Page "Liber Historiae Francorum" Paragraph 3

From the outset, the book promises to present the origins and deeds of the Frankish kings and people.

It tells that the Franks originated with a group of Trojan refugees who found themselves on the north coast of the Black Sea and thence made their way across the Danubian plain to the Rhineland ; in this, it relies heavily upon the Gallo-Roman bishop and historian Gregory of Tours ( d. 594 ), whose history it epitomizes, occasionally correctsand parallels.

The last eleven chapters, 43-53 in Krusch's edition, present an independent account of events in the Frankish lands in the 7th and early 8th centuries and attract historians ' interest, as they cover ground not lighted by any other source.