HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Liber Historiae Francorum, Chronicle Of Fredegar, Old Ways
Document Summary
Creating the early middle ages- kings are warriors. A new world- most people do not read or write- no formal education. There is no middle class- rich or poor- mostly poor. Latin- adopt latin as a written language. Chronicle of fredegar -600- where the franks came from (story written by fredegar) Troy falls- people escapes- some go to italy- become the romans. Liber historiae francorum- 727- book of the history of the franks. After troy falls a group of soldiers escape they become well known for warfare- work with rome- eventually the descendants of the soldiers break from the romans and become the. Gregory of tours- history of the franks book- fun/gory stories. Soissons- in france today- clovis liked to take stuff from churches before converting- Before he distributes the wealth- bishop asks for the vase back- (franks have a tradition to have a meeting before war) he asks for the vase so that his men won"t take it.
