The Merovingians from the French Revolution to the Third Republic
Edward James
In the early twentieth century, French schoolchildren were taught almost nothing about Merovingians: a great change from century earlier. This article explores some of reasons why public image Merovingians and their Frankish subjects altered in course political changes which unrolled France after Revolution. A crucial figure was Augustin Thierry, whose eloquent rewriting what Gregory Tours had to say 560s 570s widely read, contributed towards widespread neglect history. The ends by examining few artists who inspired (partly Thierry himself) take for subject matter, above all Laurens Luminais.
Early Medieval Europe