My main interest in The History of the Franks is the idea of taking sanctuary in churches. Hermangild probably illustrates this example the best because when “he realized that he had no hope at all of winning,” “he sought sanctuary in a near-by church” (Book V Chapter 38). What interested me mainly was that this was not an isolated case, and sanctuary was often given at churches. More importantly, military leaders were unwilling to force the church to give up the protected. Gregory seems to think that the leaders were afraid of God’s retribution; however, kings often did not seem to “fear” God as much as Gregory seems to say. So, why did kings not attack the churches giving sanctuary? Was it really because they feared God or did they actually fear the churches? And if they feared the churches why did they? Therefore, because of these unanswered questions I would like to discuss in class the relationship between the churches and the rulers more deeply.