Germanic kingdoms

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The Germanic kingdoms were a group of successor states established by Germanic peoples in former Western Roman territories during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, including realms such as the Visigothic, Ostrogothic, Frankish, and Vandal kingdoms.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Frankish kingdoms 4
Frankish realms 1
Germanic kingdoms canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
post-Roman kingdom
successor state
characterizedBy fusion of Roman and Germanic institutions
military aristocracy
personal kingship
contributedTo formation of medieval European states
transition from Antiquity to Middle Ages
demographicBasis Germanic warrior elites ruling Roman provincial populations
economy agrarian economy
emergedIn former Western Roman Empire territories
establishedBy Germanic peoples
followedBy medieval European kingdoms
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
includes Burgundian Kingdom
Burgundian Kingdom in Gaul
Frankish Kingdom
Frankish Kingdom in Gaul
Lombard Kingdom
Lombard Kingdom in Italy
Ostrogothic Kingdom
Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy
linked to: Ostrogothic Kingdom

Suebi Kingdom
Vandal Kingdom
Vandalic Kingdom in North Africa
linked to: Vandal Kingdom

Visigothic Kingdom
Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
languageFamily Germanic languages
opposedBy Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
partOf Migration Period
politicalStructure monarchy
precededBy Western Roman Empire
region Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
North Africa
Western Europe
relatedTo Barbarian kingdoms
post-Roman West
religion Arian Christianity
linked to: Arianism

Germanic paganism
Nicene Christianity
sourceOf early medieval law codes
timeEnd early Middle Ages
timeStart 5th century
usedLegalSystem Germanic customary law
Roman law traditions

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Referenced by (6)

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Justinianic Plague spreadTo Germanic kingdoms
Carolingian aristocracy partOf Frankish realms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Columbanus of Bobbio activeIn Frankish kingdoms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Franco–Visigothic conflicts conflictBetween Frankish kingdoms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Gallican Rite usedIn Frankish kingdoms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Merovingian scripts usedIn Frankish kingdoms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms