PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDocument from Charlemagne, Westphalia, 813 ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:813_Letzte_Urkunde_Karls_des_Großen.png
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month ago Charlemagne’s diploma from the year 813 bears witness to the conquest of Saxony by the Franks 1212 years ago. Astonishing.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoThe certificate is about giving a Saxon named Asik a forrest as restitution for the homeland his father Hiddi had to leave behind for being loyal to Karl (Charles) during the Saxon wars. https://www.archive.nrw.de/sites/default/files/media/files/Vortrag_Schuette_813x.pdf
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1212 years ago. Astonishing.
The certificate is about giving a Saxon named Asik a forrest as restitution for the homeland his father Hiddi had to leave behind for being loyal to Karl (Charles) during the Saxon wars.
https://www.archive.nrw.de/sites/default/files/media/files/Vortrag_Schuette_813x.pdf