The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . Spaniards. One of the great events of Reccareds reign wasthe attempt of the Prankish king Guntram to conquerthe Gothic domains in Gaul. An army of 60,000men entered the Narbonnese province, and besiegedthe city of Carcassonne. Reccareds general Claudius(a Roman, not a Gothic name, it is worth while tonote) with a very small force, inflicted on the invaderssuch a crushing defeat that never again, while the ^^2 THE GOTHS BECOME CATHOLIC. Gothic kingdom lasted, did the Franks attempt anyattack upon its Gaulish lands.
The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . Spaniards. One of the great events of Reccareds reign wasthe attempt of the Prankish king Guntram to conquerthe Gothic domains in Gaul. An army of 60,000men entered the Narbonnese province, and besiegedthe city of Carcassonne. Reccareds general Claudius(a Roman, not a Gothic name, it is worth while tonote) with a very small force, inflicted on the invaderssuch a crushing defeat that never again, while the ^^2 THE GOTHS BECOME CATHOLIC. Gothic kingdom lasted, did the Franks attempt anyattack upon its Gaulish lands. The Basques, who hadgiven trouble in the earlier part of the reign, weresubdued ; and the interloping Greeks, though notdriven out of the country, were compelled to confinethemselves to their fortresses, so that the last years ofReccareds life were a period of profound peace. Reccared died in the year 6oi, having in his lastillness given proof of his piety by making public con-fession of his sins. The Goths honoured his memoryby electing to the throne his youthful son XXXII. A PRIEST-RIDDEN KINGDOM. One short chapter will be sufficient for the storyof the next seventy years. During that time elevenkings reigned over the Visigoths, but the records oftheir reigns are scanty, and contain few events ofany great interest. The main thing that strikes usin reading the history of this period is the rapidgrowth of the Churchs influence in the governmentof the kingdom. Reccareds young son reigned only two was a Gothic noble named Witeric, who hadalready in Reccareds lifetime headed an unsuccessfulrebellion, and had obtained the kings generouspardon. This man, ungrateful for the mercy thathad been shown him, now rebelled against Leuva,and succeeded in getting himself acknowledged kingin his stead. The dethroned boy-king, his right handhaving been cut off, was thrown into prison, andafterwards put to death. The seven years of Witerics reign were unpros-perous, and his r
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