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This kingdom in name covered all the country west of the Upper Meuse, but practically the Neustrian king had little power south of the Loire; and the Celts of Brittany were never included in it. THE KINGDOM IN NAME COVERED ALL THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE UPPER MERCE BUT PRACTICALLY THE NEW STRIAN KING HAD LITTLE POWER SOUTH OF THE LOIRE AND THE CELTS OF BRITTANY WERE NEVER INCLUDED IN IT
 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. 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. But in the time of his grandsons the various kingdoms and nations of which the Empire was composed, fell apart again under different descendants of his. One of these, _Charles the Bald_, was made King of the Western Franks in what was termed the Neustrian, or "not eastern," kingdom, from which the present France has sprung. E 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 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 BUT IN THE TIME OF HIS GRANDSONS THE VARIOUS KINGDOMS AND NATIONS OF WHICH THE EMPIRE WAS COMPOSED FELL APART AGAIN UNDER DIFFERENT DESCENDANTS OF HIS ONE OF THESE CHARLES THE BALD WAS MADE KING OF THE WESTERN FRANKS IN WHAT WAS TERMED THE NEW STREN OR NOT EASTERN KINGDOM FROM WHICH THE PRESENT FRANCE HAS SPRUNG
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