ABSTRACT
The years between Ebroin's murder and the death of Pippin II in 714 are traditionally seen as years of Pippinid dominance: the Merovingians are supposed already to have been in their dotage, their fainéance. What opposition there was to Pippinid power is thought to have been based largely in the periphery of the Frankish world. The basic narrative of the period, however, suggests that this is not an entirely accurate reading of the situation.
