Original: Frassetto , Michael , Encyclopedia of barbarian Europe , ( ABC-CLIO , 2003 ) , 126 Clovis was converted to Western Christianity , as opposed to the Arian Christianity common among the Germanic peoples at the time , at the instigation of his wife , Clotilda , a Burgundian .
Simplified: Clovis converted to Catholicism , as opposed to the Arian Christianity that was common among Germanic peoples , because his wife , the Burgundian Clotilde , was a Catholic .