The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . over-come all its enemies. This man was Clovis, What Clovis the Kine of one of the little bands of the did for them , (481-511). Franks. Five years after the fall of Rome,he succeeded his father as King of his tribe. Thoughhe was only sixteen years of ageat that time, he soon proved him-self to be one of the ablest, butalas! one of the craftiest andcrudest leaders of this crafty andcruel people. In the thirty yearsthat he ruled, he united aH. theFranks under his own rule; hegreatly improved the arms andorganizat
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The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . over-come all its enemies. This man was Clovis, What Clovis the Kine of one of the little bands of the did for them , (481-511). Franks. Five years after the fall of Rome, he succeeded his father as King of his tribe. Thoughhe was only sixteen years of ageat that time, he soon proved him-self to be one of the ablest, butalas! one of the craftiest andcrudest leaders of this crafty andcruel people. In the thirty yearsthat he ruled, he united aH. theFranks under his own rule; hegreatly improved the arms andorganization of the army; he ex-tended their territory to the south, east, and west; and he caused hispeople to be baptized as Chris-tians. One of the first deeds of Cloviswas to make war on Syagrius, theRoman ruler. In this war theFranks were completely success-ful. Syagrius was defeated, andput to death; and the districtover which he ruled became sub-ject to Clovis. A story is told ofthis war which shows the rude and independent spiritof the Franks. When the booty was being divided by. A FUANKISII CHIEFNotice Ills long hair. 66 THE STOBY OF THE MIDDLE AGES lot after the battle, Clovis wished to obtain a beautiful vase that had been taken from one of the churches, that he might return it to the priests. But theva^s^e ^^^ °^ ^^^^ Franks cried out: Thou shalt have only what the lot givesthee! And saying this he broke the vase with hisbattle-ax. Clovis could do nothing then to resent this insult. But the next year he detected this soldier in a fault, and slew him in the presence of the army, saying: It shall be done to thee as thou didst to the vase! After the overthrow of Syagrius, Clovis turned to the conquest of other neiglibors. One by one he set to work to rid himself of the other kings of sole Kfil^^of the Franks. Some he conquered by force; the Franks. others he ovewame by treachery. He per-suaded the son of one king to kill his father; then hehad the son put to death for the crime