This Byzantine dynasty concluded in 602 CE, not long after the death of Gregory of Tours

Toward the end of the episode we explored the parallels between Roman historiography and Gregory’s book, finding many of them. One major difference, however, was the way that Gregory of Tours discusses:

Which of the following miraculous events does Gregory NOT describe in the Historia Francorum?

Whom did the great-granddaughters accuse of malfeasance in Poitiers?

The most villainous Merovingian king in the Historia Francorum is probably:

The final five books of Gregory’s Historia Francorum chronicle which decade?

This literary scholar, in 1946, found Gregory of Tours’ writing style compassionate, vivid, and invested in local history, rather than inept and disorganized, which had been the prevailing opinion for much of history.

This Merovingian monarch, who feuded with his uncle intermittently, was successful even though he came to the throne at the age of only five.

In the second half of the Historia Francorum, Gregory recounts theological debates he had with:

In Gregory’s book, the Byzantines pay King Childebert to do something, but he puts it off for a long time. What does King Childebert keep delaying?

Gregory writes about the Merovingian kingdom’s military efforts with:

In the second half of the Historia Francorum, the Frankish dynasty has intermarried with which neighboring dynasty?

In what year did King Clovis die, thus beginning the Merovingian dynasty?

The most villainous Merovingian king in the Historia Francorum is probably:

How many sons did Clovis pass power down to when he died?