I think the downvoting is uncalled for. When I hear Frankish, my associations are of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire and Romanesque building boom. I wasn't a

I think the downvoting is uncalled for. When I hear Frankish, my associations are of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire and Romanesque building boom. I wasn't aware of the Machiavelli reference until civilian legitimately queried the use of the term (in a non-snarky way).