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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Theodoricus I., King of the Franks
• Theodebert I., King of the Franks
• Clovis, King of Salian Franks
King James Dictionary
• Frank
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Frank Duff
• Duff, Frank
• Doings of God Through the Franks
Webster Dictionary
• Frankness
• Franking
• Franked
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Carloman of the Franks
• Frank Abney Hastings
• Frank Andrew Munsey
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Arnee, Frank
• Brown, Frank
• Cobb, Frank, Woodbury
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Buckland, Francis (Frank)
• Franks
• Holl, Frank
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Michael Sigismund Frank
• The Franks
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Frank, Eve
• Frank, Jacob, and the Frankists
• Frank, Kathi (Katharina Frankl)
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The name given in the 3rd century to a confederation of Germanic tribes, who subsequently grouped themselves into two main bodies called the Salians and the Ripuarians, the former dwelling on the Upper Rhine, and the latter on the Middle Rhine. Under their king, Clovis, the Salians overran Central Gaul, subjugating the Ripuarians, and extending their territory from the Scheldt to the Loire, whence in course of time there generally developed the kingdom of France. The Franks were of a tall and martial bearing, and thoroughly democratic in their political instincts.