CLOVIS I
(Clovis)
At the time he was a very young man and even his own people did not think it would happen. But he did win a major battle against the Romans.
To put the fine in perspective 200 shillings was the penalty for poisoning someone whereas 15 shillings was the penalty for trespassing and trampling someone’s crops. Even slandering a woman’s chastity carried a very severe penalty. The Salic Law is one of the very few documentations of the Merovingian dynasty.
Clovis did and the Romans were routed.
Clovis was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. He is considered to have been the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Frankish kingdom for the next two centuries.
