Memoirs of the Queens of France, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Memoirs of the Queens of France, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Annie Forbes Bush and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of the Queens of France, Vol. 1 of 2 Clovis was the first chief who bore the title of King of France; for although several of his pre decessors had acquired great advantage in their attacks upon the Romans, hitherto they had ulti mately been repulsed with such vigour that they were frequently obliged to re-cross the Rhine; and Clovis was the first who resided as sole conqueror in France. The trifling importance attached to the greater number of the first race of kings, the similarity of their names, and, above all, the continual division of their states, inevitably introduced a degree of confusion into their history. Prior to the entire subjugation of Gaul by the Franks under Clovis, four French chiefs had succes sively reigned over a part of the country as kings; but very little is known of them, France having been at that time shrouded in the mist of barbarism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.