History of the Franks: A Captivating Guide to a Group of Germanic Peoples Who Invaded the Western Roman Empire

Did you know that the barbarian tribe known as the Franks were the founders of present-day France?After assimilating with the Romans in the imperial province of Gaul, the Franks established a unified dominion under King Clovis in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.Under Clovis's successors, the Frankish kingdom fractured. Warring factions of Franks, under the leadership of the royal descendants of Clovis, imprisoned or more often killed each other. They forced the luckiest of their rivals...