VASE SOISSONS episode of barbaric wars in France: among the goods looted by soldiers of the Frankish King Clovis I (466-511) in a church during the Battle of Soissons of 486, was a precious vase is particularly dear to the clergy. The bishop of Reims asked the king to give back at least winning the pot for the Church. The king accepted the request, provided that he had personally obtained in the division of the spoils of war, but one of its soldiers was opposed to his claim, and broke the vase with his ax. Clovis I killed some time after the soldier with his own weapon. Despite the outcome of the episode, the defeat of the last bastion of the Roman Empire and the overture King franc against the Catholic Bishop, laid the foundations for a new alliance between the two powers, which converisone and culminated with the baptism of the Merovingian kings. French figurine, circa 1900 cromolitografia

Francia

title: CLOVIS I KING OF THE FRANKS AND VESSEL SOISSONS

subject date: 2015-06-10

caption: VASE SOISSONS episode of barbaric wars in France: among the goods looted by soldiers of the Frankish King Clovis I (466-511) in a church during the Battle of Soissons of 486, was a precious vase is particularly dear to the clergy. The bishop of Reims asked the king to give back at least winning the pot for the Church. The king accepted the request, provided that he had personally obtained in the division of the spoils of war, but one of its soldiers was opposed to his claim, and broke the vase with his ax. Clovis I killed some time after the soldier with his own weapon. Despite the outcome of the episode, the defeat of the last bastion of the Roman Empire and the overture King franc against the Catholic Bishop, laid the foundations for a new alliance between the two powers, which converisone and culminated with the baptism of the Merovingian kings. French figurine, circa 1900 cromolitografia

category: HIS

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country: Francia

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Novecento

subject century: V

subject epoch: Medioevo

technique: Cromolitografia

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Clovis Ispoils of warWestern Roman Empirefamous battlesMerovingiansFrancechurchjarsiegeSoissonsFranks

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