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Frankish Rebels (Age of Charlemagne) Military Tier 12

Citizens' Defence

There is no denying that the Carolingian Franks, and even the Merovingian kings before them, created a militarised society in an attempt to forge a European power equal to the might of once-great Rome. Every aspect of feudal society was made combat ready, from the elite aristocracy with heavy horse and armour - proto-knights - to the land-working peasants, drafted by regional magnates into fighting for their king and their homes. Those not called to be part of a standing army remained in their villages and were expected to be able to fight in their defence. Regional lords and magnates established their own defences; watchtowers and fortifications built atop the old bastions of Rome. One such fortification was at Carcassonne - an old Roman redoubt that the Bellonid dynasty, rulers of the province, further fortified during the Carolingian age. Whilst some of those charged with defending the city beyond would have been privately funded, armed peasantry from the surrounding area would doubtless have been made to do their part.

Node Set Military Tier 12

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