What if he counterattacked and invaded Hispania?
>>1213309
Then Mexicans would speak French, I guess?
>>1213309
Very likely a repeat of Tours the other way around. He didn't have the excess population to displace the natives and recolonize with his own people, the organizational infrastructure to perform large scale conversions, so he's really reduced to raiding. At some point resistance would mount high enough to roll him back.
>>1213309
He didn't have the manpower. Even at the end of his reign he was still trying to reclaim Francia's southern coast. His wars against the Umayyad helped solidify his rule and set up the Carolingian dynasty however. Ultimately he left his grandson in a much better position to invade Hispania. He was the greatest European ruler and general at the time, without him Francia would have fallen under Umayyad rule.
>>1213330
And Charlemagne failed hard too
>>1214212
Why do you think he "failed hard"? He retook Bareceolna and several other Hispania cities, beginning the reconquista.
Whats the deal with all the Martelposting today? Did someone just find out about the guy or what?
>>1215242
Probably /pol/ memesters
