Barbarian kingdoms
Kingdoms established by barbarian tribes in the former Western Roman Empire
Barbarian kingdoms
The barbarian kingdoms were states founded by various non-Roman, primarily Germanic, peoples in Western Europe and North Africa following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE. The barbarian kingdoms were the principal governments in Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages. The time of the barbarian kingdoms is considered to have come to an end with Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in 800, though a handful of small Anglo-Saxon kingdoms persisted until being unified by Alfred the Great in 886. The most historically significant of the barbarian kingdoms include the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania, the Frankish Kingdom in Gaul, the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy, the Lombard Kingdom in Italy, the Suevic Kingdom in Gallaecia, the Vandal Kingdom in Africa, and the Burgundian Kingdom in Sapaudia. The formation of the barbarian kingdoms was a complicated, gradual, and largely unintentional process. Their origin can be traced to the Roman state failing to handle barbarian...
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