See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Salian See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks, son of Childeric I., whom he succeeded in 481 at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen . At that date the Salian Franks had advanced as far as the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• SOMME

Somme, and the centre of their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was at See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai . On the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

Clovis between the years 481 and 486 the records are silent . In 486 he attacked See also:

• SYAGRIUS (d. 487)

Syagrius, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general who, after the fall of the western See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in 476, hadcarved out for himself a principality See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the Somme, and is called by 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 See also:

• TOURS

Tours " rex Romanorum." After being defeated by Clovis at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons, Syagrius sought See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with the Visigothic king See also:

• ALARIC (Ala-reiks, " All-ruler "), (c. 370-410)

Alaric II., who handed him over to the conqueror . Henceforth Clovis fixed his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Soissons, which was in the midst of public lands, e.g . Berny-See also:

• RIVIERE, BRITON (1840- )

Riviere, Juvigny, &c . The See also:

• EPISODE

episode of the See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase of Soissons' has a legendary See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and all that it proves is the deference shown by the See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan king to the orthodox See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy . Clovis undoubtedly extended his dominion over the whole of Belgica Secunda, of which See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, and conquered the neighbouring cities in detail . Little is known of the history of these conquests . It appears that St See also:

• GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

Genevieve defended the See also:

• TOWN

town of 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 against Clovis for along See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period,and that See also:

• VERDUN

Verdun-sur-See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse, after a brave stand, accepted an See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation thanks to St Euspitius . In 491 some See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian troops in the service of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, Arboruchi ('Apµopvxoi), Thuringians, and even Roman soldiers who could not return to Rome, went over to Clovis and swelled the ranks of his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . In 493 Clovis married a Burgundian princess, See also:

• CLOTILDA, SAINT (d. 544)

Clotilda, niece of Gundobald and Godegesil, See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy .

This princess was a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, and earnestly desired the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband . Although Clovis allowed his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children to be baptized, he remained a pagan himself until the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the Alemanni, who at that 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 occupied the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between the See also:

• VOSGES
• VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

Vosges, and the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and the neighbourhood of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance . By pushing their incursions westward they came into collision with Clovis, who marched against them and defeated them in the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of the Rhine . The See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend runs that, in the thickest of the fight, Clovis swore that he would be converted to the See also:

• GOD

God of Clotilda if her God would See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant him the victory . After subduing a See also:

• PART

part of the Alemanni, Clovis went to Reims, where he was baptized by St See also:

• REMIGIUS, ST (c. 437-533)

Remigius on See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas 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 496, together with three thousand Franks . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the phial of See also:

• HOLY

holy oil (the Sainte Ampoule) brought from See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven by a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• DOVE
• DOVE (Dutch duyve, Dan. due, Ice. dufa, Ger. Taube)

dove for the See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism of Clovis was invented by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• HINCMAR (c. 805-882)

Hincmar of Reims three centuries after the event . The baptism of Clovis was an event of very See also:

• GREAT

great importance . From that time the orthodox Christians in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the Burgundians and Visigoths looked to Clovis to deliver them from their Arian kings . Clovis seems to have failed in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of Burgundy, which was at that time torn by the rivalry between Godegesil and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Gundobald . Godegesil appealed for help to Clovis, who defeated Gundobald on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Ouche near See also:

• DIJON

Dijon, and advanced as far as See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon (500), but had to retire without being able to retain any of his conquests . Immediately after his departure Gundobald slew Godegesil at See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne, and seized the whole of the Burgundian kingdom . Clovis was more fortunate in his war against the Visigoths .

Having completed the subjugation of the Alemanni in 506, he marched against the Visigothic king Alaric II. in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, in spite of the efforts of See also:

• THEODORIC

Theodoric, king of the See also:

• OSTROGOTHS, or EAST GOTHS

Ostrogoths, to prevent the war . After a decisive victory at Vouille near See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, in which Clovis slew Alaric with his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the whole of the kingdom of the Visigoths as far as the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees was added to the Frankish empire, with the exception of Septimania, which, together with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, remained in See also:

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

possession of Alaric's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Amalaric, and See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, which was seized by Theodoric and annexed to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . In 508 Clovis received at Tours the insignia of the consulship from the eastern See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, See also:

• ANASTASIUS

Anastasius, but the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was purely honorific . The last years of his See also:

• LIFE

life Clovis spent in Paris, which he made the capital of his kingdom, and where he built 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 of the Holy Apostles, known later as the church of St Genevieve . By murdering the See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty Frankish 1 The story is as follows . The vase had been taken from a church by a Frankish soldier after the battle of Soissons, and the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop had requested Clovis that it might be restored . But the soldier who had taken it refused to give it up, and See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke it into fragments with his francisca, or battle-See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe . Some time afterwards, when Clovis was reviewing his troops, he singled out the soldier who had broken the vase, upbraided him for the neglect of his arms, and dashed his francisca to the ground . As the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man stooped to pick it up, the king clove his See also:

• SKULL

skull with the words: " Thus didst See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou serve the vase of Soissons." kings who reigned at See also:

• CAMBRAI

Cambrai, See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne and other residences, he became See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole king of all the Frankish tribes . He died in 511 . Clovis was the true founder of the Frankish See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . He reigned over the Salian Franks by hereditary right; over the other Frankish tribes by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of his kinship with their kings and by the choice of the warriors, who raised him on the See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield; and he governed the Gallo-See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans by right of See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest .

He had the Salic See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up, doubtless between the years 486 and 507; and seems to have been represented in the cities by a new functionary, the See also:

• GRAF, ARTURO (1848– )
• GRAF, KARL HEINRICH (1815–1869)

graf, comes, or See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count . He owed his success in great measure to his See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the church . He took the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the church under his See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, and in 511 convoked a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council at See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, the canons of which have come down to us . But while protecting the church, he maintained his authority over it . He intervened in the nomination of bishops, and at the council of Orleans it was decided that no one, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save a son of a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, could be ordained clerk without the king's See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order or the permission of the count . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source for the life of Clovis is the Historia Francorum (bk. ii.) of Gregory of Tours, but it must be used with caution . Among See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• WORKS

works, see W . Junghans, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Geschichte der frankischen Konige Childerich and Clodovech (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1857) ; F . See also:

• DAHN, JULIUS SOPHUS FELIX (1834— )

Dahn, Urgeschichte der germanischen and rornanischen Volker, vol. iii . (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1883) ; W . See also:

• SCHULTZE, MAX JOHANN SIGISMUND (1825-1874)

Schultze, Deutsche Geschichte v. d . Urzeit bis zu den Karolingern, vol. ii .

(See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1896); G . Kurth, Clovis (2nd ed., Paris, 1901) . (C .