496 Religion

Baptism of Clovis

Name: Baptism of Clovis
Start: 0496

At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.

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Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.

What was written of it

Nations are not something eternal. They began, they will end. The European confederation, probably, will replace them.

Ernest Renan 1882

What is a Nation?

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