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Clovis Founds the Frankish Empire – 4

Clovis, not content with taking possession of Soissons, and anxious to prevent any troublesome return, demanded of Alaric to send Syagrius back to

Attila had already arrived before Orleans and was laying siege to it.Continuing Clovis Founds the Frankish Empire,our selection from François P.G.

Probus had good reason to wish that "divine Providence might be pleased to increase the forces of the Roman armies,".Continuing Clovis Founds the

This series has nine easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionClovis, the sturdy Frank, wrought marvelous changes in Gaul. His marriage to the

Today's installment concludes The Black Death Reaches Europe,the name of our combined selection by J. F. C. Hecker and Giovanni Boccaccio. The

Already in the autumn of 1348 a dreadful panic, caused by this supposed poisoning, seized all nations; in Germany, especially.Continuing The Black

While all countries were filled with lamentations and woe, there first arose in Hungary, and afterward in Germany, the Brotherhood of the

The whole period during which the black plague raged with destructive violence in Europe was, with the exception of Russia, from 1347 to

In China, more than thirteen millions are said to have died; and this is in correspondence with the certainly exaggerated accounts from the rest of