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The Church Fathers · c. 573–594

The History of the Franks

Decem Libri Historiarum

Gregory of Tours · c. 538–594

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What it is

Ten books from creation to the author's own day, dominated by the murderous politics of the Merovingian royal family, told in a Latin the author apologises for.

Why it lasted

The indispensable source for sixth-century Gaul, and one of the most vivid narratives to survive from the early Middle Ages.

Where to read it

Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.

These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.

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