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Review title: Important work, good translation
Product review: First, this work tells us a lot of what we know about the Merovingian kings of France. It also provides a few rather odd looks at pagan survivals among the Franks, such as the role of female soothsayers (which Gregory oddly discounts in part because angels told him the same thing that the soothsayers were telling), some possible hints into old Frankish mythology, and the naming traditions which seem extremely consistent with those of later Viking Age Scandinavia.On top of this, the work is one of our most important early historiographies of France. It is interesting regarding the struggles against the Arians, and at times Gregory seems to obsess somewhat on proving his loyalty to the Catholic Church. Indeed a large portion of book one seems to have been included solely for this reason.This book is thus one of the more important primary sources for the study of the dark ages, and of early Germanic peoples. Highly recommended.
