Conquest and Christianization
Saxony and the Carolingian World, 772–888

Re-evaluates the political integration and Christianization of Saxony following its violent conquest (772–804) by Charlemagne.

Ingrid Rembold (Author)

9781316647202, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 March 2020

295 pages, 1 b/w illus. 5 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.35 kg

'Rembold's study brings together core texts, and offers a conventional account of the conversion of the Saxons, which is of use for Anglophone readers.' Carole M. Cusack, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association

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.

Introduction
Part I. Politics of Conquest: 1. The Saxon Wars
2. The Stellinga
Part II. Conversion and Christianization: 3. Founders and patrons
4. Religion and society
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]