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26 de abr. de 2024 · Saxon, member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast. The period of Roman decline in the northwest area of the empire was marked by vigorous Saxon piracy in the North Sea. During the 5th century ce the Saxons spread rapidly through north Germany and along the coasts of Gaul and ...
The old town centre is made up of cobbled alleyways, and beautiful timber-framed houses, overseen by the hilltop abbey of St. Wiperty and Quedlinburg Castle (pictured below). It is this well-preserved area that was added to the World Heritage list, as the buildings demonstrate Romanesque architecture from the 10th and 11th centuries.
This broad sweep of what is now northern Germany became known by the migrants in post-Roman Britain as Old Saxony. The name 'Saxon' itself was formed by combining a word for a type of knife - a seaxe , or sax - plus the common Germanic plural suffix which was often used after the name of a tribe, this being '-on' (whereas today English speakers would use an 's').
The current territory of Saxony Land (pop., 2001 est.: 4,384,192) occupies the southeastern portion of what was formerly East Germany and covers an area of 7,080 sq mi (18,337 sq km). The capital is Dresden. Welf Dynasty Summary. Welf Dynasty, dynasty of German nobles and rulers who were the chief rivals of the Hohenstaufens in Italy and ...
Kingdom of Saxony. The Kingdom of Saxony ( German: Königreich Sachsen ), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxony. From 1871, it was part of the German Empire.
17 de ago. de 2021 · They then destroyed the Irminsul in Old Saxon Westphalia. The Christian Franks continued to attack Heathen Saxony again and again from the years 772-804. Yet the Saxons arose again and again against the foreign Christian Frankish oppression and their Roman god. Widukind led the Saxons in the Saxon Wars, the wars for the freedom of Heathen Saxony.
29 de jul. de 2021 · So for the next book in the saga, The Saxon Wolf (out December 2021), I’ve decided to rectify that and include a map of Old Saxony at the time of the action in my books (end of the 8th century). I’m posting it here so that anyone who is currently reading The Last Berserker can benefit from it too.
