What was the significance of the baptism of Clovis for the kingdom of the Franks?

Clovis was baptized in the city of Reims in 496. His conversion to Christianity opened up wide opportunities for friendship with Byzantium, which made it possible to expand his possessions. After baptism, nothing changed in Clovis’ state policy, Gaul remained pagan. After the end of the Gothic War, Clovis made Paris the capital of all his lands and settled there. He ordered the construction of the Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul, where he was buried after his death in 511. In 511, before his death, Clovis initiated the 1st Frankish church council in Orleans with the aim of transforming the Gallic church. He also contributed to the establishment of “Salicheskaya Pravda” – the code of laws of the francs.