The Franks, a small group who was living in the north of the Gaul. Clovis, a Merovingian king, was the one who expanded his kingdom. It took more than twenty years of wars and batlles to eliminate his opponents in Gaul: the Soissons, the Alemans and the Visigoths.
In the middle of the 7th century, the nobility was worried for the power that the king had, so they decided to stop him. The Mayor of the Palace was the name that the man who assumed the govern functions. Two of the most important families who took that place were the Pippinids and the Carolingian.
- Look for more information about the Mayor of the Palace and write a breif text about it. Pay attention to the two main families. (minimum 15 lines)
