Merovingian expansion

Target entity: Merovingian expansion
Context triple: [Franco–Visigothic conflicts, relatedTo, Merovingian expansion]

• A. Frankish expansion into Aquitaine
  Frankish expansion into Aquitaine was the early 6th-century campaign by the Frankish kingdom, under Clovis I, to conquer and absorb the Visigothic-controlled region of Aquitaine into its growing realm.
• B. Christianization of the Franks
  The Christianization of the Franks was the process by which the Frankish peoples, beginning notably with the baptism of King Clovis I around 496, converted to Christianity and helped establish the religious foundation of the medieval Frankish and later French kingdoms.
• C. Carolingian fragmentation
  Carolingian fragmentation refers to the political and territorial breakup of the Carolingian Empire into smaller, semi-independent realms and lordships following the decline of centralized imperial authority in the 9th and 10th centuries.
• D. Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
  The Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom was Charlemagne’s late 8th-century military campaign that ended Lombard rule in Italy and incorporated its territories into the expanding Frankish Empire.
• E. Merovingian dynasty
  The Merovingian dynasty was a Frankish royal line that ruled much of what is now France and parts of Germany from the 5th to the 8th century, laying the foundations of medieval Western Europe.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Merovingian expansion
Target entity description: Merovingian expansion refers to the territorial and political growth of the early Frankish Merovingian dynasty across Western Europe during the early Middle Ages.

• A. Frankish expansion into Aquitaine
  Frankish expansion into Aquitaine was the early 6th-century campaign by the Frankish kingdom, under Clovis I, to conquer and absorb the Visigothic-controlled region of Aquitaine into its growing realm.
• B. Christianization of the Franks
  The Christianization of the Franks was the process by which the Frankish peoples, beginning notably with the baptism of King Clovis I around 496, converted to Christianity and helped establish the religious foundation of the medieval Frankish and later French kingdoms.
• C. Carolingian fragmentation
  Carolingian fragmentation refers to the political and territorial breakup of the Carolingian Empire into smaller, semi-independent realms and lordships following the decline of centralized imperial authority in the 9th and 10th centuries.
• D. Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
  The Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom was Charlemagne’s late 8th-century military campaign that ended Lombard rule in Italy and incorporated its territories into the expanding Frankish Empire.
• E. Merovingian dynasty
  The Merovingian dynasty was a Frankish royal line that ruled much of what is now France and parts of Germany from the 5th to the 8th century, laying the foundations of medieval Western Europe.
• F. None of above. chosen