DotW honors Charles Martel
This blog honors Charles Martel, a true Defender of the West.
His entry on Wikipedia describes Charles this way:
Martel (Martel means "the Hammer") is best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, which has been characterized as the salvation of Europe from the Arabs spreading their empire further than the Iberian Peninsula. Martel's Frankish army defeated an Arab army, which had swept through southern Asia and north Africa, before conquering most of the Iberian peninsula and much of southern France. Only once in history did infantry without bows and arrows or firearms withstand mounted and armoured cavalry. Martel achieved lasting greatness by inspiring his Franks to do what was thought to be impossible...
He stood literally in the path of empire, and halted it.
Charles Martel - born August 23, 686 - died October 22, 741.
A true Defender of the West.
His entry on Wikipedia describes Charles this way:
Martel (Martel means "the Hammer") is best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, which has been characterized as the salvation of Europe from the Arabs spreading their empire further than the Iberian Peninsula. Martel's Frankish army defeated an Arab army, which had swept through southern Asia and north Africa, before conquering most of the Iberian peninsula and much of southern France. Only once in history did infantry without bows and arrows or firearms withstand mounted and armoured cavalry. Martel achieved lasting greatness by inspiring his Franks to do what was thought to be impossible...
He stood literally in the path of empire, and halted it.
Charles Martel - born August 23, 686 - died October 22, 741.
A true Defender of the West.
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