Clovis was the first king of France
to unite all of the tribes under one ruler. At the time France was known by
another name though and that name was Gaul. Well those two names have basically
no similarity at all so you must be wondering why that name has evolved to what
it is now. In detail I will explain to you how that happened in this essay as
well as what Clovis has accomplished while being King of France.
Clovis had fought the Romans who owned
Gaul at the time in 486 AD to conquer all of Gaul. That battle is known as the Battle
of Soissons. Clovis and the Franks successfully defeated the Romans and had
taken over Gaul. As for the Romans, they lost most of their power over now
Clovis’s land.
The Franks are just one of the
notable tribes of Gaul but there were many others. If you were wondering where
Gaul evolved to the name France, well here is your answer. They got the name
France from the much known tribe of the Franks. Now it makes sense right? I
always love to know where places have gotten their names from because it is
very fascinating to me.
Clovis then married the niece of
the King of Burgundy. When he married he strengthened the kingdom even more.
His wife had tried to get him to convert to Christianity because he was Pagan.
But later on he did end up converting to Christianity and got baptized into the
Catholic Church. The reason why I said that he became a member of the Catholic
Church was because it was very significant that he did not become a member of
the Arian Church because that church was most dominant at that time. His wife
was also a member of the Catholic Church as well. When he converted to
Christianity it also gave him the chance to bring Christianity to the rest of
the kingdom.
Clovis died in 511. After
Clovis died Burgundy eventually became part of France in 538. But as you can
see he made lots of accomplishments while he was king of France including being
the first king to bring all the France tribes together under one ruler.
Personally I think that Clovis was one of the
best Kings of France because of how much great things he has done for the
country.
Very good job on your information. One correction:
ReplyDeleteYour use of the word 'had' is kind of weird. The sentence 'Clovis had died in 511,' makes it seem like he came back. Other than that, great job!
Oops! I didn't mean to say it in that way. Thank you for telling me that so I can fix it!
ReplyDeleteSure! Glad I helped!
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