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Abbelenus, comes , 192 , 401 Annales Mettenses priores, see Metz Annals Abelenus, Bishop, 192 , 193 Annales regni Francorum, see Royal Adaloald, King, 317 Frankish Annals Adovacrius, 13 Annals of Fulda, 337 Aegidius, magister militum , 71 – 2 Annals of Lorsch, see Lorsch Annals Aeneas, 82 , 89 , 172 , 242 , 387 , 403 Annals of Metz, see Metz Annals Aetius, magister militum , 13 , 53 , 54 , 78 , Annals of St Bertin, 337 , 427 , 430 – 3 201 – 3 , 261 Annals of Xanten, 337 Agathias, 80 – 1 , 82 , 118 , 120 Anschisus, 387 Agilulf, 329 Ansegisel, father of Pippin II, 195 , 319 , 370 , Agobard of Lyons, Bishop, 434 – 5 383 , 387 Agrestius, 191 – 3 , 194 , 195 , 199 , 210 , 212 Anton, Hans-Hubert, 264 Aistulf, King, 327 , 342 , 452 Aquitaine, 15 , 49 , 58 , 60 , 62 , 109 , 122 , 129 , 211 , Alamans, 4 , 46 , 63 , 70 , 77 , 109 , 147 , 185 , 186 , 238 , 321 , 324 , 332 , 354 , 381 , 382 , 391 , 404 , 192 , 227 , 234 , 270 , 328 , 329 , 343 , 344 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 418 , 420 , 422 , 423 , 435 , 452 354 , 370 , 372 , 400 , 401 , 417 , 435 , 440 , Aquitania, see Aquitaine 441 , 453 Aquitanians, 318 , 321 , 334 , 370 , 434 , 435 , laws of, 329 , 333 , 359 , 454 , see also 441 , 453 lex Alemannorum Arabs, 175 , 349 Alamannia/Alemannia, 361 , 382 , 385 , 414 , 422 , Aravatius of Tongres, Bishop, 53 , 155 , 200 423 , 436 , 438 – 9 , 452 Arbogast, magister , militum, 77 , 169 , 245 Alans, 243 – 4 , 245 , 247 Arborychi, 79 – 80 Alaric II, King, 57 , 147 , 148 , 167 , 205 , 209 Aregisel, commander of Theuderic I, 109 – 10 Albofl edis, sister of Clovis I, 96 Aremoricans, see Arborychi Alexander the Great, 82 , 84 , 172 Aridius, 205 – 6 , 208 – 9 Alexandrinian world chronicle, 81 , 118 Arigius, Bishop, 196 – 7 Alsace, 423 Arioald, King, 317 Altimania , 436 , 438 Arnulf of Metz, 176 , 181 – 2 , 189 , 194 , 195 , 210 , Amalafred,Thuringian prince, 93 – 4 231 , 234 , 237 , 240 , 281 , 317 , 319 , 386 , 387 , ambiguity, 3 , 207 , 208 , 288 , 305 , 309 , 378 , 388 , 403 – 4 395 , 412 alliance with Pippin I, 194 , 197 , 199 , 210 Ammianus Marcellinus, 84 – 6 Asclepiodatus, Referendary, 209 – 10 , 212 Anchises, 387 , 403 Astronomer, the, 337 , 430 , 431 , 432 , 441 Angilram, Bishop, 238 , 386 , 388 , 403 Athalaric, King, 214 Angles, 6 Athanagild, King, 88 Anianus of Orléans, Bishop, 53 , 200 , 201 , 261 Athaulf, King, 205 Annales Bertiniani, see Annals of St Bertin Attila, 53 , 62 , 78 , 200 , 202 Annales Laurissenses maiores, see Royal Aubedo, see Chaubedo Frankish Annals Audoin, Bishop, 161 , 164 , 266 506

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Audovera, Queen, 94 227 , 230 , 231 , 234 , 246 , 250 , 254 , 255 , Augustus, Emperor, 71 256 , 271 , 310 , 317 , 318 , 321 , 347 , 348 , 435 , Ausonius (Decimus Magnus), 84 448 , 449 Avars, 372 , 418 laws of, 17 , 434 , 454 Avitus, Abbot, 41 Burgundofarones, 161 , 181 Avitus of Vienne, Bishop, 43 , 50 , 97 , 99 , Burgundy, 40 , 100 , 111 , 158 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 193 , 131 , 288 198 , 230 , 231 , 250 , 323 , 324 , 370 , 381 , 382 , Avitus, Emperor, 13 , 16 , 17 , 72 , 73 , 169 , 229 385 , 414 , 423 , 439 , 450 Byzantine Empire, Bzyantium, 58 , 61 , 79 , 81 , 82 , Balthild, Queen, 197 , 318 118 , 119 – 20 , 167 , 175 , 199 , 203 , 230 , 232 , barbarians, 4 , 13 – 14 , 17 , 56 , 74 – 5 , 77 , 80 , 81 , 84 , 346 , 349 , 412 , 448 85 , 90 , 92 , 104, 117 , 203 , 212 , 229 , 434 Barlow, Jonathan, 86 Caesar, Julius, 15 , 70 , 89 , 142 Bauto, magister militum , 77 Cameron, Averil, 80 – 1 Bavaria, 381 , 382 , 414 , 418 , 420 , 422 , 452 Cancor, noble from the Rhineland, 352 , 389 Bavarians, 321 , 329 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 370 , 441 , Carantanians, 340 443 , 453 Caraunus of Paris, Bishop, 193 laws of, 454 , see also lex Baiuvariorum Carausius, Roman usurper, 84 Becher, Matthias, 339 , 340 , 341 Carloman, King, brother of Charlemagne, 300 , Beda venerabilis, see Bede 335 , 342 Bede, 346 – 7 , 348 Carloman, Duke, brother of Pippin III (I), 296 , Historia ecclesiastica , 364 304 – 5 , 306 , 327 , 333 , 452 Liber de ratione temporum , 346 Carolingian rulers, 1 , 197 , 290 – 1 , 299 , 300 , world chronicle (Chronica maiora ), 346 , 348 , 303 – 8 , 311 , 323 , 328 , 333 – 4 , 335 – 7 , 342 – 5 , 349 – 50 , 363 , 367 , 401 346 , 389 – 90 , 402 – 3 , 442 , 451 , see Bernhard Begga, mother of Pippin II, 195 , 388 of Italy , Carloman I , Charlemagne , Charles Bernhard of Italy, King, 418 , 420 , 437 the Bald , Charles the Younger , Lothar Berchar, maior domus , 240 , 279 , 320 I , Louis the German , Louis the Pious , Berthar, Frankish noble de pago Ultrauirano , 187 , Pippin I , Pippin II , Pippin of Italy , Pippin 188 , 233 , 276 the Younger Bertoald, Saxon dux , 251 , 273 Carolingian World Chronicle, 337 , see Chronicon Bertoald, maior domus , 180 , 315 universale Beyerle, Franz, 104 , 105 , 215 Cassiodorus, 76 , 78 , 99, 186 Bischoff , Bernhard, 238 , 352 , 362 , 363 , 364 Catholicism, 10 , 29 , 56 , 97 , 115 , 120 , 255 – 6 , Bloch, Hermann, 416 331 , 349 Bodegisel, dux of Provence and rector of Cato, 91 , 156 , 211 Marseilles, 92 , 93 , 132 Chadoind, vir inluster , adviser of Chlothar II in the Bodilo, noble, 319 prologue of the lex Baiuvariorum , 329 , 330 Boretius, Alfred, 102 Chararic, King, 111 Braulio of Saragossa, 10 Charibert I, King, 32 , 88 , 90 , 95 , 150 , 217 , 446 Bretons, 183 , 431 , 433 , 441 , 443 Charlemagne, 1 , 280 , 300 , 315 , 335 , 340 , 341 , Breukelaar, Adrian, 128 342 – 3 , 344 , 345 , 350 – 1 , 352 , 353 – 5 , 368 , Brictius, Bishop, 52 , 146 , 155 372 , 374 – 5 , 377 , 380 , 381 , 383 , 385 , 389 , 390 , Brown, Peter R. L., 10 , 15 , 17 , 42 , 67 , 262 , 391 – 3 , 394 , 402 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 412 – 14 , 416 , 263 , 268 – 9 417 , 418 , 420 , 421 – 2 Brubaker, Rogers, 2 , 7 , 11 Charles I, see Charlemagne Brunhild, Queen, 34 , 40 , 42 , 66 , 88 – 9 , 102 , 114 , Charles Martel, 134 , 247 , 276 , 277 , 280 , 295 – 6 , 132 , 159 – 60 , 174 , 176 – 7 , 180 – 1 , 189 , 190 , 298 , 300 , 302 – 3 , 304 , 309 , 310 , 319 , 321 – 2 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 208 , 213 , 221 , 323 , 324 – 5 , 340 , 350 , 353 , 365 , 370 , 379 , 382 , 255 , 289 , 315 , 317 , 318 – 19 , 395 , 448 384 , 404 , 405 , 407 , 428 , 452 Brunner, Karl, 393 , 396 Charles the Bald, 423 , 427 , 432 , 436 , 438 , 439 , Buccelenus, dux , 61 440 , 441 Burgundians, 17 , 46 , 57, 58 , 59 , 69 , 70 , 76 , 85 , Charles the Great, see Charlemagne 97 , 100 , 113 , 139 , 147 , 156 , 158 , 159 , 160 , Charles the Hammer, see Charles Martel 173 , 175 , 176 – 81 , 183 , 184 – 91 , 192 , 194 , Charles the Younger, 368 , 369 , 375 , 380 – 1 , 384 , 195 , 198 , 199 , 205 – 6 , 207 , 210 , 214 , 216 , 385 , 402 , 414 , 420 507

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Chaubedo, noble, son of Berthar, 187 , 233 , 289 Claudius, Emperor, 116 Childebert I, King, 76 , 91 , 95 , 103 Claudius, maior domus , 208 , 210 , 315 , 329 Childebert II, King, 32 , 33 , 40 , 61 , 62 , 64 , 92 , Clovis I, King, 1 , 13 , 15 , 28 , 29 , 41 , 46 – 8 , 49 , 51 , 94 , 99 , 101 – 2 , 105 , 106 – 7 , 110 , 114 , 118 , 56 – 7 , 62 – 3 , 66 , 68 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 75 , 76 , 95 , 128 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 156 , 96 – 7 , 98 – 9 , 101 , 104 , 109 , 110 – 11 , 112 , 115 , 158 – 9 , 160 , 177 , 190 , 193 , 197 , 208 , 209 – 10 , 116 , 118 , 123 , 127 , 128 , 137 , 138 , 160 , 167 , 249, 250 , 265 , 329 172 , 173 , 184 , 205 – 6 , 207 , 209 , 230 , 236 , Childebert III, King, 276 , 303 243 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 254 , 261 , 262 , 264 , 265 , Childebert the Adopted, King, 194 – 5 , 196 , 275 266 – 7 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 – 4 , 284 , 288 , 289, Childebrand, brother of Charles Martel, 295 , 329 , 331 , 349 , 445 , 446 296 , 299 – 300 , 304 , 308 , 309 , 313 – 14 , 315 , Clovis II, King, 162 , 182 , 183 , 187 , 195 , 197 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 323 – 4 , 325 , 326 , 328 , 330 , 254 – 5 , 264 – 6 , 269 , 275 , 277 , 279 , 286 – 7 , 332 , 340 , 342 , 344 , 347 , 350 , 402 , 405 , 408 , 295 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 318 , 350 411 , 428 , 441 , 450 – 1 , 452 Collins, Roger, 237 , 238 , 311 , 313 , 352 , 362 , 400 Childeric I, King, 1 , 13 , 15 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 98 , 147 , Conda, domesticus , 93 , 113 172 – 3 , 206 , 208 , 217 , 230 , 236 , 254 , 261 , 288 Constans II, Emperor, 175 , 257 , 349 Childeric II, King, 259 , 275 – 6 , 319 Constantine I, Emperor, 44, 47 , 68 , 71 , 128 , 228 , Childeric III, King, 83 , 306 329 , 400 Chilperic I, King, 33 – 4 , 37 – 8 , 39 – 43 , 47 , 51 , 58 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 64 , 66 , 67 , 88 , 90 – 1 , 94 , 95 , 105 , Dagobert I, King, 83 , 100 , 161 , 162 , 164 , 181 – 3 , 114 – 15 , 116 – 17 , 122 , 127 – 8 , 133 , 134 , 139 , 186 , 188 , 194 , 207 , 216 , 217 , 222 , 234 , 250 – 1 , 150 , 151 , 152 – 4 , 157 , 159 , 160 , 168 , 175 , 176 , 252 , 256 , 269 – 70 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 276 , 279 , 184 , 206 , 217 , 232 , 249 – 50 , 253 , 272 , 274 , 289 , 295 , 317 , 318 , 329 – 30 , 448 , 449 276 , 289 , 446 Dagobert, Merovingian prince, 94 , 95 Edict of, see Edict of Chilperic Danes, 62 , 173 , 419 Chilperic II, King, 276 , 296 Decretio Childeberti , 102 , 103 , 107 , 114 , 209 Chiltrude, daugher of Charles Martel, 340 Deoteria, noblewoman from the Auvergne, Chlodobert, Merovingian prince, 94 , 95 58 , 149 Chlodomer, King, 41 , 43 , 50 , 148 Desiderius of Cahors, Bishop, 161 Chlothar I, King, 29 , 32 , 37 , 58 , 60 , 63 – 4 , 76 , 91 , Desiderius of Langres, Bishop 193 95 , 102 – 3 , 106 – 7 , 116 , 120 , 121 , 128 , 148 , Desiderius of Lyon, Bishop, 196 149 , 150 , 156 , 158 , 173 – 4 , 184 , 235 , 248 , 265 , Desiderius, King, 340 , 343 268 , 317 , 397 – 8 Diem, Albrecht, 163 Chlothar II, King, 61 , 99 , 100 , 102 – 3 , 128 , 139 , Diocletian, Emperor, 71 158 – 60 , 161 , 162 , 164 , 175 , 180 – 2 , 183 , 189 , Drinkwater, John, 14 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 207 , 210 , 212 – 14 , 215 – 16 , Drogo of Metz, Bishop 319 , 432 218 , 221 , 222 , 232 , 236 , 250 – 1 , 252 , 255 , 261 , 265 – 6 , 272 – 3 , 274 , 275 , 277 – 8 , 279 , Ebroin, maior domu s, 266 , 275 , 276 , 298 – 9 281 , 282 , 289 , 300 – 1 , 317 , 319 , 327 , 328, 329 , Eckhardt, Karl August, 103 , 106 , 112 , 114 , 359 394 , 449 Edict of Chilperic, 107 , 114 – 15 Chlothar III, King, 195 , 197 , 275 Edict of Guntram, 114 Chlothar IV, King, 276 Edict of Paris, Edict of Chlothar II, 102 – 3 , 160 , Chlothild, Queen, 267 161 , 213 – 14 Chrodechild, Queen, 46 , 96 , 205 – 6 Egmond, Wolfert van, 163 Chrodegang of Metz, Bishop, 352 , 387 , 388 , 389 Einhard, 423 Chrodinus, dux , 92 – 3 , 132 , 154 Life of Charlemagne , 390 , 421 – 2 , 428 , 430 , Chronica Caesaraugustana , 75 , 76 441 , 443 Chronicle of Fredegar, see Fredegar Chronicle Epiphanius, 186 Chronicle of Jerome, see Jerome, Chronicle of Epistolae Austrasicae , 101 – 2 Chronicon Laurissense breve , 367 – 8 , 382 – 6 , 396 , Erchinoald, maior domus, 186 – 7 401, 402 , 408 Ermino, 82 , 216 Chronicon universale , 313 , 346 – 51 , 378 , 401 , Esders, Stefan, 29 , 30 , 100 , 213 – 14 , 333, 341 , 408 , 412 358 , 380 Churrhaetia, 423 Etymologiae sive origines, see Isidore of Seville Claszen, D., 347 Eudo, Duke, 321 , 323 , 324

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Eufronius of Tours, Bishop, 17 , 33 , 35 , 36 – 7 , 132 , medieval, 79 , 412 , 420 , 439 155 , 156 modern, 1 Eusebius of Caesarea, chronicle of, 44 – 5 , 47 , Godegisel, King, 57 , 66 50 , 64 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 118 , 128 , 130 , 167 , 218 , Godinus, Noble, son of Warnachar (2), 394 364 , 365 Goff art, Walter, 12 , 136 – 7 , 138 – 9 , 175 Eusebius, envoy, 317 Goths, 53 , 59 , 71 , 75 , 76 – 7 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 82 , 167 , Ewa ad Amorem , 378 – 80 , 386 173 , 185 , 201 – 3 , 205 , 216 , 229 , 230 , 246 , 256 , Ewig, Eugen, 55 , 128 , 323 267 , 272 , 310 , 348 – 9 , see also Ostrogoths, Excerpta latina barbari , see Alexandrinian World Visigoths Chronicle laws of, 359 , 454 Gozbert, Abbot, 438 fabulae , 204 – 5 , 206 – 9 , 226 , 256 Gregory III, Pope, 350 Faramund, mythical King, 108 , 244 , 259 , 275 Gregory of Tours, 12 – 14 , 17 , 27 , 72 , 78 , 83 , Farro, 111 89 , 90 – 1 , 105 , 120 , 144 , 159 , 161 , 209 – 10 , Fichtenau, Heinrich, 352 , 360 , 436 223 , 228 , 236 , 238 , 257 , 282 , 289 , 312 , 336, Firminus, envoy, 150 , 174 402 , 406 Fischer, Andreas, 166 Histories of, see Histories (Gregory of Tours) Flaochad, maior domus, 186 – 8 , 213 , 232 , 271 Gregory the Great, 239 Flavia, wife of Waldelenus, 161 Grimoald I, Duke of Benevento, 345 Flavius Josephus, 364 Grimoald the Elder, maior domus , 175 – 6 , 189 , Formulary of Marculf, 99 – 101 , 112 , 307 , 400 191 , 196 , 197 , 275 , 276 , 278 , 298 , 299 , 319 Foucault, Michel, 7 , 50 , 287 Gundeperga, Queen, 233 , 315 , 318 Fox, Yaniv, 161 , 196 Gundland, brother of Chrodegang of Francio, mythical king, 168 , 169, 172 Metz, 389 Fredegar Chronicle, 64 , 72 , 134 , 136 , 166 – 239 , Gundobad, King, 15 , 57 , 97 , 147 , 205 – 6 , 209 , 271 240 , 242 , 244 , 245 – 7 , 248 , 254 – 5 , 256 , 257 , Gundovald, Merovingian Prrtender, 58 , 60 – 1 , 258 , 259 , 261 , 265 , 266 , 268 , 270 – 2 , 278 , 63, 121 , 154 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 285 – 6 , 287 , 288 , 289 – 90 , Gunduin, Duke, 195 291 , 295 , 299 , 302 , 305 , 309 , 311 – 15 , 319 , Gundulf, Bishop (probably the same person as 320, 321 , 325 – 6 , 327 , 330 , 335 , 336 , 338 , the dux Gundulf), 109 , 110 347 – 9 , 365 , 367 , 370 , 387 , 394 , 396 , 400 – 1 , Gundulf, dux , 32 , 34 , 66 , 110 , 123 , 156 – 7 , see also 404 , 407 , 409 , 421 , 428 , 439 , 442 , 447 – 9 , Gundulf, Bishop 450 , 451 Guntram Boso, dux , 34 , 66 Continuations, 37 , 58 , 59 , 67 , 94 – 5 , 128 , 130 , Guntram, King, 40 , 43 , 47 , 51 , 58 – 9 , 61 – 2 , 64 , 158 , 249 – 50 , 261 , 266 , 274 , see Historia vel 88 , 94 , 102 , 105 , 114 , 121 , 127 , 128 , 133 , 139 , gesta Francorum 158 – 9 , 160 , 176 , 177 , 184 , 209 , 217 , 250 , Fredegund, Queen, 37 , 130 289 , 446 Frigas, King, 168 , 169 , 172 Frisia, 381 , 385 , 402 Hall, Stuart, 5 Frisians, 359 , 374 , 379 , 385 , 412 Halsall, Guy, 28 , 66 laws of, 454 Hardrad, Thuringian noble, 420 Hardrad Revolt, 340 , 341 , 390 , 393 – 4 , 420 Gallienus, Emperor, 71 , 186 Hartmann, Martina, 310 Gallus of Clermont, Bishop, 35 , 48 , 49 , 156 , 405 , Harun al-Rashid, Caliph, 355 436 , 438 Hatto of Mainz, 8 Gallus of Lyons, Bishop 17 Haubrichs, Wolfgang, 98 , 211 Galswinth, Queen, 64 Heinzelmann, Martin, 33 , 57 , 128 , 129 , 137 , Gantner, Clemens, 351 138 – 9 , 155 , 258 Garstad, Benjamin, 82 Heraclius, Emperor, 175 , 221 , 232 , 349 , 448 Geary, Patrick J., 21 Hiconius of St. Jean-de-Maurienne, Bishop, George, Judith, 93 177 , 192 Gerberding, Richard, 243 , 252 , 266 , 276 , 310 Hincmar of Reims, 427 Germany, Germania, see also Alemannia, Historia vel gesta Francorum , 237 , 315 – 28, Bavaria, Francia, Saxony see also (Continuations of the Fredegar ancient, 54 Chronicle)

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Histories (Gregory of Tours), 20 – 1 , 22 – 3 , 27 – 74 , Jordanes, 76 , 78 75 – 7 , 78 , 81 , 83 , 86 – 7 , 92 , 107 , 108 – 11 , Judith, Empress, 423, 426 , 431 – 2 , 433 – 4 , 438 , 439 112 – 13 , 114 – 17 , 118 – 19 , 120 , 162 , 164 – 6 , Justinian, Emperor, 79 , 82 , 101 , 213 175 , 232 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 247 , 252 , 256 , 258 , 261 , 282 , 284 – 5 , 287 – 9 , 300 , 312 , 314 , 336 , Kirkegaard, 346 382 , 387 , 425 , 427 , 442 , 446 – 8 Kreiner, Jamie, 24 , 163 , 164 , 286 combined with other works, 365 – 7 Krusch, Bruno, 134 , 145 , 146 , 148 , 149 , 151 , 153 , compared to poems of Venantius 174 , 175 , 217 , 221 , 222 , 226 , 238 , 239 , 246 , Fortunatus, 93 – 6 250 , 280 , 310 , 311 , 313 – 14 , 324 infl uence on historia ecclesiastica of Kunibert of Cologne, Bishop, 176 , 183 Lorsch, 403 – 6 Kurze, Friedrich, 338 revised in Chronicle of Fredegar, 167 – 74 , Kusternig, Andreas, 175 , 208 176 – 7 , 183 – 5 , 198 – 202 , 205 , 216 , 227 , 230 , 235 , 285 Lantfrid, Duke, 328 , 329 revised in Liber historiae Francorum , 242 – 3 , Lavinia, 89 244 – 5 , 246 – 7 , 248 – 50 , 253 , 254 , 257 – 8 , Le Jan, Régine, 388 259 , 260 – 1 , 266 – 9 , 270 , 271 , 273 , 284 , 285 , Leo III, Pope, 353 , 375 , 383 309 – 10 , 398 Leo III, Emperor, 350 Hummer, Hans, 389 , 392 , 393 Leocadia, grandmother of Gregory of Huns, 13 , 53 , 62 , 78 , 155 , 199 – 200 , 201 – 3 , Tours, 144 261 , 317 , 345 , 354 , 374 , 388 , 392 , 412 , Leocadius, great-grandfather of Gregory of see also Avars Tours, 46 , 144 Hydatius, 72 , 75 , 167 , 171 , 199 , 201 , 202, 203 , Levison, Wilhelm, 134 205 , 223 , 229 – 30 , 257 , 312 , 314 , 348 , 349 lex Alamannorum , 328 , 329 , 330 , 452 – 3 lex Baiuvariorum , 328 – 30 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 339 , Ingram, comes , 388 344 , 452 – 3 Inguo, mythical ancestor, 82 , 216 Lex Francorum Chamavorum , see Ewa ad Amorem Innes, Matthew, 8 Lex Gundobada , 434 Irenaeus, Bishop, 144 Lex Ripuaria , 234 , 359 Irmingard, Empress, 388 , 403 , 422 , 423 , 435 Lex Salica , 40 , 103 , 106 – 8 , 111 – 12 , 114 , 122 , Isidore of Seville, 9 – 10 , 11 , 13 , 214 – 15 , 239 , 257 , 233 – 4 , 243 – 4 , 247 , 262 , 266 , 330 – 3 , 340 , 346 , 349 359 , 380 , 400 , 408 , 447 Chronica maiora , 221 – 2 , 255 – 6 , 286 , 346 , 347 Liber historiae Francorum , 21 , 108 , 134 , 240 – 55 , Etymologiae sive origines , 9 – 10 , 263 , 310 , 257 – 87 , 290 , 291 , 295 – 6 , 299, 309 – 11 , 312 , 329 313 – 14 , 318 – 21 , 322 , 325 – 6 , 331 – 3 , 336 , 347 , Israel, 259 , 269 , 280 , 283 , 321 , 322 , 325 348 , 349 , 370 , 375 , 394 – 400 , 407 – 8 , 409 , Israelites, 55 , 68 , 69 – 70 , 145 , 258 – 60 , 272 , 275 , 428 – 30 , 441 , 442 , 449 – 51 280 , 284 , 450 Libri duo de synodalibus causis et disciplinis Istio, mythical ancestor, 82 , 216 ecclesiasticis , 8 Italy, 61 , 94 , 99 , 149 , 151 , 154 , 167 , 199 , 203 , 305 , Lienhard, Thomas, 101 308 , 317 , 342 –3 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 348 , 350 – 1 , Life of Caesarius of Arles, 76 352 , 353 , 354 , 374 , 381 , 391 , 412 , 416 , 418 , Life of Charlemagne, see Einhard 420 , 422 , 453 , 455 Life of John of Réôme , 162 – 3 Loire, 15 Jerome, 11 , 28 , 63 , 69 , 70 , 130 , 168 , 172 , 202 , 218 , Lombards, 58 , 59 , 62 , 69 , 94 , 233 , 315 , 327 , 342 , 347 , 348 345 , 350 , 372 , 387 , 435 , 443 , 452 Chronicle of, 71 , 74 – 5 , 77 , 117 , 118 , 167 , 171 – 2 , kingdom of, 289 , 317 , 339 , 342 , 354 , 453 , 455 185 – 6 , 199 , 218 – 20 , 222 – 6 , 227 – 9 , 237 , 255 , rulers of, 305 , 341 , 343 , 351 , 452 257 , 258 , 271 , 312 , 314 , 346 , 348 , 447 Lorsch Annals, 351 – 63 , 374 – 5 , 378 , 381 , 382 – 3 , Jesus Christ, 44 , 68 , 71 , 328 , 371 , 372 , 435 384 , 385 , 393 – 4 , 401 , 413 Jews, 349 , 434 Lothar I, Emperor, 418 , 420 , 423 , 425 , 432 , 435 Johannes, noble, son of the dux Lupus, 211 Louis the German, King, 435 – 7 John of Biclaro, 75 Louis the Pious, Emperor, 354 , 375 , 381 , 388 , Jonas of Bobbio, 160 – 1 , 162 – 3 , 191 – 2 , 194 , 402 , 403 , 414 , 417 – 20 , 422 – 5 , 426 , 431 – 4 , 196 , 210 435 – 7 , 438 , 439

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Lucan, 84 Nibelung Carolingian historian, newphew of Luhmann, Nicklas, 7 Charles Martel, 295 , 296 , 299 – 300 , 304 , Lupus, dux , 91 – 2 , 93 , 122 , 153 , 199 , 210 – 12 309 , 313 , 315 , 318 , 326 , 328 , 330 , 340 , 342 , 344 , 347 , 350 , 402 , 405 , 408 , 411 , 428 , 441 , Maas, Michael, 81 450 – 1 , 452 Magnus, vir inluster , adviser of Chlothar II in Nicetius of Lyons, Bishop, 17 , 35 , 48 – 9 , 150 , 405 the prologue of the lex Baiuvariorum , 329 Northgow, 381 , 385 Magnus of Toulouse, Bishop, 60 Manaulf, noble, 187 , 188 Odilo, Bavarian duke, 340 , 372 Mannus, mythical ancestor, 82 Oexle, Otto Gerhard, 403 , 404 , 405 manuscripts, see the list of cited manuscript in Orosius, 28 , 54 , 186 , 227 , 346 , 347 – 8 , 438 the bibliography Historiae , 364 Marius of Avenches, 75 , 76 , 167 , 218 , 221 , 222 , Ostrogoths, 75 , 203 , 230 255 , 286 kingdom of, 210 , 214 , 348 Martianus Capella, 129 Otto, maior domus , 194 , 195 Martianus, Emperor, 72 Martin of Tours, Bishop, 28 , 29 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 41 , Pactus legis Salicae , see Lex Salica 43 , 45 , 49 , 51 , 52 , 62 , 128 , 146 , 155 , 163 , 196 , Pactus pro tenore pacis, 103 , 106 – 8 199 , 232 , 272 Parthenius, Roman adviser of Theudebert I, 58 Maurontus, patricius , 323 , 324 Paul, comes , 13 Maximus, Emperor, 41 , 43 , 54 , 163 , 232 Pelagius, comes stabuli , 30 – 1 , 39 McCormick, Michael, 413 Phocas, Emperor, 349 McKitterick, Rosamond, 21 , 313 , 323 , 338 , Pippin I, 176 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 189 , 194 , 195 , 237 , 352 , 362 , 365 , 375 , 392 , 393 , 412 , 414 , 240 , 276 , 281 , 317 , 318 , 388 418 , 421 alliance with Arnulf of Metz, 194 , 197 , Merobaudes, Roman general, 77 199 , 210 Merovech, King, eponymous hero of the Pippin II, 195 , 240 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 303 , 307 , Merovingian dynasty, 40 – 1 , 42 , 66 , 114 , 319 –20 , 353 , 367 , 370 – 2 , 379 , 382 , 383 , 387 151 , 152 , 170 – 1 , 176 , 236 , 244 – 5 , 260 – 1 Pippin of Aquitaine, 423 , 431 – 2 , 435 Merovech, Merovingian prince, 94 , 116 Pippin of Herstal, see Pippin II Merovingian rulers, 1 , 3 , 29 , 32 , 40 , 48 , 58 , 69 , Pippin of Italy, 354 , 375 , 381 , 418 , 452 75 , 79 , 81 , 98 – 123 , 170 – 1 , 210 , 233 , 235 , 237 , Pippin III/I, fi rst Carolingian King, 280 , 295 , 252 –3 , 259 , 287 – 8 , 290 – 1 , 295 , 296 , 298 , 296 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 303 , 304 – 5 , 306 – 7 , 308 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 303 , 305 , 318 , 319 , 326 – 7 , 328 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 325 , 327 – 8 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 342 , 343 , 370 , 444 – 6 , 453 , see 330 –1 , 333 – 5 , 340 , 342 , 343 , 345 , 349 , 350 , Charibert I , Childebert I , Childebert II , 351 , 352 , 354 , 369 , 372 – 3 , 374 , 382 , 383 , 384 , Childebert III , Childebert the Adopted , 400 , 418 , 450 , 452 Childeric II , Childeric III , Chilperic I , Pippinids, 175 – 6 , 182 , 186 , 188 , 191 , 194 – 5 , 197 , Chilperic II , Chlodomer , Chlothar I , 210 , 231 , 234 , 276 , 278 – 9 , 282 , 290 , 298 , Chlothar II , Chlothar III , Chlothar IV , 302 , 304 , 307 , 350 , 388 , 407, 449 Clovis I , Clovis II , Dagobert I , Guntram , Plectrude, wife of Pippin II, 277 , 321 Sigibert I , Sigibert II , Sigibert III , Poeta Saxo , 337 , 443 Theudebald I , Theudebert I , Theudebert Pohl, Walter, 9 , 11 , 407 II , Theuderic I , Theuderic II , Theuderic Pompey/Pompeius, 91 , 172 , 211 , 226 – 7 III , Theuderic IV Praetextatus, Bishop, 39 – 43 , 58 , 67 , 121 , 122 , 152 , Metz Annals, 278 , 367 – 84 , 396 , 402 , 408 , 410 , 157 , 163 , 232 413 – 14 , 420 , 426 , 431 , 432 , 454 Priscus, Byzantine historian, 49 , 78 Munderic, claimant to the Frankish throne, Procopius, Byzantine historian, 79 – 80 , 81 , 109 – 10 , 111 , 148 82 , 118 Prosper of Aquitaine, 167 , 220 – 1 , 346 Näf, Beat, 301 Prudentius of Troyes, Bishop, 427 Nantechild, Queen, 162 , 183 , 186 Ptolemaios, 203 – 5 , 208 Nelson, Janet, 355 , 368 , 378 , 382 , 390 , 391 , 394 , 410 Radbod, dux , 319 Nero, Emperor, 45 , 47 , 71 , 249 Radegund, Queen, 93 – 4

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Ragnachar, King, 57 , 111 , 148 Servius, King, 70 Ranke, Leopold von, 335 Sidonius Apollinaris, 15 – 17 , 84 , 86 , 111 , 131 , 243 reges Francorum , see Franks, rulers of Sigibert I, King, 33 , 34 , 39 – 40 , 61 , 62 , 66 , 88 – 9 , Reginhar, Eastern Frankish noble, 420 90 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 116 , 120 , 127 , 132 , 148 , 150 , Regino of Prüm, Abbot, 8 – 9 , 337 , 444 151, 160 , 189 , 217 , 289 , 446 Remigius of Rheims, Bishop, 46 , 56 , 96 , 99 , Sigibert II, King, 159 , 221 101 , 173 , 243 , 264 , 265 , 270 , 288 , 397 Sigibert III, King, 183 , 194 – 5 , 196 , 271 Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus, historian, 53 , Sigibert of Cologne, King, 109 , 111 54 , 63 , 200 – 1 Sigimund, commander of Sigibert I, 94 Resl, Brigitte, 21 Sigulf, pretender, 61 Rhône, 15 Sindbert, abbot, 392 – 3 Ricbod, abbot of Lorsch, 352 – 3 , 360 – 3 , 367 Slavs, 175 , 182 , 317 , 340 , 372 , 375 Richomer, magister militum , 77 under Samo, 412 , 414 , 418 Rigunth, Merovingian princess, 38 , 58 , 154 Solinus, 438 Rio, Alice, 100 Spain, 10 , 59 , 72 , 79 , 167 , 227 Ripuarians, 234 , 283 , 343 , 395 Suevians, 6 , 75 , 229 , 439 , 443 , see also Sueves laws of, see Lex Ripuaria Sulpicius Alexander, 22 – 3 , 54 , 63 , 108 , 138 , 169 Roccolen, dux of Chilperic I, 34 , 151 , 157 Syagrius, Roman king, 13 , 15 , 17 , 55 , 83 Roman Empire, 6 , 13 – 17 , 45 – 6 , 70 – 3 , 142 , 190 Syagrius, Roman aristocrat in the Burgundian Christianisation of, 44 kingdom, 17 Europe after the, 9 – 13 , 17 – 20 , 74 – 5 Frankish relations to, 76 – 87 , 89 – 93 , 98 , 103 , Table of Nations, 82 – 3 , 118 , 216 – 17 116 – 21 , 167 , 169 , 171 , 185 – 6 , 198 – 203 , Tassilo, Bavarian Duke, 331 , 339 – 40 , 341 , 343 , 208 – 11 , 212 – 31 , 243 – 4 , 246 – 7 , 262 , 279 – 80 , 344 , 345 , 354 , 369 – 70 , 392 , 411 , 453 285 , 301 , 303 , 329 – 30 , 333 – 4 , 336 , 347 – 9 , Thegan, Bishop, 428 , 437– 8 , 443 350 – 1 , 444 – 6 , 447 – 8 , 449 – 50 Theoderic the Great, King, patricius, 99 , 167 , Romans, 10 , 14 – 15 , 70 –71 , 80 – 81 , 243 – 7 199 , 203 – 5 , 214 , 256 , 289 , 351 laws of, 31 , 103 – 5 , 106 , 213 – 14 , 216 , 233 , 329 , Theodore I, Pope, 174 332 – 3 , 454 Theodoric I, Visigothic King, 78 , 201 Romaric, Abbot, 193 – 4 , 195 – 7 , 210 , 211 , see also Theodorus, Bishop, 61 Romaricus Theudebald I, King, 63 , 95 , 173 , 236 , 248 Rom(w)ulf, son of dux Lupus, 193 , 211 Theudebert I, King, 28 , 58 , 82 , 95 , 101 , 127 , 174 , Rothari, King, 233 177 , 181 , 207 , 264 Royal Frankish Annals, 296 , 315 , 335 – 45 , 351 , Theudebert II, King, 61 – 2 , 99 , 159 , 160 , 180 , 352 , 363 , 367 , 369 , 373 – 4 , 390 , 408, 409 – 20 , 181, 190 , 193 , 196 , 208 , 210 , 221 , 248 , 422 , 425 – 32 , 434 , 438 , 440 – 3 , 444 , 453 , 454 255 , 395 Rufi nus of Aquileia, 130 Theudebert III, 276 , 370 Historia ecclesiastica , 45 , 364 , 365 – 7 , 400 Theudebert, son of Chilperic, 66 , 94 Theuderic I, King, 58 , 93 , 95 , 96 , 109 , 148 , 173 , Salic Law, see Lex Salica 177 , 184 , 229 , 329 Samo, ruler of the Slavs, 175 , 182 , 317 Theuderic II, King, 159 , 160 , 174 , 177 , 180 – 1 , Saracens, 232 , 257 , 321 , 323 , 324 , 350 , 372 , 419 190 , 191 , 192 – 3 , 196 , 207 – 8 , 210 , 221 , 248 , Saxons, 4 , 6 , 13 , 58 , 59 , 63 , 69 , 71 , 147 , 150 , 152 , 255 , 395 183 , 216 , 227 , 230 , 250 – 1 , 252 , 269 , 273 , Theuderic III, King, 275 , 320 , 371 274 , 318 , 321 , 327 , 342 , 345 , 354 , 370 , 372 , Theuderic IV, King, 240 , 276 , 296 , 302 , 325 374 , 379 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 390 , 412 , 416 – 17 , Thorismund, 78 , 201 – 2 422 , 441 , 443 Thuringia, 185 , 245 – 6 , 274 , 309 , 381 , 383 , 385 laws of, 359 , 454 Thuringians, 6 , 68 , 70 , 94 , 173 , 245 , 271 , 274 , Saxony, 354 , 381 , 385 , 390 , 402 , 422 383 , 390 , 409 Scaliger, Joseph Justus, 81 , 218 laws of, 359 , 454 Schmidt-Wiegand, Ruth, 104 , 107 , 112 revolt of, 354 , 391 – 2 , 393 – 4 , 395 – 6 Schneidmüller, Bernd, 442 Timagenes, 84 Schnürer, Gustav, 175 , 191 , 208 Torcoth, mythical ruler, 168 , 172 Scipio, 91 , 211 Trajan, Emperor, 45 , 71 , 90 Scythians, 434 Treaty of Andelot, 64 , 102 , 138 , 159

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Trojan origin myths rule in Gaul, 15 Frankish, 1 , 2 – 6 , 7 – 8 , 11 , 15 , 21 , 22 , 56 – 70 , rulers of, 10 , 15 , 57 , 78 , 88 , 255 75 – 87 , 93 – 6 , 99 – 103 , 107 – 9 , 111 – 16 , 118 , Vita Karoli Magni, see Einhard: Life of 120 – 3 , 136 – 40 , 166 , 168 – 74 , 176 – 80 , 197 – 8 , Charlemagne 199 , 201 – 3 , 223 – 8 , 230 , 231 – 9 , 240 – 9 , 257 , 263, 270 – 5 , 277 – 81 , 282 – 91 , 295 – 359 , Waifar, Duke, 327 , 332 , 342 368 – 88 , 394 – 6 , 421 – 55 Walahfrid Strabo, 437 – 40 Roman, 70 – 2 Waldelenus, dux , 161 Tulga, King, 257 Walderada, Queen, 58 Wallace-Hadrill, Michael, 311 Ubl, Karl, 40 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 340 , 400 Warmarius, Merovingian envoy, 174 Warnachar (1), maior domus , 177 , 193 Valens, Emperor, 71 Warnachar (2), maior domus , 174 , 177 , 181 , 186 , Valentinian III, Emperor, 53 , 243 – 4 , 272 , 189 , 192 – 3 , 194 , 195 , 199 , 210 , 394 , 449 348 , 395 Wasconia, 354 , 381 , 422 Valentinus, 23 , 138 , 146 Wasconians, 370 Vandals, 75 , 79 , 199 , 203 , 230 , 245 White, Richard, 14 – 15 kingdom of, 52 , 55 – 6 , 167 , 348 Willebad, patricius , 186 – 8 , 213 , 232 , 271 Variae (Cassiodoros), 99 Willeswind, noblewoman from the Rhineland, Venantius Fortunatus, 88 – 97 , 108 , 111 , 114 , 116 , 352 , 389 117 , 131 – 3 , 161 , 177 , 209 , 211 , 243 Wolfram, Herwig, 99 , 303 , 305 , 306 , 323 , 340 , Venerable Bede, the, see Bede 350 , 435 Vergil, see Virgil Woll, Ingrid, 107 Vettius Epagathus, 45 – 6 , 142 – 4 Wood, Ian, 33 , 34 , 35 , 85 , 157 , 161 , 167 , 175 – 6 , Victor of Aquitaine, computist, 349 190 , 197 , 207 , 209 , 253 – 4 Virgil, 84 – 6 , 89 , 168 , 171 Wood, Jamie, 10 , 256 , 346 Visigoths, 49, 53 , 62 , 64 , 75 , 78 , 79 , 86 , 109 , 156 , Wulfoald, maior domus , 195 , 275 202 , 203 , 229 , 267 , 274 kingdoms of, 167 , 203 , 209 , 230 , 256 , Zeller, Bernhard, 436 257 , 455 Zotz, Thomas, 439

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