[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch2z1: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},"p4ch2","Theuderic I: Heir of the East (Austrasia)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch2z1","511: The Division of Clovis’s Kingdom","\u003Cp>When Clovis died, the Frankish kingdom was divided among his sons. This decision was not an accident: it was a political and family rule. The kingdom was considered a good to be passed on, like land or treasure.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 The heirs\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Theuderic I\u003C/strong> (the eldest): the East, around Reims and Metz, up to the Rhine regions.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Clodomir\u003C/strong>: the Loire valley.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Childebert I\u003C/strong>: a share of the West.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Chlothar I\u003C/strong>: the North.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ Why divide?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Avoid immediate war\u003C/strong>: each son receives legitimacy.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Respect tradition\u003C/strong>: power is a family inheritance.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Problem\u003C/strong>: in practice, this creates rivalries: each king wants to expand his share, often at his brothers’ expense.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 What this changes for “France”\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>We cannot yet speak of a unified France. The Frankish world becomes a constellation of kingdoms.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The kings sometimes cooperate.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>But they also wage war on each other, making the realm unstable and violent.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The division of 511 shapes the map of the Early Middle Ages.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>It explains wars between brothers and the difficulty of maintaining unity.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"When Clovis died, the Frankish kingdom was divided among his sons. This decision was not an accident: it was a political and family rule. The kingdom was",1778543114988]