[AD] P. 47, l. 29. Et ab ea die tanquam consul aut Augustus est vocitatus. The opinion is held that it was an honorary consulship to which Clovis was appointed. Cf. Pfister, in Cambridge Mediaeval History, vol. II, p. 115.
[AE] P. 49, l. 29 f. Cf. p. [50], l. 17 f. According to the description of Clovis he was entirely emancipated from the clan morality which was so powerful among the Franks of his time.
[AF] P. 53, l. 36. The case of Gundobad is hardly to the point, since he enjoyed a long and prosperous reign and left his kingdom to his son Sigismund. See also note on p. [44].
[AG] P. 54, l. 6 f. For a map showing this division see Longnon’s Atlas. Theodoric had his capital at Rheims and held Auvergne, Clodomer held Tours and Poitiers and made Orleans his capital. Childebert had Paris, and Clothar, Soissons, for his capital. Note that all divided equally, Theodoric the son of a concubine (p. [38]) with the rest.
[AH] P. 54, l. 22. Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (475-526).
[AI] P. 55, l. 13 f. See p. [38].
[AJ] P. 56, l. 21. Cf. p. [54]. Hermenfred had “forgotten” to reward Theodoric. The atrocities of the Thuringians are mentioned only here.
[AK] P. 57, l. 3. Ecce verbum directum habemus. Cf. p. [84], l. 8, Verbum enim directum non habemus. The verbum directum was not justification to public opinion but to the supernatural powers. Cf. p. [45], 4 f. and Introd. pp. [xxiv-xxv].
[AL] P. 59, l. 2. Vitry in Champagne.
[AM] P. 60, c. 15. This story is from Gregory’s family tradition. The bishop of Langres was Gregory’s great-grandfather and Attalus was a relative. Trèves was in Theodoric’s territory (Longnon, p. 368), so that Attalus must have been a hostage from Childebert. However, Longnon (p. 209) gives reasons for the opinion that Langres also belonged to Theodoric. In that case Attalus must have belonged to some other city and must have gone to Gregory merely for protection. For a contrary opinion see Bonnell, Die Anfänge des Karolingischen Hauses, p. 204, Note 2.