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...e akin to Anglo-Saxon. There was a close relationship between the [[Franks|Frankish]], [[Bavaria]]n and Lombard nobility for many centuries.

===Frankish and episcopal supremacy===

...nt name to the region. There was a close relationship between the [[Franks|Frankish]], [[Bavaria]]n and Lombard nobility for many centuries. ...aces in some names and laws. The end of Lombard rule came in 774, when the Frankish king [[Charlemagne]] conquered Pavia and annexed the "Kingdom of Italy" (mo

...ry|6th centuries]] are known only in outline, because to them, as to the [[Frankish]] kings and emperors, the Alps offered a route from one place to another ra

...as a period of violence and disorder. In [[584]], threatened by a [[Franks|Frankish]] invasion, the dukes elected king [[Cleph|Cleph's]] son, [[Authari]]: in [

...magne|Charlemagne]]. At this point the city was inundated with a swarm of Frankish overseers who married into the existing Sienese nobility, and left a legacy

* [[Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], Frankish Emperor and King of Italy

...w Lombard offensive, the papacy appealed to the [[Franks]] for aid. In 756 Frankish forces defeated the Lombards and gave the Papacy legal authority over all o