6. Franks, Brits, and Pope Gregory

With the collapse of the Roman Empire, the domains of the former power fell into a patchwork of decentralized regions, with the Church serving as the only unifying influence. Within a few decades, however, a new political power arose in Gaul led by Clovis, the man who united the Franks and took control of most of the region that would eventually become France. About the same time, Pope Gregory sent the missionary monk Augustine to preach to the Angles and Saxons who had taken control of a major part of Britain.