France, History Of, Charles Martel

The situation was rectified by Pepin's illegitimate son, Charles Martel. Defeating the Neustrians at Ambl�ve (716), Vincy (717), and Soissons (719), he made himself master of northern Francia. He then re-established Frankish authority in southern Gaul, where the local authorities could not cope with the Islamic threat; he stopped the Muslims near Poitiers (Battle of Tours; 732) and used this