Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Selected Sources: Early Germanic States
Contents
Romanized (Christian) Goths
Vandals
Ostrogoths
Visigoths
Lombards
Non-Christian Germans
Franks
- The Ripuarian Law: Inheritance of Allodial Land, c.
450
- Tomb of Childeric, modern archeological report, copyrighted
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): On
Clovis and the Vase at Soissons, from History of the Franks, Book II. These are
different selections than in Tierney. Geary has much longer selection from Books II and
IX, from a copyrighted translation, but see next item. See also
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Franks
- The Conversion of Clovis: Two Accounts, 496
by The Chronicle of St. Denis, and Gregory of Tours.
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): The Conversion of
Clovis, from History of the Franks, Book II..
- Fifth Council of Orleans: Concerning Freedmen, 549
- Gregory of Tours: Enslaving Noble Families, 511
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Church Exemption from
Taxation, c. 570
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Exemption of Tours from
Poll Tax, c. 585
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Exemption of the Church in
Clermont from Royal Taxes, c. 590
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): History of the Franks,
6th century.
Complete text of Earnest Brehaut's 1916 abridged translation.
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Harsh Treatment of Serfs
and Slaves, c. 575
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Opposition to Royal
Taxation, c. 575-580
- Remigius of Reims and Avitus: Letters to Clovis, copyrighted
- Gregory of Tours (539-594): Life of St. Gall,
from Lives of the Fathers, (539-594).
- Law of the Salian Franks
- Dado of Rouen: The Life of Eligius , 588-660 CE, trans,
Jo Ann McNamara.
- St. Eligius: Redemption of Slaves, c. 630
- Tolls on the Rhône, c. 630
- Dagobert, King of the Franks: Grant of an Estate to
Monks of St. Denis, 635
Anglo-Saxons
Germanic Culture
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