The History of the Franks is a comprehensive guide to the spread of Frankish culture throughout and up to the sixth century C.E. A large topic of the history is the Christianization of Western Europe, which was perhaps the largest event taking place at the time. Although historians find the book very useful to piece together basic information about what was happening in the timeline of Gregory of Tours, skeptics say that the book was written to please patrons, and is therefore unreliable.
Born around 538, Gregory of Tours was historian and Bishop of Tours, located in Gaul, which is modern day France. Before Gregory, the area he ruled was simply dubbed Gaul by the Romans. Through his writing, Gregory helped to let people recognize the rich nature of Frankish culture. His most famous work is History of the Franks.
