Why are Germans called Germans? France has Paris Saint-Germain. Is there any connection between them?

Germanic people are the general name of some ethnic groups (tribal societies) with similar languages, cultures and customs. From 2000 to about the 4th century, these people lived in northern and central Europe. Germans do not call themselves Germans. In their long history, they may not consider themselves the same nation. After the Great Migration, Scandinavian nations, British people, Frisian and Germans evolved from Germans, and later these people evolved into Dutch, Swiss Germans, Canadians, Americans, Australians and South Africans. Austria also has many Germanic descendants. Today, many of these new ethnic groups are mixed with other ethnic groups.

Built country

From the 4th century to the 6th century, groups of Germans (including Slavs, Huns, etc. ) moved to the territory of the Roman Empire, known as the Great National Migration. During the great national migration, the Germans established many short-lived kingdoms in France, Italy, North Africa, Spain and Britain. These kingdoms are short-lived phenomena. In their new hometown, they used to mingle with the locals.

Visigoth kingdom

At the beginning of the 5th century, Visigoths appeared in northern Italy under the leadership of leader alaric, and in 4 10, with the cooperation of tens of thousands of uprising slaves, they captured the capital Rome and robbed it for three days. In 4 19, visigoths entered southern Gaul and Spain, and established a visigoth kingdom centered on Toulouse.

Kingdom of Vandal

Driven by the great wave of ethnic migration, the Vandals who originally lived on the banks of the Oder River entered North Africa via Pannonia (now Hungary), Gaul and Spain. In 439, with the support of uprising slaves and slave owners, the Vandals captured Carthage and established the Kingdom of Vandals. In 455, the Vandals crossed the sea and invaded Rome, burning, killing and looting. Since then, "vandalism" has become synonymous with barbarism. In 534, the kingdom of Vandal was destroyed by Byzantium.

Burgundy country

In the middle of the 5th century, a Burgundy country appeared in the southeast of Gaul. Burgundy people first lived at the mouth of the Oder River, arrived in Worm in the early 5th century, and then went south to the Rhone River. In 457, the kingdom of Burgundy with Lyon as the center was established. At the beginning of the 6th century, the Kingdom of Burgundy perished as the Frankish Kingdom.

Kingdom of England

The Angles, Saxons and Jutes living in Jutland and present-day northern Germany crossed the sea into Britain in the middle of the 5th century and established many small kingdoms. Some British people avoided the Amaurich Peninsula in northwest Shandong, which was later called Brittany. In 829, Wessex, Wang Aige and Bert unified the kingdom and became Britain.

Kingdom of East Goth

In 476, the demise of the Western Roman Empire shocked Byzantium. They instigated Theodoric, the King of the Eastern Gothic, who was deeply influenced by Rome, to lead troops into Italy, occupied Lavaine in 493, and established the Kingdom of the Eastern Gothic in northern and central Italy. In 553, East Goth was destroyed by Byzantium.

Frankish kingdom

In 486, the Frankish King Clovis led an army to defeat the Roman army in Soyson, occupied most parts of Gaul, and established the Morovian dynasty with Paris as its capital. The local Gaul and Roman nobles, Roman churches, slave owners, slaves and scattered free peasants still exist, and gradually merged with the Franks. In 75 1 year, the courtiers sent Ping (a dwarf) to usurp the throne, and the Morovian dynasty perished. Pippin's son Charlie expanded on a larger scale when he was in office. In 800 AD, Charles was crowned emperor and became Charlemagne Empire. In 843, the internal division was divided into three parts, namely, the embryonic form of France, Germany and Italy.

Lombardy kingdom

In 568, Lombardy invaded northern Italy to establish Lombardy Kingdom, which was the last scene of the great national migration. Lombardies first lived in the mouth of the Elbe River, and later moved to Pannonia. They occupied the Po River valley under the leadership of the leader Al Boeing, and established the Lombardy Kingdom with Lavaine as the center, which was called Lombardy from now on. Lombardy Germans ruthlessly suppressed the resistance of Roman nobles, calling it God's punishment. After the death of Al Boeing, Lombardy declined and was destroyed by Frank in 774.

In the newly established Germanic kingdom, many Roman nobles were killed and their land was confiscated, but some of them retained their power and formed a new feudal main class with the upstart Germans. At the same time, the status of slaves and migrant farmers has improved, and the number of small farmers has increased due to the existence of rural communes; Later, slaves disappeared completely, and slave owners and small farmers who went bankrupt because of the burden of military service formed a new serf class. The process of feudalism has been completed, and the study of the Frankish kingdom is more complete in this process.