Frankish victory distributed land to warriors rather than to a sovereign

Evidence

Their freedom made them far too intent on conquest and domination not to seize the land of Gaul for themselves on an individual basis. The Frankish victory therefore did not make their warlord the owner of the land of Gaul, but each of his warriors benefited, directly and in his own right, from the victory and conquest. Each warrior claimed for himself a piece of the land of Gaul. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 165

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Third Estate inverted the Frankish conquest thesis against noble privilege

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