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The Battle of Tours, 732 AD, (1875).Artist: DJ Pound

The Battle of Tours, 732 AD, (1875).Artist: DJ Pound

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The Battle of Tours, 732 AD, (1875). Often called Battle of Poitiers, the battle at which the Frankish king Charles Martel (the Hammer) (c688-741), founder of the Carolingian dynasty and grandfather of Charlemagne, stopped the Islamic advance into Western Europe from Spain. Martel is the figure on the white horse, battle-axe raised, beside the stone cross.

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