'Charlemagne Causing the Saxons to be Baptised in the Weser', (782AD). 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'Charlemagne Causing the Saxons to be Baptised in the Weser', (782AD), 1890. Charlemagne (742-814) King of the Franks prescribed death to Saxon pagans who refused to convert to Christianity, 4,500 prisoners were beheaded in the Massacre of Verden. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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