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Under the second Frankish dynasty, the Empire was renewed in the West, where it had been for a time put an end to by these Teutonic invasions, and the then Frankish king, Charles the Great, took his place as Emperor at its head. UNDER THE SECOND FRANKISH DYNASTY THE EMPIRE WAS RENEWED IN THE WEST WHERE IT HAD BEEN FOR A TIME PUT AN END TO BY THESE TEUTONIC INVASIONS AND THE THEN FRANKISH KING CHARLES THE GREAT TOOK HIS PLACE AS EMPEROR AT ITS HEAD
ance by degrees. In the earliest days of which we have any account, it was peopled by the Celts, and it was known to the Romans as part of a larger country which bore the name of Gaul. After all of it, save the north-western moorlands, or what we now call Brittany, had been conquered and settled by the Romans, it was overrun by tribes of the great Teutonic race, the same family to which Englishmen belong. Of these tribes, the Goths settled in the provinces to the south; the Burgundians, in the east, around the Jura; while the Franks, coming over the rivers in its unprotected north-eastern corner, and making themselves masters of a far wider territory, broke up into two kingdoms--that of the Eastern Franks in what is now Germany, and that of the Western Franks reaching from the Rhine to the Atlantic. These Franks subdued all the other Teutonic conquerors of Gaul, while they adopted the religion, the language, and some of the civilization of the Romanized Gauls who became their subjects. ONLY GAINED THE NAME OF FRANCE BY DEGREES IN THE EARLIEST DAYS OF WHICH WE HAVE ANY ACCOUNT IT WAS PEOPLED BY THE CELTS AND IT WAS KNOWN TO THE ROMANS AS PART OF A LARGER COUNTRY WHICH BORE THE NAME OF GAUL AFTER ALL OF IT SAVE THE NORTH WESTERN MOORLANDS OR WHAT WE NOW CALL BRITTANY HAD BEEN CONQUERED AND SETTLED BY THE ROMANS IT WAS OVERRUN BY TRIBES OF THE GREAT TEUTONIC RACE THE SAME FAMILY TO WHICH ENGLISHMEN BELONG OF THESE TRIBES THE GOTHS SETTLED IN THE PROVINCES TO THE SOUTH THE BURGUNDIANS IN THE EAST AROUND THE JURA WHILE THE FRANKS COMING OVER THE RIVERS IN ITS UNPROTECTED NORTHEASTERN CORNER AND MAKING THEMSELVES MASTERS OF A FAR WIDER TERRITORY BROKE UP INTO TWO KINGDOMS THAT OF THE EASTERN FRANKS IN WHAT IS NOW GERMANY AND THAT OF THE WESTERN FRANKS REACHING FROM THE RHINE TO THE ATLANTIC THESE FRANKS SUBDUED ALL THE OTHER TEUTONIC CONQUERORS OF GAUL WHILE THEY ADOPTED THE RELIGION THE LANGUAGE AND SOME OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE ROMANIZED GAULS WHO BECAME THEIR SUBJECTS
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