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Converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism
- Christianization of the Franks was the process of converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism during the late 5th century and early 6th century. It was started by Clovis I, regulus of Tournai, with the insistence of his wife, Clotilde and Saint Remigius, the bishop of Reims.
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Christianization of the Franks was the process of converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism during the late 5th century and early 6th century. It was started by Clovis I, regulus of Tournai, with the insistence of his wife, Clotilde and Saint Remigius, the bishop of Reims .
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- Settlement in Gaul
- Merovingians
- Carolingians
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The Roman conquest of Gaul, completed by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BCE, fixed the Rhine River as the edge of the Roman world. The river, therefore, became the political barrier between 'civilization' (i.e. Rome) and the 'barbaric' Germans who lived beyond; in the Roman mind, these Germans were stereotypically tall, blond, filthy, and prone t...
The Franks famously converted to Christianity during the reign of King Clovis I (r. 481-511). Prior to that, however, they likely practiced a variation of old Germanic paganism. This mythology centered around multiple deities, which were linked to local cult centers, with forests held in special consecration. Gregory of Tours, writingfrom the biase...
The Franks were first mentioned by a contemporary Roman source in 289 CE, although the Franks had likely been fighting the Romans for decades prior; a Roman marching song dating to the 260s references the deaths of thousands of Franks, while archaeological evidence suggests the Franks were attacking Roman Gaul as early as the 250s. By the late 3rd ...
Clovis began his conquest of Gaul in 486, when he defeated Syagrius, the last major Roman official in Gaul, and captured the city of Soissons. From this power base, he campaigned against the Alemanni, the Burgundians, and the Visigoths, expanding Frankish influence further into Gaul and Aquitaine. He converted to Nicene Christianity (Catholicism) a...
In 687, the Kingdom of Austrasia defeated Neustria and Burgundy at the Battle of Tetry and became the dominant kingdom in Francia. This increased the power of the aristocratic family known alternatively as the Pippinids or the Arnulfings, which had continually served as mayors of the palace of Austrasia since the days of Dagobert I. Yet despite thi...
Once a loose confederation of Germanic tribes situated along the lower Rhine, the Franks would reach such heights of power and influence that for a time their name became synonymous with 'Western European'. Despite initially being viewed by the Romans as uncivilized 'barbarians', the Franks went on to influence the development of Europe, linguistic...
Aug 20, 2019 · The Franks, Charlemagne, and the Forging of Europe. The earliest histories of many European nations are firmly rooted in the ancient periods of migrations – when all sorts of tribes traveled from their homes in search of new grounds for settlement. And the history of France, one of the nations of Europe with a very long and rich story behind ...
Abstract. The Franks, or any other Germanic people, were not pagan one day and Christian the next; this simple solution does no justice to the texts and is overthrown by archaeological evidence. Fifth‐century Gaul was Christian and mostly Catholic in a formal sense, but behind the forms lay a scarcely converted countryside where Celtic and ...
Mar 25, 2019 · Charlemagne ruled from the start by force of his personality which embodied the warrior-king ethos combined with Christian vision. King Pepin died in 768 and his sons ascended to the throne.
- Joshua J. Mark
At the west end of the Mediterranean and in northern Europe, the kingdom of the Franks would become the dominant power of the Christian kingdoms. Justinian’s armies had destroyed the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy in the sixth-century Gothic War.
For both authors, the invaders, once converted to orthodox (Roman)…. …the monumental Historia Francorum (605–664; History of the Franks ), the most extensive history of a barbarian people that had yet been written. He set the arrival of the Franks in Gaul, and their recent past, in the perspective of universal history.
