. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. hy received the full support and benediction ofthe Catholic Church. Under his vigorous leadership and thatof his immediate successors, nearly all of present-day France,plus a considerable strip along western Germany, became fusedinto the Frankish monarchy. The character of Clovis was thevilest. He removed rivals by assassination and waged blood-thirsty wars of spoliation, in order, with Gods help, to seizethe land of the Arians. In all these bloody deeds, in whichself-seeking was masked by piety, however, the Churchblessed him i
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. hy received the full support and benediction ofthe Catholic Church. Under his vigorous leadership and thatof his immediate successors, nearly all of present-day France,plus a considerable strip along western Germany, became fusedinto the Frankish monarchy. The character of Clovis was thevilest. He removed rivals by assassination and waged blood-thirsty wars of spoliation, in order, with Gods help, to seizethe land of the Arians. In all these bloody deeds, in whichself-seeking was masked by piety, however, the Churchblessed him in gratitude for his strenuous The history of both France and Germany in one sense maybe reckoned as beginning with his brutally effectual reign. 1 The name for a branch of the Frankish peoples. 2 After reciting various bloody and treacherous deeds, a pious chronicler adds:The Lord cast Cloviss enemies under his power day after day, and increasedhis kingdom, because he walked with a right heart before Him, and did thatwhich was pleasing in his THE MONARCHY OF THE FRANKS 43 21. The evil successors of Clovis. The MerovingianDynasty (which Clovis raised to power) ruled in Frankland asactual or nominal kings for more than two centuries after was no strict rule of primogeniture among the divided his realm among his four sons, and the brotherspromptly waged bloody war over the apportionment of theheritage. For three years (558-61) the kingdom was reunited,then fell asunder again with three grandsons of Clovis at eachothers throats about the division of territory. Finally, in theseventh century there was an outward show of union, but bythis time the energy 6i the Merovingian kings and the loyaltyof their people had been well-nigh exhausted. The history ofthe time seems a mere chronicle of battle, treachery, and sud-den death, with only a few important facts emerging clearly. (a) The Franks and the Romans were welded together intopractically o
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