# Donation of Pepin (756)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/756-donation-of-pepin
Location: Italy / Frankish realm

Pepin’s victories over the Lombards enabled the creation of the Papal States. Within the broader Frankish Kingdoms period, Merovingian and Carolingian rulers built large Frankish realms over former Roman Gaul. Conversion, aristocratic power, church institutions and imperial expansion laid foundations for medieval France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Pepin the Short (King of the Franks). Donation of Pepin is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Donation of Pepin is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Pepin the Short](https://history-france.com/rulers/pepin-the-short)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Donation of Pepin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Donation+of+Pepin&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Donation of Pepin](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Donation+of+Pepin)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of French history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_French_history)