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Charles Martel

[ mahr-tel; French mar-tel ]

noun

  1. a.d. 690?–741, ruler of the Franks 714–741 (grandfather of Charlemagne).


Charles Martel

/ ɑːˈɛ /

noun

  1. Charles Martel?688741MFrankishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad , Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He notes with disgust the modern repurposing of Charles Martel, a French warrior who halted the Arab march across Europe at the Battle of Tours in 732, and refuses to give the title of a contemporary racist journal in Martel’s name, even in the footnotes.

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In 2001, Mr. Regnery founded the Charles Martel Society as a nonprofit group.

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In 2001, Regnery founded the Charles Martel Society as a nonprofit group.

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But slowly, slowly, slowly, men started to reassert order – men like Charlemagne and his grandfather Charles Martel.

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The gun shown in the live-stream video featured references to historical figures who, in the eyes of white nationalists, fought against encroachments into Europe by Muslims – like Charles Martel, who beat the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Tours, or Josué Estébanez, who murdered the antifascist Carlos Palomino in the Madrid Metro in 2007.

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