Wittekind, Saxon historian
Wittekind, Widukind, or Wettekind (wĭ`təkənd, wĭ`d
kĭnd, wĕ`tə–), 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.Wittekind, Saxon leader
Wittekind, Saxon leader: see Widukind Widukind or Wittekind , 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..... Click the link for more information. .
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