The Birth of France Warriors Bishops and Long Haired Kings Katharine Scherman

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The Birth of France Warriors Bishops and Long Haired Kings Katharine Scherman

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Make/Author/Artist: Katharine Scherman
Edition/ Material: 1987
Details: Hard Cover

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The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops and Long Haired Kings by Katharine Scherman

This book is the story of the earliest kings of France -- the Teutonic warrior chieftains who were the bridge between the collapse of the Roman Empire in Europe and the rise of the empire of Charlemagne. The period covered is roughly from the fifth century to the eighth century. The saga of these savage kings and their fatal, formidable queens has the improbable romance of grand opera, yet the Franks were the founders of the most spectacularly successful of the barbarian kingdoms.

Men such as Clovis, Lothair and Charles Martel brought to the tired and decadent Roman Empire the democratic spirit of a tribal society, a fearless and independent temper and the careless brutality of youth.

Their conquests were often merciless and yet, in many instances, they learned from those they conquered -- their literature, their art, their music were enriched by the ancient culture they subsumed.

CONDITION: Hard Cover with DJ, light overall use in vg/vg condition, 323 pages including index, 1987

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