Answer the following about the rise of a Frankish king with an unfortunate epithet Pepin the Short. For 10 points each:
[10h] As mayor of the palace, Pepin deposed a do-nothing king with this name, the last of the Merovingian dynasty. Clovis I succeeded the first king with this name, whose tomb held his cloak adorned with hundreds of golden bees.
ANSWER: Childeric [or Childericus; or Hildirik; accept Childeric III; or Childeric I]
[10e] Before being banished to a monastery, Childeric III was forced by Pepin to cut this feature during tonsure. Merovingian rulers kept this feature long as a symbol of royal power over the common Franks.
ANSWER: hair [or beard; accept facial hair]
[10m] Pope Zachary condoned Pepin’s coup to gain Frankish support against these people whose leader Desiderius was later crushed by Charlemagne. These people named a League that defeated Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano (“len-YAH-noh”).
ANSWER: Lombards [or Longobards or Longobardi; accept Lombardy or Lombardia; accept Lombard League or Lega Lombarda]
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