6/8/2023 0 Comments Gregory history of the franks![]() ![]() ![]() Among these tribes were the Franks, Clovis's people, who eventually gave their name to the region they occupied: France. In Clovis's time, the Western Roman Empire lay in ruins, and a variety of invading tribes ruled most of Western Europe. Hence Clovis's conversion to Christianity in 496, an event recorded by Gregory of Tours (TOOR 538–594) in his History of the Franks, was an event of key importance. 466–511 ruled 481–511), tribal kings accepted a number of different faiths. W hen one studies the relationship between medieval European kingdoms and the Catholic Church, it is hard to imagine a time when the kings of Western Europe were not Christians, or at least not Catholic. 'Thus,' he said, 'didst thou to the vase at Soissons.'" And when the soldier had bent a little to pick it up the king raised his hands and crushed his head with his own ax. ![]() "And seizing his ax, he cast it on the ground. Published in Readings in European History, 1905 ![]()
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