CI11LPERIC I  . (d . 584) was one of the sons of See also:

• CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

Clotaire I . Immediately after the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father in 561 he endeavoured to take See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the whole See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, seized the treasure amassed in the royal See also:

• TOWN

town of Berny and entered See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . His See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, however, compelled him to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide the kingdom with them, and See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons, together with See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens, See also:

• ARRAS

Arras, See also:

• CAMBRAI

Cambrai, Therouanne, See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai and See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to See also:

• CHILPERIC

Chilperic's See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share, but on the death of See also:

• CHARIBERT (d. 567)

Charibert in 567 his estates were augmented . When his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• SIGEBERT (d. 575)

Sigebert married See also:

• BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)

Brunhilda, Chilperic also wished to make a brilliant See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . He had already repudiated his first wife, Audovera, and had taken as his concubine a serving-woman called See also:

• FREDEGOND (Fredigundis) (d. 597)

Fredegond . He accordingly dismissed Fredegond, and married Brunhilda's See also:

• SISTER

sister, Galswintha . But he soon tired of his new partner, and one See also:

• MORNING

morning Galswintha was found strangled in her See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed . A few days afterwards Chilperic married Fredegond . This See also:

• MURDER

murder was the cause of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and bloody See also:

• WARS

wars, interspersed with truces, between Chilperic and Sigebert . In 575 Sigebert was assassinated by Fredegond at the very moment when he had Chilperic at his See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy .

Chilperic retrieved his position, took from See also:

• AUSTRASIA

Austrasia See also:

• TOURS

Tours and See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers and some places in See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine, and fostered discord in the kingdom of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east during the minority of See also:

• CHILDEBERT

Childebert II . One See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, however, while returning from the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase to the town of Chelles, Chilperic was stabbed to death . Chilperic may be regarded as the type of Merovingian sovereigns . He was exceedingly anxious to extend the royal authority . He levied numerous imposts, and his fiscal See also:

• MEASURES

measures provoked a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)

sedition at See also:

• LIMOGES

Limoges in 579 . He wished to bring about the subjection of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, and to this end sold bishoprics to the highest See also:

• BIDDER, GEORGE PARKER (1806-1878)

bidder, annulled the See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills made in favour of the bishoprics and abbeys, and sought to impose upon his subjects a rationalistic conception of the Trinity . He pretended to some See also:

• LITERARY

literary culture, and was the author of some halting See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . He even added letters to the Latin See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet, and wished to have the See also:

• MSS

MSS. rewritten with the new characters . The wresting of Tours from Austrasia and the seizure of ecclesiastical See also:

• PROPERTY

property provoked the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter hatred of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Tours, by whom Chilperic was stigmatized as the See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero and the See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . See Seresia, L'E`glise et l'E`tat sous See also:

• LES

les rois francs au VP siecle (See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent, 1888) .