The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . y of the rivalry between the legendaryBrunhild and Kriemhild in the Xibelungen Lied. These Franks were, as you must have realized, not unlike the more modernpirates. They sallied out into the v/orld, among more peaceful or timid people,seizing whatever they could lay hands on. Thus the kings had accumulated anenormous treasure at Paris; and the struggles a
The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . y of the rivalry between the legendaryBrunhild and Kriemhild in the Xibelungen Lied. These Franks were, as you must have realized, not unlike the more modernpirates. They sallied out into the v/orld, among more peaceful or timid people,seizing whatever they could lay hands on. Thus the kings had accumulated anenormous treasure at Paris; and the struggles and crimes of the various Mero-vingians for possession of this wealth may have suggested the idea of theprecious Nibelung hoard, with its curse upon all who owned it. Siegbert, agrandson of Clovis, succeeded to the part of the kingdom lying along the Rhine,in 561. His three brothers ruled over the fragments of Gaul. Siegbert pos-sessed the most extensive domain and was apparently the most manly of the added considerably to his kingdom by conquest over other German tribes, andaltogether seems to have been the flower of the ]\Ierovingian line. He weddedBrunhild, one of the two daughters of the powerful Visigothic king of Spain 4. Germany—Wars of Brunhild 529 Brunhild was a stately, majestic woman, and the importance, beauty, andwealth of the bride Siegbert had won, still further roused the jealousy of hisbrothers. One of them, Chilperic, sued at once for the hand of Brunhilds sis-ter. He had already three or four wives of his own, the worst of them beingFredegund, a woman of low birth, but great beauty and wit, whose fascinationshad bewitched the king. Chilperic promised to divorce all these wives, and hedid so. The Visigothic queen came in great state to his capital of soon after her wedding she was murdered at the command of Fredegund,who quickly regained all her former influence over the weak king. Brunhild vowed vengeance against the murderess of her sis
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