Widukind, Saxon historian

Widukind, Saxon historian: see Wittekind Wittekind, Widukind, or Wettekind , c.925–c.1004, Saxon historian, a monk, frequently called Wittekind of Corvey. He wrote the Res gestae Saxonicae, a history of the Saxons from earliest times to 997.
..... Click the link for more information. .

Widukind, Saxon leader

Widukind (wĭd`

kĭnd) or Wittekind (wĭt`ə–), 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 resumed warfare against the Franks. In the course of the war Charlemagne is said to have ordered the massacre (783) of 4,500 Saxon prisoners. Widukind fled to Denmark, but the Saxons fought on all the more fiercely. In 785, Charlemagne offered Widukind a safe-conduct in order to negotiate peace. Widukind met the emperor and accepted baptism; Charlemagne was his godfather. Sporadic Saxon uprisings continued until 804.

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	Widgeon widget widget set widget-based interface WiDi Widmann, Joseph Viktor Widmannstaetten Structure Widmanstätten figures Widmanstatten patterns Widnes Widor, Charles Marie widow widow & orphan Widow Birds widow of Ephesus widow's mite widow's son of Nain widow's walk widower Widowhood Widrow-Hoff least-mean-squares algorithm Widsith width width control width table Widukind Widukind of Corvey WIE Wiechert, Ernst Wieczorek, Jozef Wieczorek, Józef Wied, Gustav Wied, Martina Wied, Martína Wiedemann Effect Wiedemann's additivity law Wiedemann, Gustav Wiedemann-Franz Law Wiegand effect Wiegand module Wiegand wire Wieland Wieland, Christoph Martin Wieland, Heinrich Wieland, Heinrich Otto Wieliczka Wielkopolska Wielkopolsko-Kujawska Lowland Wielopolski, Aleksander Wien Wien bridge oscillator	Widseth Smith Nolting Widsith Widsið WIDSL WIDT width width width width width width width control Width Depth Height Width Height Depth Width of Capital m Width of Fabric Width of Wheel Width Skew width table Width, Height, Length widths widths widths widths widthways widthwise WIDTIO WIDTS WIDU Widual Widukind Widukind of Corvey Widwe WIDWIDRICSAS WIDWIO Wie Wie Wie Geht Es Dir Wie Geht's? Wie Schreibe Ich Gute Artikel Wie Volhoudt Wint WIEA Wieacker-Wolff Syndrome WIEB Wiec Wiec WIECAH Wiechert Wiechert, Ernst Wiechert, Ernst Wieck, Clara Wieczorek, Jozef Wieczorek, Józef Wied Wied Wied Wied Wied Wied, Gustav Wied, Martina Wied, Martína

Mentioned in

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found