Including such remarkable accounts as Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life, and Gregory of Tours'vivid descriptions of what happens when daily life is enmeshed with politics, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul documents events that are both remarkable in the…
Covering the origins and history of the Merovingian kingdom, this text provides coverage of a central but often overlooked part of European history. Selections include Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life and more.
Includes such remarkable accounts as Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life, and Gregory of Tours'vivid descriptions of what happens when daily life is enmeshed with politics, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul documents events that are both remarkable in them…