[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch9z4: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},"p4ch9z4","Dorestad and Utrecht: Radbod, Willibrord, and Conquest-Christianisation","\u003Cp>In Pepin of Herstal’s policy, Frisia is not just a military frontier: it is an \u003Cstrong>economic lock\u003C/strong>. The Lower Rhine and the Rhine–Meuse estuaries command trade, tolls, and river routes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏇 The victory near Dorestad\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Around \u003Cstrong>689\u003C/strong>, Pepin fights the Frisian king \u003Cstrong>Radbod I\u003C/strong> in the region of \u003Cstrong>Dorestad\u003C/strong> (Wijk bij Duurstede), on the Rhine. The victory does not mean that all Frisia is definitively subdued, but it allows the Franks to establish themselves in \u003Cstrong>western Frisia\u003C/strong> and install political relays.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛪ Convert to govern\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Pepin’s most lasting idea is to combine:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>control by force\u003C/strong> when necessary\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>religious organisation\u003C/strong> to stabilise the territory\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Pepin supports the Anglo-Saxon missionary \u003Cstrong>Willibrord\u003C/strong>. With Frankish backing and papal approval, Willibrord can structure a durable mission and establish an ecclesiastical hierarchy. \u003Cstrong>Utrecht\u003C/strong> becomes a key anchor: an episcopal and missionary centre materialising Frankish implantation.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This method — conquer, then consolidate through administration and the Church — will inspire later generations up to the Carolingian era.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Dorestad is a commercial key: controlling the estuary means controlling part of the wealth.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Pepin links conquest and Christianisation: military power + institutional power.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Willibrord and Utrecht provide durable relays of Frankish authority.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"In Pepin of Herstal’s policy, Frisia is not just a military frontier: it is an economic lock . The Lower Rhine and the Rhine–Meuse estuaries command trade,",1778543118150]