Charlemagne Causing The Saxons To Be Baptised In The Weser

Charlemagne Causing the Saxons to be Baptised in the Weser', (782AD), 1890. Charlemagne (742-814) King of the Franks prescribed death to Saxon pagans who refused to convert to Christianity, 4,500 prisoners were beheaded in the Massacre of Verden. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)
Charlemagne Causing the Saxons to be Baptised in the Weser', (782AD), 1890. Charlemagne (742-814) King of the Franks prescribed death to Saxon pagans who refused to convert to Christianity, 4,500 prisoners were beheaded in the Massacre of Verden. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)
Charlemagne Causing The Saxons To Be Baptised In The Weser
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January 01, 1890
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