A Study On Charles Martel And His Age

Charles Martel is a successful military and political leader in late Merovingianperiod, lots of characters of this period can be found from him: the decline of royaltypower and the rise of aristocracy, the diffusion of Christian civilization to neighboringGermanic area, enclosing of Mediterranean and prevailing of natural economy and so.In addition, his success also has certain influence on the era, such as the establishmentof Carolingian Dynasty, the victory to Saracens, which guarantees the Christiancivilization world, the fief reform that promoted the feudalization advancement.Individual and the times influence each other, which reflected in the Charles isparticularly evident.Charles Martel belongs to the era of the early Middle Ages, it is a chaotic anddisorderly era and did not form a stable social structure, which belongs to the endingof classical period and the beginning of feudal society. Kings and nobles, Christianand pagans, barbarian and Romans, these forces compete and compromise, the neweuropean civilization is being breeded in the mixture. competition and change ofdifferent forces are heading in the side of feudalism, so Charles Martel is in theproceed of feudalization, the nature of feudalism decided the nature his success aswell as the development goals of that era.