The Franks: The Prayer That Made France | Ilja Gorelik — The Tribes That Made Europe

France calls itself the land of the Franks. The word is right there in the name. It comes from a tribe that was never supposed to win. This is the story of the Franks — the Germanic confederation that didn't hate Rome, didn't destroy it, and didn't flee from it. They absorbed it. And then they replaced it. They converted at the point of a sword, allied with a Church that needed a champion, and built a kingdom stretching from the Rhine to the Pyrenees — in a single generation. They won a battle they were losing, because a queen spent thirteen years planting seeds in a pagan warlord's heart. They didn't conquer Europe. They inherited it. Ilja Gorelik presents Episode 3 of The Tribes That Made Europe — the series exploring the forgotten Germanic tribes that shaped the continent we live in today. ▶ Episode 1 — The Helvetii: Caesar's Switzerland:    • The Helvetii: Caesar's Switzerland | Ilja ...   ▶ Episode 2 — The Alemanni: The Tribe That Named Germany:    • The Tribe That Named Germany — The Alemann...   🌐 Ilja Gorelik: iljagorelik.com 📺 Subscribe: @IljaGorelikEU The Tribes That Made Europe is a historical documentary series by Ilja Gorelik exploring the Germanic tribes behind modern Europe — the Alemanni, the Franks, the Visigoths, the Saxons, and beyond. Eight tribes. Eight migrations. Eight names that became nations.