From the Margins to the Mainstream: Dutch History to 1384 - The Merovingian and Carolingian Periods - Incursions and Fragmentation
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What was the Treaty of Verdun about?
- Only one legitimate son survived Charlemagne, Louis the Pouis, but Louis's sons fought with their father in the 830s over their own inheritance, which according to Frankish tradition was divided among all sons.
- The conflict abated temporarily after Louis's death in the Treaty of Verdun (843), in which most of the Netherlands became part of the Middle Frankish Kingdom under Louis's son Lothair, between what later became France (Western Kingdom) and Germany (Eastern Kingdom).
What did Lotharingia consist of?
What happened at Maastricht around 881?
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What made effective defense in the Netherlands more difficult?
- The increased political infighting among the Frankish kings made effective defense more difficult.
- It could be added that in the Netherlands, already a relatively unimporant corner of the empire, there was also less to defend: in December of 838 a catastrophic flood washed away many settlements on the western coast, the foreboding of a new period of bad weather and resurgent seas that would last for a century and make low-lying habitation additionally difficult.
How did Frankish overlords try to deal with Vikings?
Where in the Netherlands did the Vikings settle?
What happened after Lothair II's death?
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