These powerful figures had no qualms about working with Germanic kings, as a letter to Clovis from Bishop Remigius of Reims, written early in the king’s reign, makes clear. Find out who really invented movable type, who Winston Churchill called "Mum," and when the first sonic boom was heard.Ĭlovis, like his father, dealt politically and diplomatically with the Catholic bishops of Gaul. Get hooked on history as this quiz sorts out the past. A son, Theuderic, was born prior to the marriage his mother is unknown. Clovis married the Catholic Burgundian princess Clotilda and had five children with her.
The Pactus Legis Salicae (Law of the Salian Franks), a written code combining customary law, Roman written law, Christian ideals, and royal edicts, likely originated during Clovis’s reign and had a long history of emendation and influence. He was the most important Western ally of the Byzantine emperor Anastasius I. Clovis’s kingdom began in the region encompassing modern Belgium and northeastern France, expanded south and west, and became the most powerful in Gaul. Although the chronology of his reign is imprecise, it is certain that by the time of his death in 511 he had consolidated the Franks and expanded his influence and rule to include the Roman province of Belgica Secunda in 486 and the territories of the Alemanni (in 496), the Burgundians (in 500), and the Visigoths (in 507). He succeeded his father in 481 as the ruler of the Salian Franks and other Frankish groups around Tournai (now in Belgium). While he was not the first Frankish king, he was the kingdom’s political and religious founder.Ĭlovis was the son of the pagan Frankish king Childeric and the Thuringian queen Basina. His dynasty, the Merovingians, survived more than 200 years, until the rise of the Carolingians in the 8th century. 466-died November 27, 511, Paris, France), king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Ĭlovis I, (born c.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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