Stelle {De Meroingis, qui multo tempore Fr...; (Vita Karoli Magni (814 - 830), Cap. 1 (p. 2)) [935]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Franci, [wurzel: Franc] Ethnonym: Romani, [wurzel: roman] Keyword: gens, [wurzel: gent] Keyword: pontifex, [wurzel: pontific] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg]
ID	935
Text	Vita Karoli Magni (814 - 830) Einhard
Quotation	{De Meroingis, qui multo tempore Francis vano regum nomine imperaverunt.} 1. Gens Meroingorum, de qua Franci reges sibi creare soliti erant, usque in Hildricum regem, qui iussu Stephani Romani pontificis depositus ac detonsus atque in monasterium (Sithiu) trusus est, durasse putatur. Quae licet in illo finita possit videri, tamen iam dudum nullius vigoris erat, nec quicquam in se clarum praeter inane regis vocabulum praeferebat.
Translation	The family of the Merovingians, from which the Franks had been accustomed to make their kings, is considered to have lasted right down to King Childeric, who was deposed, tonsured, and forced into a monastery on the order of the Roman pontiﬀ, Stephen. Although it might appear that the family came to its end in him, actually it had possessed no vitality for a long time already and could boast nothing better for itself than the empty title of king. (Trans. Noble, pp. 23-4)
Quotation source	Cap. 1 (p. 2)
Temporal Coverage	751 - 751
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