Marchfield
Marchfield may refer to: * Marchfield (assembly), early medieval institution among the Franks and Lombards * Marchfield, Barbados, a village in Saint Philip Parish * Marchfield (horse), winner of the Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in To ...

Marchfield (assembly)
The Marchfield ( la, Campus Martius), later called the Mayfield (''Campus Madius''), was an annual assembly of the Franks between the 6th and 8th centuries and of the Lombards in the 8th century. There is no reference to an annual "field of March" (''campus Martius'') from the Merovingian period (481–751). The earliest reference is from the early Carolingian period (751–888).Bernard S. Bachrach (1974), "Was the Marchfield Part of the Frankish Constitution?", ''Mediaeval Studies'' 36: 178–185. The evidence for the Marchfield in the Merovingian period is indirect. For example, King Childebert II (575–596) promulgated edicts at three assemblies on March 1 in the last decade of his reign.Guy Halsall (2020), "The Western European Kingdoms, 600–1000", in Anne Curry and David A. Graff (eds.), ''The Cambridge History of War'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 50–82, at 61 and 64. The assembly may not have happened every year nor necessarily opened March 1, but there ...
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Marchfield (horse)
Marchfield may refer to: *Marchfield (assembly), early medieval institution among the Franks and Lombards * Marchfield, Barbados, a village in Saint Philip Parish * Marchfield (horse), winner of the Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in To ...

Marchfield, Barbados
Marchfield is a village in Saint Philip Parish in Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). .... References Populated places in Barbados Saint Philip, Barbados {{Barbados-geo-stub ...
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