[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch9z3: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},"p4ch9","Pepin of Herstal: Prince of the Franks (687–714)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch9z3","714: Succession Crisis and the Birth of a Strongman","\u003Cp>The death of Pepin of Herstal (714) is a dangerous moment. Everything he built holds because he held the balances together. When he disappears, several forces awaken at the same time.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧨 Why the crisis erupts\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Pippinid power rests on:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>aristocratic alliances\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>a network of loyal men\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the capacity to impose order through the army\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Without an uncontested leader, these pillars crack. Austrasia’s opponents hope to regain the advantage, and rival families try to impose their solution.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏇 The solution by force\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In this context, one profile becomes indispensable: a leader able to win quickly and rally supporters. Out of this crisis emerges \u003Cstrong>Charles Martel\u003C/strong>, who will turn the Pippinid inheritance into durable domination.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>714 highlights the fragility of power without a crown.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The crisis produces a new strongman: Charles Martel, future pivot of Frankish history.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The death of Pepin of Herstal (714) is a dangerous moment. Everything he built holds because he held the balances together. When he disappears, several forces",1778543118123]