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Widukind
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Widukind
(from the article `Germany`) ...as he did when he executed 4,500 Saxons at Verden, and garrison the defense points abandoned by the Saxons. In time, resistance to the Franks gave ... ...conquered more German territory and secured the eastern frontier. By means of military campaigns and missionary ac... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/35
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Widukind
Widukind (8th/9th centuries; modernized name Wittekind) was a pagan Saxon leader and the chief opponent of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars. Widukind was the leader of the Saxons against the Frankish king Charlemagne (later emperor of the West). In 782, when Charlemagne organized Saxony as a Frank... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind
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Widukind
Widukind, Saxon historian: see Wittekind. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0920327.html
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Widukind
Widukind (wid'OOkind) or Wittekind (wit'u–) , d. 807?, leader of the Saxons against the Frankish king Charlemagne (later emperor of the West). In 782, when Charlemagne organized Saxony as a Frankish province and ordered forced conversion of the pagan Saxons, the Saxons under Widukind r... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852204.html
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