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The Early Middle Ages. By the time King Clovis died in 511, he had ruled most of what is now France...His ancestors (called MEROVINGIANS) ruled, not peacefully, as kings for 275 years...By 700 AD, the Merovingian kings had dwindled. In 714, Charles Martel ruled. He then passed his power on to his son, PEPIN THE SHORT.Pepin the Short and the CHURCH needed each other. The pope needed protection from the Lombards who threatened Rome, and Pepin was declared,
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