Sentence examples for Pippin from inspiring English sources

639 or 640 Pippin I, also spelled Pepin, byname Pippin of Landen or Pippin the Elder, French Pépin de Landen or Pépin le Vieux, German Pippin der Ältere (died 639 or 640) councillor of the Merovingian king Chlotar II and mayor of the palace in Austrasia, whose lands lay in the part of the Frankish kingdom that forms part of present-day Belgium.

(Robert Pippin takes a different view on this last point; see Pippin 2007).

A troupe called "Les 7 doigts de la main" set a box-office record at the Broadway theatre where they performed a show called "Pippin".

In 747 a reforming council was held for the entire Frankish kingdom with the wholehearted collaboration of Carloman and Pippin, the sons and heirs of Charles Martel.

In a meeting in April at Quierzy, Pippin promised to restore papal lands taken by Aistulf in central Italy.

What may be better identified as the official Donation of Pippin is the so-called Confession of St. Peter, which was compiled following Pippin's second invasion of Italy to assist the pope.

It was Pippin who in 830 started the revolt of Louis I's elder three sons against their father, but in February 831 he became reconciled with Louis.

Tensions with his brothers led Pippin to repent in 834, and he helped to restore the emperor's authority.

When the Culture Project theatre proposed turning it into a play, it took Mr Packer eight months to "squeeze the journalism out" of the story and plunge deeper into the characters, making them flesh on the stage.Directed by Pippin Parker, "Betrayed" is a rare and powerful piece of political drama, both gripping and nuanced.

Clovis failed to take it in 508, though Muslim invaders succeeded in 728, as did Pippin III the Short in 752.

The relationship with Rome was formalized by Charlemagne's father, Pippin III (died 768), who usurped the Frankish throne with papal approval and was later crowned king by the pope.