Battle of Avignon
| date | 737 |
|---|---|
| place | Avignon |
| output | Franconian victory |
| consequences | Destruction of Avignon |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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| Commander | |
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unknown |
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| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
| losses | |
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unknown |
unknown |
Rio Guadalete - Toulouse - Covadonga - Tours and Poitiers - Avignon - Berre
The Battle of Avignon took place in 737 between Frankish troops led by Karl Martell and Arab troops.
The Arabs had occupied Avignon since 734 . In 736 Martell sent his brother Childebrand with an army to the south to besiege the city.
The battle was that part of the campaign between 736 and 737, during which Charles Martel for the second time prevented attacking Muslim armies from conquering further areas on this side of the Pyrenees . In contrast to the invasion between 732 and 733, this time the Arabs came across the sea.
The battle
Martell appeared outside the city in 737 with reinforcements for his brother. With the help of scaling ladders, battering rams and violent frontal attacks by the Frankish infantry, the Franks managed to penetrate the city. After the storming of Avignon, the city was burned to the ground. The Frankish army crossed the Rhone and invaded Septimania to besiege the city of Narbonne .
literature
- Paul Fouracre: The Age of Charles Martel. Pearson Education, Harlow 2000, ISBN 0-582-06476-7 , p. 96.
- Guy Halsall: Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450-900. Routledge, London 2003, ISBN 0-415-23939-7 , p. 226.
- Pierre Riché : The Carolingians. One family makes Europe. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-423-04559-0 ( dtv 4559).