Belgium: From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day
Chapter 2
FROM SAINT AMAND TO CHARLEMAGNE 37 Frankish capital transferred from Tournai to Paris--Second Christianization--St. Amand--Restoration of the old bishoprics-- Romanization of the Franks and germanization of the Walloons-- Unification under Charlemagne--Aix-la-Chapelle, centre of the Empire--First period of economic and intellectual efflorescence.