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Clovis King of the Franks. By Timothy Bay 1-1. Clovis, Picture http://csmh.pbworks.com/f/1188875371/Clovis.jpg. Clovis, Dates. -Chlodovocar, or Clovis as he is more commonly know as, was born in 465 C.E. -He became chief his tribe at 16 years old in 481.
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Clovis King of the Franks By Timothy Bay 1-1
Clovis, Picturehttp://csmh.pbworks.com/f/1188875371/Clovis.jpg
Clovis, Dates -Chlodovocar, or Clovis as he is more commonly know as, was born in 465 C.E. -He became chief his tribe at 16 years old in 481. -In 486 he launched a campaign to wipe out the remnants of Roman rule in Gaul and defeated the Roman general Syagrius in battle. -In 493 he married a Catholic princess, the BurgundianClotilda. -In 496 he converted to Christianity after a winning a battle against the Alamanni, during which he prayed to the Christian god for victory. He then compelled three thousand of his retainers to convert as well. -In 507 he took Aquitaine from the ineffective Visigothic king Alaric II, and then subjugated Burgundy. Both areas were then converted to Christianity. -He died in 511.
Clovis, Mapshttp://www.shadowedrealm.com/maps/political/view/growth_of_frankish_power
Clovis, places • Born in Tournai (Belgium). • He become king of the Franks, by a combination of inheritance and conquest.
Clovis, facts • First Christian King of the Franks • Converted the Franks to Christianity • Established the Merovingian Dynasty.
Clovis, Sources • 1.Chris Scarre, Chronicle of the Roman Emperors (Thames & Hudson, 1995)2.Robert Graves, Count Belisarius (London, 1938)3.Arthur Ferrill, The Fall of the Roman Empire (Thames & Hudson, 1986) 4.Helen Ellerbe, The Dark Side of Christian History (Morningstar & Lark, 1995)5.Richard Fletcher, The Conversion of Europe (Harper Collins, 1997)6.Edward Gibbon, The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (17997.Michael Grant, The Climax of Rome (Weidenfeld& Nicolson, 1996)8.Michael Grant, Fall of the Roman Empire (Weidenfeld& Nicolson, 1996)9.Robert Wilken, The Christians As the Romans Saw Them (Yale UP, 1984)10.Robin Fox lane, Pagans & Christians (Viking, 1986) • 11.Nelson, Lynn Harry, The Rise of the Franks, 330-751, <http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/franks_rise.html • 12.