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... Frankish rule pledged their sympathies to the Catholic king . Sigismund , heir to the throne in the neighbouring kingdom of the Burgundians , which was allied with the Franks in a common enmity towards the Alamanni and the Visigoths ...
... Frankish rule pledged their sympathies to the Catholic king . Sigismund , heir to the throne in the neighbouring kingdom of the Burgundians , which was allied with the Franks in a common enmity towards the Alamanni and the Visigoths ...
Page 269
... Frankish kingdom , the area between Metz , Rheims and Paris , which lay on the other side of the linguistic boundary , also had a strong complement of German immigrants , even if they no longer formed the majority of the popula- tion ...
... Frankish kingdom , the area between Metz , Rheims and Paris , which lay on the other side of the linguistic boundary , also had a strong complement of German immigrants , even if they no longer formed the majority of the popula- tion ...
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... Frankish Gaul was following in the steps of the Roman empire . - The conversion of Clovis to Catholicism meant that life at all levels - popular , cultural and political was diverted into new channels , especially after the Burgundians ...
... Frankish Gaul was following in the steps of the Roman empire . - The conversion of Clovis to Catholicism meant that life at all levels - popular , cultural and political was diverted into new channels , especially after the Burgundians ...
Contents
THE CRISIS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE | 11 |
Intellectual and religious life | 28 |
Enemies of the ancient world external and internal | 50 |
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