Note 047 These cruelties, which are passionately deplored by Theodoric, the son of Clovis (Gregory of Tours, l. iii. c. 10, p. 190), suit the time and circumstances of the invasion of Attila. His residence in Thuringia ws long attested by popular tradition; and he is supposed to have assembled a 'couroultai', or diet, in the territory of Eisenach. See Mascou, ix. 30, who settles with nice accuracy the extent of ancient Thuringia, and derives its narne from the Gothic tribe of the Thervingi.

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