From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: a reader

List of Illustrations and Maps      Abbreviations     Preface     Chapter One: The Early Franks        A. The Earliest Sources     1. Aurelius Victor, From the   Emperors (De Caesaribus)   2. From the   Latin Panegyrics (Panegyrici Latini)    B. Raiders, Invaders, and Roman Soldiers, a. 354-60    I. Silvanus the Usurper     3. The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XV 5     II. Julian in Gaul: Salians and Chamavi, a. 357-58        4. The Emperor Julian, From his   Letter to the Athenians    5. The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XVII 2, 8    6. Libanios of Antioch, From his   Funeral Oration over Julian    7. Eunapius of Sardis, Fragment 18.6.     III. Julian Proclaimed Augustus, a. 360     8. The History of Ammianus Marcellinus, XX 4     Chapter Two: Orosius on Empire, Barbarians, and Usurpers in the Late Fourth and Fifth Centuries     9. From the   Histories against the Pagans     Chapter Three: Three Gallic Courtiers and Poets: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Patriotism     A. Ausonius of Bordeaux        10.   A Ranking of Famous Cities, ca 390    11.   Bissula    12. From the   Epigrams    13. From the   Nuptial Cento: The Deflowering of the Bride     B. Rutilius Claudius Namatianus     14. From   His Voyage Home        a. In Praise of Rome    b. Trouble in Armorica    c. Judaism    d. Monasticism    e. Stilicho    C. Paulinus of Pella     15. From the   Thanksgiving (Eucharisticus)     Chapter Four: The Antique Chronicle Tradition in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries        16. Prosper of Aquitaine   17. The   Gallic Chronicle of 452   18. From the   Chronicle of Hydatius   19. The   Gallic Chronicle of 511   20. The Chronicle of Marius of Avenches     Chapter Five: Salvian of Marseilles on God\'s Judgment     21.   On the Governance of God     Chapter Six: Priscus of Panium on Attila the Hun         22. An Embassy to the Court of Attila, a. 449    23. Attila and the West, a. 450-52        i. Attila and Honoria   ii. Vandals and Huns    iii. Attila and the Franks    iv. Attila\'s Terms    v. Attila Meets the Pope    24. Attila\'s Death, a. 453     Chapter Seven: Fragments and Scraps of Fifth-Century History         25. The Franks and Imperial Politics, a. 388-420       i. Sulpicius Alexander    ii. Claudian on the Consulship of Stilicho, a. 400    iii. Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus         26. An Anonymous Sketch of the Reign of Honorius     27. Olympiodorus on Galla Placidia and the Goths   28. From the   Thanksgiving of Paulinus of Pella: The Sack of Bordeaux and the Siege of Bazas, a. 414/415    29. The Establishment of the Gallic Council of the Seven Provinces, a. 418   30. From the Comedy   Querolus: Laws of the Forest Along the Loire    31. Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus on Aetius   32. From the Imperial Decrees of the Theodosian Code and its   Interpretatio     a. Ranking Roman Society
    b.   Praescriptio Fori        33. From the   Life of St. Germanus by Constantius of Lyons: Taxes, Alans, and Bacaudae in Farther Gaul     34. From Sidonius Apollinariss Panegyrics on Avitus and Majorian     a. The Election of Avitus as Emperor
 b. Majorian and the Fight at Vicus Helena        35. From Lost Annals of Angers: Aegidius, Childeric, and Odoacer   36. Sales in the Code of Euric, ca. 475     Chapter Eight: The World of Sidonius Apollinaris: From Roman to Visigothic Gaul     37. From the Letters of Sidonius Apollinaris        i. Early Years, Before 467    ii. Sidonius Goes to Rome, a. 467-68    iii. From Prefect and Patrician to Bishop   iv. Sidonius the Bishop   v. Blockade of Clermont, a. 471-74   vi. Cession of Clermont and the Auvergne   vii. Sidonius, a Subject of Euric   viii. Last Thoughts on Latin Culture, History, and Nobility     Chapter Nine: Clovis, King of the Franks, a. 481/2-511        38. Letter of Bishop Remigius of Rheims to Clovis, a. 481/2    39. Letter of Bishop Avitus of Vienne to Clovis Regarding the King\'s Baptism, ca. 496-99    40. Letter of Bishop Remigius to Clovis on the Death of the Kings Sister   41. Three Letters of Theoderic the Great from the   Variae of Cassiodorus, a. 506/07   42. Letter of Clovis to Aquitanian Bishops on the Kings Peace and Apostolic Letters, a.507/08    43. Letter of the Bishops of the Council of Orleans to Clovis, a. 511    44. Letter of Bishop Remigius Regarding the Ordination of a Certain Claudius, ca. 512   45. Letter of Nicetius, Bishop of Trier, to Chlodoswintha, Queen of the Lombards, ca. 564   46. The Career of Clovis According to Gregory Bishop of Tours (594)     Chapter Ten: The   Histories of Gregory of Tours: The Frankish Kingdom, a. 511-90        47. From the Death of Clovis to the Death of Chlothar I, a. 511-61 (Books III-IV)   48. From the Division of Chlothars Kingdom to the Death of Sigibert I, a. 561-75 (Book IV)    49. The Reign of Childebert II, a. 576-90 (Books V-X)       i. To the Death of Chilperic, a. 576-84 (October) (Books V-VI)     ii. The Aftermath of Chilperics Death and the Revolt of Gundovald, a. 584 (October)-586 (Books VII-VIII)     iii. Revolt in Austrasia and the Fall of Egidius, a. 587-90 (Books IX-X)     Chapter Eleven: The World of Gregory of Tours    A. Antique Poetry and the Merovingian Court    50. Venantius Fortunatus Before the Synod of Berny, a. 580: On the Virtues of Chilperic     B. Episcopal Appointments in Gregory of Tours\'   Histories        51. The Rivalry of Cato and Cautinus in Clermont   52. Cato and Tours   53. Doing it the Wrong Way: A Bishop for Saintes    54. Doing it the Right Way: Avitus, Bishop of Clermont     C. Feuds in Gregory of Tours\'   Histories        55. Feud in the Family: Silvester\'s Son and Gregory\'s Brother Peter, a. 576   56. The Feuds of Sichar, a. 585 and 588   57. Fredegund Buries the Hatchet, a. 591     Chapter Twelve: Fredegar on Frankish History, a. 584-642    58. The Sixth Chronicle of Fredegar (Book IV)    Chapter Thirteen: Kings and Mayors: The Anonymous   History of the Franks (LHF) and the Frankish Kingdom, 639-727    59. Chapters 43-53 of the   History of the Franks (LHF)     Chapter Fourteen: Sanctity and Politics in the Times of Balthild and Her Sons    A. Queenship, Religion, and Politics     60. The   Life of Lady Balthild, Queen     B. A View From Abroad     61. Balthild, Ebroin, and Dagobert II in Stephen\'s   Life of Wilfrid     C. The Politics of Martyrdom in Seventh-Century Saints\' Lives        62. The   Passion of Leudegar    63. From the   Passion of Praejectus     Chapter Fifteen: Frankish Law     A. The Salic Law   (Lex Salica)        64. Wergelds and Compensation    65. Ordinary Procedure    66. Special Procedure I: Tracking and Third-Hand Procedure    67. Special Procedure II: Charging and Interrogating Slaves    68. Miscellaneous OVenses    69. Inheritance     B. Legislation of the Merovingian Kings         70. The Agreement of Childebert I and Chlothar I for Keeping the Peace, a. 511-58   71. The Decree of Childebert II, a. 596   72. Constitution of Chlothar (II?, 584-629)   73. The Edict of Paris of Chlothar II, October 614     C. Ecclesiastical Legislation     74. Clerical Privilege and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Canons of Church Councils        a. Orleans (I), a. 511    b. Epaone, a. 517   c. Orleans (III), a. 538   d. Orleans (IV), a. 541   e. Macon (I), a. 581/3   f. Macon (II), a. 585   g. Paris (V), October 614   h. Clichy, a. 626/27   i. Losne, a. 673/5    D. From The Formularies    75. Angers Fomulary        a. Loans and Mortgages
   b. Debt Bondage
   c. Manumissions
   d. A Judgment and Notice of its Performance
    e. Warranting and Default
   f. Notice of Discharge   (Securitas)
   g. Divorce    76. The Formulary of Marculf        a. Royal Appointment of a Count, Duke, or Patricius
   b. Enrolling in the King\'s Retinue
   c. A License to Become a Cleric
   d. Grants of Immunity
   e. Loan and Interest
   f. A Mandate    E. Royal Charters     77. Dispute Settlement Before the King\'s Court: A Judgment of Childebert III, a. 709 or 710    Chapter Sixteen: History, Legend, and Romance     A. The Origins of the Franks and Their Kings        78. Gregory of Tours,   Hist. II 9-10   79. Fredegar,   Chron. II 4-6, 8-9, and III 2, 9   80. The Anonymous   History of the Franks (LHF) 1-5     B. Historical Tales and Historical Romance in Fredegar\'s   Chronicle        81. Aetius, the Huns, and the Goths (II 53)   82. The Deeds of Theoderic the Great (II 56, 57, 59)   83. Chroc Follows His Mothers Advice (II 60)   84. Justinian, Belisarius, And Their Wives (II 62)   85. The Lombards, Narses, and Italy (III 65)    C. Tales of the Early Franks and Their Kings     I. Fredegar\'s   Chronicle        86. Overthrow of Trier (III 7)   87. Childeric and Wiomad (III 11)   88. Basina, Childeric, and Visions in the Night (III 12)   89. Clovis, Aurelianus, and Chlothild (III 18, 19)    90. The Baptism of Clovis (III 21)   91. Paternus, Clovis\'s Envoy to Alaric (II 58)   92. The Expulsion of Marcatrude by Guntram (III 56)   93. Gogo, Brunhild, and Chrodin (III 57-59)   94. The Death of Sigibert and the Rescue of Childebert II (III 70-72)   95. The Death of Chilperic (III 93)     II. The Anonymous   History of the Franks (LHF)        96. Clovis, Aurelianus, and Chlothild (LHF 11-14)   97. From Cloviss Campaign Against the Goths (LHF 17)   98. Fredegund Displaces Audovera (LHF 31)   99. Fredegund, Landeric, and the Death of Chilperic (LHF 35)   100. Fredegund Defeats the Austrasians at Droizy (LHF 36)   101. The Battles of the Orvanne and Zulpich, and the Death of Brunhild (LHF 37-40)   102. Chlothar and Dagobert (LHF 41)    Chapter Seventeen: Epilogues and Postscripts: From Charles Martel to the End of Merovingian Kingship     A. The Victories of Charles Martel     103. The First Continuator of Fredegar, a. 724-35   104. The Battle of Poitiers in the   Mozarabic Chronicle of 754    B. From The Correspondence of Saint Boniface        105. Charles Martel Commends Boniface to all Frankish Officials, a. 723 [XIV, 22]    106. Bishop Daniel of Winchester Advises Boniface on the Method of Conversion, a. 723-24 [XV, 23]    107. Replies of Pope Gregory II to Questions of Boniface, 22 November 726 [XVIII, 26]    108. Pope Gregory III Promotes Boniface to the Rank of Missionary Archbishop and Sends him the Pallium, ca. 732 [XX, 28]    109. Boniface to Pope Zacharias on the Latters Accession to the Papacy, early in 742 [XL, 50]    110. A Decree of Carloman, Mayor of the Eastern Franks, Based on Deliberations of Synods in 742 and 743 [XLIV (56)]    C. From Mayoralty to Kingship        111. From the Second and Third Continuation of Fredegar   112. From the   Royal Frankish Annals     D. Einhard on the last Merovingians     113. From the   Life of Charlemagne    Index of Source Types, Authors, and Works    List of Illustrations and Maps        Figures    1. The origin of the Franks according to Fredegar I    Genealogies        1. The Early Merovingians: Clovis, his Sons, and Grandsons    2. The Early Merovingians: Sigibert I, Brunhild, and their Descendants    3. The Early Merovingians: Chilperic I, Fredegund, and their Descendants    4. The Later Merovingians: Dagobert I and his Descendants    5. The Arnulfings or Pippinids (Early Carolingians)     Maps        1. Western Provinces of the Roman Empire ca. 400    2. Gaul in the Early Fifth Century   3. Spain and the Western Mediterranean in the Fifth Century   4. Bishoprics, Late Fifth to Late Seventh Centuries, Keyed to a List of Bishoprics and   Civitates of the Fifth-century   Notitia Galliarum    5. Regions of Gaul and Its Neighbours in the Merov