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Kings And Christian Church Relationship

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To what extent was the success of the Franks due to the relationship between the kings and the Christian Church?

The success of the Franks could be directly attributed to the relationship between the kings and the Christian church. The propaganda of the christian Catholic church, helped solidify Clovis’ position as king, and therefore the position of subsequent Frankish kings, in the eyes of the Roman government. This is most evident in the writing of Gregory of Tours, a Catholic Bishop who wrote in the sixth century and is a major source of Clovis. He writes an account of Clovis’ conversion to Christianity. This passage is influential in stabilising the Franks’ position as it shows that everything they did after Clovis’ conversion was done

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