| 释义 |
Neustrian, n. and a.|ˈnjuːstrɪən|
[f. med.L. Neustria + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Neustria, the western part of the Frankish empire in the Merovingian period.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Neustria or its inhabitants.
1794W. Beckford Hist. France I. vi. 104 The Austrasians..assisted by the Neustrians..drove him from the throne, and raised Childeric..to the sovereignty. 1874[see Austrasian a. and n.]. 1918A. Hassall France Mediaeval & Modern i. 6 In spite of the efforts of Ebroin, the Neustrian Mayor,..the tendency of Austrasia and Burgundy towards independence was too strong to be resisted. 1924Public Opinion 27 June 618/2 The descendants of the Neustrian Franks now garrison the conquered Rhineland. 1927O. M. Dalton Gregory of Tours's Hist. of Franks I. ii. ii. 165 We are told that Charles addressed his Neustrians in ‘Roman’. Ibid. 168 The Neustrian army of Charles was harangued in the Latin vulgar tongue. 1951B. & R. North tr. Martin's Making of France iv. 37 Aquitanians fought with Neustrians, and Austrasians with Burgundians in battles in which the unity of Roman Gaul was undone. 1968Encycl. Brit. XVI. 302/1 In the later Merovingian period the names Neustria and Francia were used interchangeably by Neustrian writers to designate the kingdom of which they were subjects, thus betraying their conviction that Neustria formed the heart and core of the Frankish lands. 1975F. Heer Charlemagne & his World i. 16 After Ebroin was murdered..Pepin defeated the Neustrians in battle. He crushed Neustria as an independent state by confiscating the lands of the great Neustrian magnates and rewarding his own followers with them. |