The Merovingian kingdoms, 450-751
Subtitle: Ian Wood.
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Merovingians.; France -- History -- To 987.; France -- Church history -- To 987.; France -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Description: "The centuries immediately following the collapse of Roman rule in what is now France are an extraordinarily tangled time that is frequently dismissed as no more than a chaotic prelude to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. Ian Wood's aim is to demonstrate that there was more to Merovingian France than fratricidal kinglets, murderous queens, corrupt bishops and otherworldly monastic saints."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index.