Bernard Grun delivers this assessment in his "Timetables of History", reissued in 2004: "In 732 Charles Martel's victory over the Arabs at the Battle of Tours stems the tide of their westward advance."
Bernard Grun giver denne bedømmelse i sin "Timetables of History," som blev genudgivet i 2004: "I 732 opdæmmer Karl Martells sejr over araberne i slaget ved Poitiers deres flodbølge af fremtrængen mod vest.”