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The Saxons Subdued Figure: Litus saxonicum c. 380 (public domain: source) Figure: Old Saxony c. 700 (public domain: source) Figure: Frankish Empire 481814 (CC-BY-SA: source) The Conquest of Old Saxony tributary to Franks defeated 531:

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The Saxons Subdued

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Figure: Litus saxonicum c. 380 (public domain: source)

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Figure: Old Saxony c. 700 (public domain: source)

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Figure: Frankish Empire 481–814 (CC-BY-SA: source)

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The Conquest of Old Saxony

▶ 531: Franks and Saxons conquer Thuringia; Thuringian Saxons made

tributary to Franks

▶ 556, 632–33: warfare leads to temporary lifting of tribute ▶ 715: Saxons invade Frankish territories ▶ 718: Saxons driven from Frankish territories by Charles Martel ▶ 720, 738: Charles Martel invades Saxony, imposes tribute ▶ 743: Eastern Saxons revolt against Frankish overlordship, are

defeated

▶ 748: Thuringian Saxons revolt, are defeated ▶ 772: Charlemagne declares war, invades, destroys Irminsul ▶ 774: Saxons rise up ▶ 775: Charlemagne defeats Saxons, exacts fealty ▶ 775, 776, 778: various uprisings ▶ 782: Saxony annexed; Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae issued ▶ 785: Widukind baptized ▶ 797: Capitulare Saxonicum issued ▶ 803: Lex Saxonum issued ▶ 804: Definitive incorporation into Carolingian Empire

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Sacred Trees

Figure: Boniface and Thor’s Oak (public domain; source) Figure: Charlemagne and the Irminsul (public domain; source) Figure: Yggdrasill (public domain; source)

→ Ari Hoptmann on the history of the Christmas tree ←

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Bibliography

Chatháin, Próinséas Ní and Michael Richter, eds. Irland und die Christenheit / Ireland and Christendom: Bibelstudien und Mission / The Bible and the Missions. Stuttgart: Klett, 1987. Print. Cusack, Carole M. Conversion Among the Germanic Peoples. London and New York: Cassell, 1998. Print. Cassell Religious Studies. Palmer, James T. Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish World, 690–900. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. Print. Studies in the Early Middle Ages 19. Russell, James C. The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Print.