[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch8z3: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},"p4ch8","The Mayors of the Palace: Power Shifts (639–687)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch8z3","Tertry (687): Pepin of Herstal Becomes the Kingdom’s Arbiter","\u003Cp>The battle of \u003Cstrong>Tertry\u003C/strong> (687) is a key moment: it does not replace the Merovingians yet, but it places real power in the hands of one man: \u003Cstrong>Pepin of Herstal\u003C/strong>, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ Why this battle matters\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Before Tertry, the Frankish kingdom remains a mosaic of balances between kings and great men. After Tertry:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Austrasia imposes its military superiority\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Neustria must negotiate with the victor\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the mayor of the palace becomes the decision centre for the whole kingdom\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 A king on top… and another at the helm\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Merovingians continue to exist, but the system changes:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>the king keeps dynastic and sacred prestige\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the mayor of the palace commands the army, distributes offices, and arbitrates alliances\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Tertry opens the last phase: the one in which the Pippinids will, generation after generation, transform a de facto power into legal power, until the Carolingians.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Tertry (687) marks Pippinid domination over Frankish politics.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The mayor of the palace becomes the “true holder” of power, even if the king remains in place.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The battle of Tertry (687) is a key moment: it does not replace the Merovingians yet, but it places real power in the hands of one man: Pepin of Herstal ,",1778543116052]