Chapter 18 8 things that i thought were most important

1.     The Franks lived Along the Rhine River in what is now Germany.

2.     They were more sucsesful in governing than other Germans. One reason for this was that the area in which they loved was close to their home land and they felt pretty secure.

3.     They weren’t all about fighting and ruling unlike the Goths and the Vandals the Franks became farmers.

4.     In 418 one of the Frankish group chose a man named Clovis as king. He was cruel and greedy he was also a good general and an able king. He eventually brought all the Franks under one rule. Part of Clovis’s kingdom later became France, which took its name from the Franks.

5.     Clovis was the first Germanic king to accept the Catholic religion. But then converted to Christianity.

6.     When they became Christian they gain the support of the Romans in his kingdom. After that they began to speech a form of Latin that later became modern French language.

7.     The Pope and other church officials gave Clovis their support and in return Clovis was expected to protect the church form any non-believers.

8.       Clovis extended his rule over what is now France and Western Germany and set up his capital in Paris. He wore purple robes similar to those of Roman emperors and made Latin the official language of the court.