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Clovis I of France (465-511 C.E.) – Learn all about this famous and powerful warrior leader of the Franks, considered to be the first king of France. Clovis I bridges the historical gap between the fall of Rome, migratory period in Europe (Barbarian Migrations), and Dark Ages.
Nine pages in length, this is part of our Biography Workbooks series, and full of questions and activities throughout its informational text. This workbook is designed for high school students (grades 9-12). Click here to print. The answer key is below. The honor of having established the French monarchy and the French nation, of having raised himself from his position as chief of a petty and turbulent tribe to be the ruler of a powerful and permanent kingdom, unquestionably belongs to Clovis the First, who was born in the year 465 C.E. The multitude of petty kingdoms subsisting in Gaul (today's France) at this time, forms, says an illustrious historian, one of the greatest difficulties in the ancient history of France. In a manuscript work, still preserved in the King's library at Paris, Clovis' rise to power is imputed to the disorders which prevailed after the expulsion of Childeric, father of Clovis. Such men as were sufficiently powerful took advantage of the anarchy in which the nation was involved, to establish independent monarchies of their own. Answer Key: 1. 465 C.E.; 2. Childeric; 3. 15; 4. Syagrius; 5. Rheims; 6. A chieftain other than Clovis; 7. J - refugee; 8. I - multitude; 9. A - adjacent; 10. K - turbulent; 11. G - imputed; 12. F - illustrious; 13. C - authority; 14. E - expulsion; 15. H - manuscript; 16. D - courtiers; 17. L - usurpers; 18. B - ascend; 19. Answers will vary; 20. Basinus of Thuringia; 21. Clotildis or Clotilde; 22. Soissons; 23. Victory in battle; 24. Answers will vary; 25. Alaric II; 26. Hand-to-hand combat wherein he killed Alaric II; 27. Council of Orléans (511 C.E.); 28. Answers will vary. |
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