Economic and military aspects of the Frankish conquest of Saxony

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ID12732263
AuthorsChristopher Landon (0000-0001-9676-4301, University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume19
Issue1
Publication date2020-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-0542 • E-ISSN: 1478-0542
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hic3.12643
OpenAlexW3115375678
LanguageEN
References cited35

The Frankish conquest of Saxony represents one of the most intensively studied topics of Carolingian history. Yet the underlying motives that drove Frankish expansion into the lands between the Rhine and the Elbe remain poorly understood. In general, these motives have been discussed in terms of defensive strategy on the one hand and ideology (and specifically Christianization) on the other. In fact, however, there are good reasons for considering the conquest as part of a larger economic/military approach on the part of the Franks, focussed on securing Saxony's wide array of material resources, not least of which was the military potential of the Saxons themselves

Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianization · CONQUEST · Economic history · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History

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