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The History Of France.
the warriors , who , though governed b y the independent kin * -, r . i ^; s ; vere free to alan the f — ° popiia ; ^ giditts , a noble Roman , and the master-o-eneral of Gaul lv „ t th e nf " P elld r soverei gnty beyond the A p . W tioir % 7 C 1 'e < 1 lSSat ] Sf i ed With «« youthful follies of Chi leric their k ngthey entrusted the sceptre to the hand
, of the IW fi n ?*;* T- " ° U 3 S the «* ' * >»*™™ Rented rf thdrT Jiuj- to the Merovingian race , the restoration of the lawful pri , " ! ivas prudentl y acquiesced in b y the moderation of JE ^ idiu - S v , grins his son , with the authority at least , if not with the title of te ?! C ! aHd diCeSe f Soi 8 sonswith Hhi ™ nd
eT I °° ' » I rojei Jseauvais and Amiens . The glory of the father with tho power of the son excited the jealousy and " ambition of Clov s and Syjgnus accepted d ! d of battl hostile The defiance ? oman his rival ™* «* ffieSJ -umoin , ! ^ £ r' w ! " c r -ed , y the intre ^ ^"" ks at Nogen -bout ten nines from Soissons the unfortunate
: JEgidius in va „ escaped to the distant court of Thoulouse ; he wa . s Lrrendered " ! we ^ s ° T V , Ct 0 r- 7 ile Ed 8 ' ic ci ^ s , Soissons , Rheims in " '" ' ^ ' - lr 0 y ^ a ,, d Al ! "r ™ , opened their gates to the triumphant Clovis whose
; dominion , S he eS wee "" arged by the diocese of Tongres , a conquest which he atchieved i , " the tenth year of his reign , [ A . D . 491 } The Alemanni had spread themselves in Gaul over the modern doTofP f ° » d A i ^> ™* their invasion of the kin " and ally . [ A . D . ] 1 the of Tolbiac
. „ plains , twenty-four othe r w °
r - selves m the deep recesses of their forests ; their kin-, the last who could boast that title , perished in the field ; and his Tubjec we e preserved onl y by the moderation of the conqueror who co , ! descended to accept their submission , and permitted them , while they acknowled ged his soverei gnty , to retain their peculiar manners and institutions , under the government of official , and at length , hereditary dukes .
Clovis had been early educated , and persevered until the ' thirtieth year of his age in the errors of Paganism : but alHiouo-h ) , e had hitherto rejected or disregarded the evidence of Christianity , his subjects of Gaul enjoyed the free and unco . itroled exercise of their re . igiows worshi p . He had espoused in the fair Clotilda the niece of the king of Burgundy , a zealous catholic ; and the influence ci the queen was incessantl y directed towards the cotiver-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of France.
the warriors , who , though governed b y the independent kin * -, r . i ^; s ; vere free to alan the f — ° popiia ; ^ giditts , a noble Roman , and the master-o-eneral of Gaul lv „ t th e nf " P elld r soverei gnty beyond the A p . W tioir % 7 C 1 'e < 1 lSSat ] Sf i ed With «« youthful follies of Chi leric their k ngthey entrusted the sceptre to the hand
, of the IW fi n ?*;* T- " ° U 3 S the «* ' * >»*™™ Rented rf thdrT Jiuj- to the Merovingian race , the restoration of the lawful pri , " ! ivas prudentl y acquiesced in b y the moderation of JE ^ idiu - S v , grins his son , with the authority at least , if not with the title of te ?! C ! aHd diCeSe f Soi 8 sonswith Hhi ™ nd
eT I °° ' » I rojei Jseauvais and Amiens . The glory of the father with tho power of the son excited the jealousy and " ambition of Clov s and Syjgnus accepted d ! d of battl hostile The defiance ? oman his rival ™* «* ffieSJ -umoin , ! ^ £ r' w ! " c r -ed , y the intre ^ ^"" ks at Nogen -bout ten nines from Soissons the unfortunate
: JEgidius in va „ escaped to the distant court of Thoulouse ; he wa . s Lrrendered " ! we ^ s ° T V , Ct 0 r- 7 ile Ed 8 ' ic ci ^ s , Soissons , Rheims in " '" ' ^ ' - lr 0 y ^ a ,, d Al ! "r ™ , opened their gates to the triumphant Clovis whose
; dominion , S he eS wee "" arged by the diocese of Tongres , a conquest which he atchieved i , " the tenth year of his reign , [ A . D . 491 } The Alemanni had spread themselves in Gaul over the modern doTofP f ° » d A i ^> ™* their invasion of the kin " and ally . [ A . D . ] 1 the of Tolbiac
. „ plains , twenty-four othe r w °
r - selves m the deep recesses of their forests ; their kin-, the last who could boast that title , perished in the field ; and his Tubjec we e preserved onl y by the moderation of the conqueror who co , ! descended to accept their submission , and permitted them , while they acknowled ged his soverei gnty , to retain their peculiar manners and institutions , under the government of official , and at length , hereditary dukes .
Clovis had been early educated , and persevered until the ' thirtieth year of his age in the errors of Paganism : but alHiouo-h ) , e had hitherto rejected or disregarded the evidence of Christianity , his subjects of Gaul enjoyed the free and unco . itroled exercise of their re . igiows worshi p . He had espoused in the fair Clotilda the niece of the king of Burgundy , a zealous catholic ; and the influence ci the queen was incessantl y directed towards the cotiver-