Widukind and Charlemagne. Composition enclosed in a double linear frame. Depiction of Widukind surrendering to Charlemagne. Charlemagne tried to subjugate the Saxons and impose Christianity on them by force; in 782 an uprising led by Widukind broke out and fighting flared up again. After the victorious Battle of Verdun in October 782, to discourage further resistance Charles ordered the execution of 4,500 Saxon prisoners. Widukind surrendered to the king in 785. Illustration for Cesar Cantu, Universal History (Polish translation by Leon Rogalski), published 1853–1857. Graphic print, steel
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Widukind and Charlemagne. Composition enclosed in a double linear frame. Depiction of Widukind surrendering to Charlemagne. Charlemagne tried to subjugate the Saxons and impose Christianity on them by force; in 782 an uprising led by Widukind broke out and fighting flared up again. After the victorious Battle of Verdun in October 782, to discourage further resistance Charles ordered the execution of 4,500 Saxon prisoners. Widukind surrendered to the king in 785. Illustration for Cesar Cantu, Universal History (Polish translation by Leon Rogalski), published 1853–1857. Graphic print, steel