"The History of the Franks by Gregory, bishop of Tours, is an historical record of great importance. The events which it relates are details of the perishing Roman Empire and the beginning of a great modern state and for these events it is often the sole authority" (p. ix).

"Again we hear of bishops who are illiterate. It is plain that the trend of the evidence is all in one direction, namely that in Gaul by this time the liberal arts had disappeared from education" (p. xiii)

"I believe that the word of the Father which made all things were made was Christ" (p. 5)

"Through intercourse with her companion the woman conceived and bore two sons. But when God received the sacrifice of the one with honor, the other was inflamed with envy; he rushed on his brother, overcame and killed him, becoming the first parricide by shedding...