1st Edition
Converting the Saxons A Study of Violence and Religion in Early Medieval Germany
By Yasha M. Cragle
Copyright 2024
296 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Utilizing a “crusading ethos,” from 772 to 804 AD, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, waged war against the continental Saxons to integrate them within the growing Frankish Empire and facilitate their conversion to Christianity. While substantial research has been produced concerning various components of Carolingian history, this work offers a unique examination of Charlemagne’s Saxon Wars as a... Read more
Introduction
Part I: Origins
- The Kingdom of the Franks
- The Early Saxons
- Early Franco-Saxon Conflict
- Old Saxon Paganism
- Confronting Paganism and the Foundations of the Early German Church
- The Makings of a Crusade, 772–777
- The Rise and Fall of Widukind, 777–785
- The Northern Campaigns, 786–804
- Turbulent Frontiers
- Saxons in the Age of Louis the Pious
- Christianization in Saxony under the Late Carolingians
- Stellinga and Beyond
Part II: Charlemagne’s Saxon Wars
Part III: Consequences
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Yasha M. Cragle has an MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam, where she conducted research on historical and contemporary Germanic/Norse paganism. She formerly worked as a Social Science Field Researcher for the University of Michigan as well as taught history in China. Her previous publications primarily concern philosophy, Early Medieval religion, and paganism and can be found in The Pomegranate and Journal of Thought. She currently works at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
