This general name is usually applied to the Frankish rulers and their kingdom from the time of Childeric (d 481) until the middle of the 8th century. The name is derived from the mid-5th century Mero-vech, father of Childeric. The term is used to describe all the archaeological evidence from the western Rhineland to the Atlantic coast of France, and embraces a number of kingdoms such as Austrasia in the Rhineland, Neustria in central northern France, and Burgundia in central France.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied