The Massacre of Verden was an event during the Saxon Wars where the Frankish king Charlemagne ordered the death of 4,500 Saxons in October 782. Charlemagne...
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important trade route. Verden is famous for a massacre of Saxons in 782, committed on the orders of Charlemagne (the Massacre of Verden), for its cathedral...
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Charlemagne (redirect from Charles I of France)
over a large part of Europe. Charlemagne spread Christianity to his new conquests (often by force), as seen at the Massacre of Verden against the Saxons...
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Widukind (category Year of birth unknown)
500 Saxons executed at the Massacre of Verden. Widukind allied himself with the Frisians but Charlemagne's winter attacks of 784/785 were nevertheless...
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Saxon Wars (category History of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Frisian–Frankish wars Massacre of Verden Saxony Duchy of Saxony Germanic peoples Jennifer R. Davis (2015), Charlemagne's Practice of Empire (Cambridge: Cambridge...
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contemporary definitions of religious persecution typically do not include actions taken during war, the Massacre of Verden represents an event that is...
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Donar's Oak (redirect from Oak of Thor)
death for Saxon pagans refusing to convert to Christianity Massacre of Verden, a massacre of 4,500 captive pagan Saxons ordered by Charlemagne in 782 Caill...
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Carolingian Empire (redirect from List of Lands of the Carolingian Empire)
804, with such events as the Massacre of Verden in 782 and the codification of the Lex Saxonum in 802. Prior to the death of Charlemagne, the Empire was...
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Geschichte der Alamannen (Wege der Forschungen), Darmstadt, 1979 Blood court Stockholm Bloodbath (similar event in Swedish history) Massacre of Verden v t e...
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Schleswig-Holstein (redirect from List of honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein)
execution of 4,500 Saxons, an atrocity that became known as the Massacre of Verden. Following this brutal act, Charlemagne was nicknamed the "Butcher of Saxons"...
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