[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch10z3:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch10","Charles Martel: Ruling Without a Crown (714–741)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch10z3","737–743: When the Kingdom Works Without a King","\u003Cp>One of the strongest signs of the political shift is simple: from \u003Cstrong>737\u003C/strong>, the Frankish kingdom can function \u003Cstrong>without a king\u003C/strong> for several years. This is not an official abolition of kingship, but a political fact: the man who commands is elsewhere.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ Why not appoint a king?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Keeping a Merovingian king could serve as a façade. But Charles Martel, at the height of his power, no longer needs it immediately. Governing without a king allows him to:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>avoid reviving rivalries around a candidate\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>concentrate authority in his hands\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>prepare a dynastic transmission of real power\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 What it foreshadows\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>If a kingdom can function without a king, it means monarchy has become an institution of prestige more than a decision centre. The next step becomes almost inevitable: sooner or later, those who govern will want legitimacy to match the reality of power.\u003C/p>\n",true,false,"One of the strongest signs of the political shift is simple: from 737 , the Frankish kingdom can function without a king for several years. This is not an",1778543117456]