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The Elbe Germanization: How Charlemagne Conquered the Saxons
Long before the Hanseatic League or the Prussian state, the land east of the Rhine was shaped by fire and blood. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Saxon Wars (772–804), when Charlemagne spent three decades crushing the pagan Saxons and forcing them into his Christian Frankish empire. We discuss the brutal massacre at Verden, where an estimated 4,500 Saxon nobles were executed in a single day; the role of the Irminsul, a sacred tree-shrine that the Saxons believed held up the sky; and the controversial Lex Saxonum law that made resistance a capital offense. We also touch on how this…
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