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The History Of France.
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE .
CHAPTER I . [ Continuedfrom Page 24 . ] THE kingdom of the Visigoths , established by the great Alaric iiithe southern provinces of Gaul , had , during the reign of Theodoric his sonacquired strength and maturity ; after the death of
, Theodoric , [ A . 0 . 451 . 3 who fell'in the battle of Chalons defending the Roman empire against the invasion of Attila the king of the Huns , his sceptre passed to his eldest son , Torrismond , who was assassinatedb 3 ^ his brotherTheodoric the Second ; that prince experienced the same fate from Euric , a third brother ; and the ambition of Euric aspired to extinguish the Roman authority in Spain and
Gaul . After reducing in the former province the cities of Saragossa and Pampeluna , and penetrating into the heart of Lusitania , he passed the Pyrenees ; from those mountains , with the exception , of Berry and Auvergne , he extended his conqueststo theRhone and the Loire . His premature death delivered the neighbouring barbarians from the dread of his growing power ; his throne was
inadequately filled by the feeble youth of his son Alaric ; and the long peace which had enervated the martial spirit of the Visigoths , the inexperience of their sovereign , andtheimplacable zeal of orthodoxy prompted Clovis to invade the peaceful and Arian kingdom of
Alaric . In the city of Paris , which he already considered as the royal seat of government , the king of the Franks proposed to his nobles and warriors the Gothic expedition . " It is with concern , " said he , " I suffer the Arians to possess the most fertile part of Gaul ; let us " with the aid of God , march against them , and having conquered " themannex their kingdom to our dominions . " The Franks
ap-, plauded the relig ious ardour of their sovereign ; and Clovis , in conformity with the piety of the age , having vowed , to erect a church in honour of the holy apostles , prepared to inarch against a prince , whose friendship he had recently cultivated by the most solemn professions of regard . - Although Alaric was destitute of military experience , in personal
courage he was not inferior to his aspiring rival : The Visigoths , long disused to war , ' once more resumed their arms , and crowded round the standard of their youthful king ; but their presumptuos valour was unequally opposed to the discipline and veteran intrepidity of the Franks . In the decisive battle fought on the banks of the Ciaiu , [ A . D . 507 . ] about ten rnilesto the south of Poitiers , the Goths were totally routed , and pursued with a cruel slaughter ^ Alaric , disdaining " to flv , rushed against his royal antagonist , and ' N
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The History Of France.
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE .
CHAPTER I . [ Continuedfrom Page 24 . ] THE kingdom of the Visigoths , established by the great Alaric iiithe southern provinces of Gaul , had , during the reign of Theodoric his sonacquired strength and maturity ; after the death of
, Theodoric , [ A . 0 . 451 . 3 who fell'in the battle of Chalons defending the Roman empire against the invasion of Attila the king of the Huns , his sceptre passed to his eldest son , Torrismond , who was assassinatedb 3 ^ his brotherTheodoric the Second ; that prince experienced the same fate from Euric , a third brother ; and the ambition of Euric aspired to extinguish the Roman authority in Spain and
Gaul . After reducing in the former province the cities of Saragossa and Pampeluna , and penetrating into the heart of Lusitania , he passed the Pyrenees ; from those mountains , with the exception , of Berry and Auvergne , he extended his conqueststo theRhone and the Loire . His premature death delivered the neighbouring barbarians from the dread of his growing power ; his throne was
inadequately filled by the feeble youth of his son Alaric ; and the long peace which had enervated the martial spirit of the Visigoths , the inexperience of their sovereign , andtheimplacable zeal of orthodoxy prompted Clovis to invade the peaceful and Arian kingdom of
Alaric . In the city of Paris , which he already considered as the royal seat of government , the king of the Franks proposed to his nobles and warriors the Gothic expedition . " It is with concern , " said he , " I suffer the Arians to possess the most fertile part of Gaul ; let us " with the aid of God , march against them , and having conquered " themannex their kingdom to our dominions . " The Franks
ap-, plauded the relig ious ardour of their sovereign ; and Clovis , in conformity with the piety of the age , having vowed , to erect a church in honour of the holy apostles , prepared to inarch against a prince , whose friendship he had recently cultivated by the most solemn professions of regard . - Although Alaric was destitute of military experience , in personal
courage he was not inferior to his aspiring rival : The Visigoths , long disused to war , ' once more resumed their arms , and crowded round the standard of their youthful king ; but their presumptuos valour was unequally opposed to the discipline and veteran intrepidity of the Franks . In the decisive battle fought on the banks of the Ciaiu , [ A . D . 507 . ] about ten rnilesto the south of Poitiers , the Goths were totally routed , and pursued with a cruel slaughter ^ Alaric , disdaining " to flv , rushed against his royal antagonist , and ' N