barbauld and "The Caterpillar"
Journal article by Alice G. Den Otter; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 43, 2004
Subjects: Barbauld, Mrs.--Criticism and interpretation, English poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Romanticism (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, The Caterpillar (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...illustrations and identifications of the European tent caterpillar, Order Lepidoptera, Family Lasiocampidae, Species Malacosoma Neustria, also known as the larva of the Lackey moth. (12) No other caterpillar quite matches "the silver line that streaks thy back...


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Goodbye to the Vikings? Richard Hodges Shows How New Evidence Is Leading to a Fresh Understanding of the Role of the Vikings in European History
Magazine article by Richard Hodges; History Today, Vol. 54, September 2004
Subjects: Europe--History, Europe--Military aspects, Europe--Political aspects, Europe--Social aspects, Excavations (Archaeology)--6th-10th century AD, Excavations (Archaeology)--Analysis, Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Excavations (Archaeology)--Scandinavia, Excavations (Archaeology)--United Kingdom, Scandinavia--History, Scandinavia--Military aspects, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--Military aspects, United Kingdom--Political aspects, United Kingdom--Social aspects, Vikings--6th-10th century AD, Vikings--Evaluation, Vikings--History, Vikings--Political aspects, Vikings--Social aspects
...that these are the forebears of the late Carolingian regional markets in the Low Countries and in Charles the Balds kingdom of Neustria. In England, they may be the harbingers of the burhs, the fortified towns which formed the fabric of King Alfreds renewal of...
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Wace without Prejudice: Valentine Fallan Offers a New Look at a Once-Derided Source for the Norman Conquest
Magazine article by Valentine Fallan; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: British history, to 1066--Analysis, Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Works, Norman Conquest, 1066--Analysis, Norman Conquest, 1066--History, The History of the Norman People (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Wace--Criticism and interpretation, Wace--Works
...with King John. The first section of Roman de Rou relates the history of the region of northern France formerly known as Neustria, and the resistance of the western peoples, from rural workers to barons, against the dukes of Normandy in Rouen. But in 1047...


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encyclopedia articles on: Neustria  - 19 results

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Neustria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEUSTRIA noos tre , western portion of the kingdom of the...grandsons during the 6th cent. The dynastic rivalry involved Neustria in almost constant warfare with the eastern portion of...the long and bitter war between Queen Fredegunde of Neustria (d. 597) and Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (d. 613...
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Chilperic I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHILPERIC I chil p rik, d. 584, Frankish king of Neustria (561 84), son of Clotaire I. He feuded bitterly with his...In the wars between the two brothers, Sigebert overran Neustria before his death (575). Later, Chilperic was murdered...
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Sigebert I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Frankish lands, which came to be known as Neustria. The hatred between the two was intensified...vindictive, and in the fighting he overran Neustria. He was about to be proclaimed king of Neustria when he was assassinated by order of Fredegunde...
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Fredegunde
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...597, Frankish queen. The mistress of King Chilperic I of Neustria, she became his wife after inducing him to murder his wife...in the long war (561 613) between the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia. Fredegunde procured the deaths of Sigebert I...
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Clotaire II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Fredegunde . He succeeded (584) his father as king of Neustria, but his mother ruled for him until her death (597). In 613...each of the component parts of the Frankish lands, Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy, was to have its own mayor of the palace; the...
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