Charlemagne and the Saxon War

Each historian interprets the past in a different way, interprets it from its own perspective, and leads it to several aspects of the story. Readers often have to decide which ideas are more logical, likely, or consistent. It takes a lot of time and effort to explain the war as it must include all aspects of the story. While Becher, Barbero, Collins, and Buckman have approached Charlemagne's life from a variety of perspectives, Barbero seems to make the strongest claim about the cause of the Saxon war.

During the Saxon War, Charlemagne, the king of Christian Frank, tried to rule Christianity and govern the saxon, fighting pagan saxoners for more than two decades. During this period saxons repeatedly refused to rule Christianity and Charlemagne and hence often rebelled. During this period, in 782, Charlemagne records that it massacreates 4,500 rebels Saxon prisoners at Weldon (Welden Massacre) and enacts laws including refusing or assisting in converting to Christianity The death sentence of the believer who was done. Do the same thing (ex: Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae). Although the rebellion continued after his death (like the rebellion of Stellinga), Charlemagne successfully laid the foundation for Saxon Christianization, but could not reach the Scandinavians, they are still infidels.

After a brief review of the main sources of use, the early Carolingian-Saxon conflict, the important goal of Frank's invasion, and the religious motivation of Charlemagne, this article focuses on religious and cultural elements Saxon war Offer a story. Five important events were focused: destruction of Irminsul, collision with Widukind, Verden 's mass execution, Capitulatio departibus Saxoniæ' s problem, and Saxon people 's forced migration. The Royal Franconia Annual is a major source of information on the history of the Saxon War. They provided an official history over the period from 741 to 829 while recording the events in about 790 years. With this fix, additional material will be added between 814 and 817. RFA clearly states that there is no real reflection or meaningful comment in the annual entry, but RFA details the main events of the Saxon War from Frank's point of view.