Following its violent conquest by Charlemagne (772–804), Saxony became both a Christian and a Carolingian region. This book sets out to re-evaluate the political integration and Christianization of Saxony and to show how the success of this transformation has important implications for how we view governance, the institutional church, and Christian communities in the early Middle Ages. A burgeoning array of Carolingian regional studies are pulled together to offer a new synthesis of the history of Saxony in the Carolingian Empire and to undercut the narrative of top-down Christianization with a more grassroots model that highlights the potential for diversity within Carolingian Christianity. This book is a comprehensive and accessible account which will provide students with a fresh view of the incorporation of Saxony into the Carolingian world.
Author(s): Ingrid Rembold
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Fourth Series, 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: XVIII+278
List of Figures page viii
Maps ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Note on Translations xv
List of Abbreviations xvi
Introduction 1
Part I. Politics of Conquest 37
1. The Saxon Wars 39
2. The "Stellinga" 85
Part II. Conversion and Christianization 141
3. Founder and Patrons 143
4. Religion and Society 188
Conclusion 243
Bibliography of Primary Sources in English Translation 245
Bibliography of Works Cited 247
Index 274
