--- Julie Kemp <juleskemp(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
HI all - I've come out of lurk mode for a bit.
As
some of you may have
noticed, there's a bit of French nationalist (no
offense to Anthere or
any other sensible contributor meant) irredentism on
the site - has been
for a while. There have been issues on Clovis I
(someone put up a coin
with a portrait of Clovis that said, "Clovis Ier,
Roy de France" as
proof that this 5th century Frank was a king of
France. Trouble is,
heading in a language (reasonable modern French) is
one of a couple
proofs that the coin was much later - proof that the
French consider
Clovis a French king, but not proof that he *was*.
Lots of arguments
on the talk pages - similar to those on the list of
French Monarchs.
Every time I think it's safe to go back in the water
. Could somebody
please have a look? I wrote a somewhat lengthy (and
in need of editing)
intro that explains the controversy, but it has not
been well-received
by M. Delson. Thanks -- Jules
He ! We indeed consider he was the first king of
France when he was made christian by Saint R�mi (even
though we usually refer to him as King of the franks
...). He was the one who started the history of
France, and we are tought he was chosen by the tribe
of franks to be king, and gave its name to our
country. But, what do we know ? It is just what we
learn in school :-) With no proof he was indeed
considered a king at that time.
Another future info fork between the french and the
english wiki :-)
Happy you are back.
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