Excerpt from Flemish Relics: Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, as Connected With Public Buildings in BelgiumExhausted by its triumph and mastered by its own allies, the empire fell from bad to worse, so that, in effect, the ruling power in Gaul was that of the Visigoths, who, seated in Toulouse, held the southern part. The Burgundians had the eastern portion, while that in the north was in the hands of the Franks, who ultimately conquered the other tribes and divided the entire province between the sons of their king. We shall confine ourselves to a sketch of the history Of the latter, because the people of the provinces which the Romans styled the Belgicae, came in for the inheritance of Cazsar, founded the political power of the akenric, or Freeland, and gave the impetus which produced France, to which, for many ages, Flanders was attached.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.