when were the franks around
Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks The Conversion of Clovis From The Chronicle of St. Denis, I.18-19, 23: Forum Weekly Poll Please Help Click Here The Franks Date 2001 A History of the Franks.Franks. Clovis. Christianity and the FranksThe Franks were a group of Germanic tribes that, about the middle of the 3rd century AD, dwelt along the middle and lower Rhine River.The Franks appeared in the Roman provinces around 253 and soon thereafter established themselves in two principal groups, the Salian and the Ripuarian.n 496 the Alemannians, a Germanic confederation like the Franks, who also had been, for some time past, assailing the Roman Empire on the banks of the Rhine or the frontiers of Switzerland, crossed the river and invaded the settlements of the Franks on the left bank.