[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch5z3: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},"p4ch5","Chilperic I: Ambition and the Royal Feud",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch5z3","Neustria: The Rise of a New Power Centre","\u003Cp>The term \u003Cstrong>Neustria\u003C/strong> (“the new kingdom”) emerged to designate the western part of the Frankish territory, as opposed to Austrasia (the eastern kingdom).\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>Geography of power\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Neustria extended from the Loire to the North Sea. Its main centres were \u003Cstrong>Soissons\u003C/strong>, \u003Cstrong>Paris\u003C/strong>, and \u003Cstrong>Rouen\u003C/strong>. It was a rich region where Gallo-Roman elites remained very present and influential.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>Chilperic, the Neustrian king\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Chilperic I was the first major ruler to give this territory a political identity. By strengthening fiscal administration and relying on cities, he tried to transform his inherited share into a real state.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>An identity forged in war\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Neustrian identity was forged above all in constant conflict against Austrasia. What began as a succession partition became a rivalry between two Frankish “nations”, each with its own nobility, interests, and the dynasties of mayors of the palace that would appear later.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>For two centuries, Neustria remained one of the political hearts of Merovingian Gaul, before being absorbed into the Carolingian Empire.\u003C/p>\n",true,false,"The term Neustria (“the new kingdom”) emerged to designate the western part of the Frankish territory, as opposed to Austrasia (the eastern kingdom).",1778543114615]