Charles martel4/7/2024 ![]() ![]() The knights and professional solders would in turn provide protection to the peasants. The peasants would work hard to provide the resources to mount knights and armored soldiers capable of protecting them. The freedom that the people gave up would become the basis of the feudal system. The people of France were frighten enough of the Islamic armies to become peasants supporting a professional class of warriors. The people of Spain became second class citizens in their own country. In 711 the Muslim armies had defeated and conquered Spain. This was the first defeat of the Islamic armies since the establishment of the Islamic Empire 100 years earlier.Ĭharles Martel persuaded the free Frankish tribesmen to give up a great degree of their freedom to support a professional standing army to defend against the aggression and expansion of Islamic Empire. Charles Martel defeated the Islamic armies at the battle of Tours in 732. ![]()
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