Frisie Kingdom
The Frisie Kingdom, alsae kent as Magna Frisia, wis a post-Roman realm in wastren Europe fae aboot 650 til 734. The kingdom maist likely endit in 734 in the Battle o the Boarn whan the Frankish Empire won against the Frisies. It wis maistly i whit is the Netherlands the noo an – fae the writins o some 19t yeirhunner authors - the kingdom went fae the Zwin aroun the Belgian-Dutch til the Weser in Germany. The centre o power wis the city o Utrecht.
In auld writins, the kingdom is kent as the Laitin wird Frisia. Amang historians, the is a dispute ower the extent o this realm; There is nae documentary evidence fur the existence o a permanent central authority. Likely, Frisia conseisted o mony petty kingdoms, that transformed i time o war tae a unit tae resist invadin powers, an efter headit bi a electit leader, the primus inter pares. It is likely that Redbad estaiblished a administrative unit. Amang the Frisians i the time, there wis nae feudal system.[1]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Dijkstra, Menno (2011). Rondom de mondingen van Rijn & Maas: Landschap en bewoning tussen de 3e en 9e eeuw in Zuid-Holland, in het bijzonder de Oude Rijnstreek. ISBN 9789088900785.
Further readin[eedit | eedit soorce]
- G. Verwey, Geschiedenis van Nederland, Amsterdam, 1995.
- P. Pentz e.o., Koningen van de Noordzee, 2003.
- J.J. Kalma e.o. Geschiedenis van Friesland, 1980.