Book 5 Summary and Analysis

Naturally it is not possible to fit into a summary all the details of the original book. Portions of the work are being passed over in order to ensure that some details can be given of the events described through the text. The English being used in the book has been conscientiously modernized for the sake of the readers. This is worth appreciating because it had not actually been like that until editors furthered the work of the first translators.

Chilperic and Merovech are the main Kings found in this chapter. One of them is notorious. Readers may be accustomed to the delusion that monarchs forced their leadership upon the people. While there were moments when this was the case, the truth is that the leaders were selected by the people. This shows through the negative during this chapter, when Rauching's...