L'histoire des âges moyens; une histoire élémentaire pour les sixième et septième années . s être le travail d'une autre personne, les Francs. Les francs étaient les premiers de tous les Germaninvaders à s'installer dans la province romaine de Gaule, ils étaient les derniers à établir une puissance de leur propriétaire dans cette terre. Gaul, dans les cinq cents ans qui avaient passé la conquête de la sincéeits par «Iulius César, était devenu plus Romaneven que l'Italie elle-même. Mais sa longue domination par l'étranger a affaibli sa force. L'esprit du patriotismad est mort, et le peuple des derniers jours de l'Empire a été opprimé par de lourdes taxes.

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The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . s to be the work of another people, the Franks. The Franks were the earliest of all the Germaninvaders to settle in the Roman province of Gaul, butthey were the last to establish a power of their ownin that land. Gaul, in the five hundred years that had passed sinceits conquest by «Iulius Caesar, had become more Romaneven than Italy itself. But its long rule by foreignershad weakened its strength. The spirit of patriotismhad died out, and the people in the latter days of theEmpire were oppressed by heavy taxes. So Gaul, equally with the other provinces, was unable to otferresistance to the barbarians. 62 RISE OF TEE FEANKS 63 A hundred years before the West-Goths crossed theDanube, bands of Franks had been allowed to crossthe Rhine, from their homes on the right , „ . Their first bank of that river, and to establish them- settlement in Gaul. selves as the allies or subjects of Rome on the western bank. There they dwelt, gaining in numbers and in power, until news came of the deeds. FRANKS CROSSING THE RHINE of Alaric. When the Vandals, Burgundians, and otherGermanic tribes tried to cross the Rhine, the Frankson the left bank resisted them, but their resistance wasovercome. Then the Franks also set out to build up a power oftheir own within the Roman territory. Gradually theyoccupied what is now northern France, together withBelgium and Holland. AVhen the Iluns swept intoGaul, tlie Franks fought against them, side by sideAvith the Romans and West-Goths. And, wiien Attilawas defeated and had retired, the Franks were allowed G4 TEE STOEY OF THE MIDDLE AGES to take possession of certain cities in the valley of theRhine which the Huns had won from the Romans. So, by the time that Odoacer overthrew the last of the Roman Emperors of the West, the Franks had secured a firm footing in the Empire. But Their early fhey werc Still hcathcn, and they were j^et weakness. - ^ ^ ^ far from being str

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