FRANKISH CHURCH COLLECTION

The Frankish church is commonly called the "eldest daughter" of the Western Church, and the body of documents that has come forth from this early period is one of the largest. This is a collection of sentinel documents relating to the early church in Roman Gaul, the Frankish realms, and the beginnings of the modern state of France. These works constitute some of the earliest account of the rituals and history of the French church, its liturgy, saints, and hagiographies. It also contains various state documents from the Frankish monarchs who oversaw its construction and continued welfare, up to the the Carolingian Era and the demise of Frankish sovereignty in the year 987 AD.