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	Saxon - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Under Carolingian rule, the Saxons were reduced to a tributary status.
		There is evidence that the Saxons, as well as Slavic tributaries like the Abodrites and the Wends, often provided troops to their Carolingian overlords.
		The dukes of Saxony became kings (Henry I, the Fowler, 919) and later the first Emperors (Henry's son, Otto I, the Great) of Germany during the 10th century, but lost this Position in 1024.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Saxon (478 words)

	Lotter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Second, in reviewing the previous German attempts to conquer the Slavs along the Elbe, he concludes that by 1147 the Abodrites had only the alternatives of being conquered--and thereby being submerged politically and culturally--or becoming a Christian state within the Church and the Empire.
		In choosing Christianization, the Abodrite leaders made possible an end to the ancient hostilities between German and Slav in Mecklenburg and Pomerania.
		The book was written for the specialist who is already familiar with the literature and history of the German eastward migration, and secondarily for those interested in the thought of St. Bernard.
	department.monm.edu /history/urban/reviews/Lotter.html (278 words)

	Please title this page. (Page 7) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Godfred's son Horik (814-54) in 838 requested of Charlemagne's successor Louis the Pious that Frisia and the Abodrites be given over to him, this request, according to the Annals of St Berrin, 'seemed to the emperor so thoroughly inappropriate that he utterly scorned and ignored it'.
		Either Horik was continuing his policy of cooperation with Frankish rulers against vikings operating from Frisia, or he felt a need to oblige Louis the German after his own attack up the Elbe and his defeat at the hands of the Saxons.
		The Abodrites were a valuable source of income to Godfred when Charlemagne wanted them as allies against the Saxons, and Danish influence in Saxony was also important; Saxon magnates sought shelter in Denmark.
	www.hum.ou.dk /projects/histtid/summary/102_21.html (870 words)

	Saxon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Under (A member of the Carolingian dynasty) Carolingian rule, the Saxons were reduced to a tributary status.
		There is evidence that the Saxons, as well as Slavic tributaries like the (Click link for more info and facts about Abodrites) Abodrites and the (Click link for more info and facts about Wends) Wends, often provided troops to their Carolingian overlords.
		The duchy was divided up in 1180 when Duke (Click link for more info and facts about Henry the Lion) Henry the Lion, Emperor Otto's grandson, refused to follow Emperor (Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)) Frederick Barbarossa into war in Italy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saxon.htm (455 words)

	CANUTE VI - Online Information article about CANUTE VI
		This victory led two years later to the voluntary submission of the two Abodrite princes Niklot and Borwin to the Danish See also:
		crown, where-upon the bulk of the Abodrite dominions, which extended from the See also:
		Holstein, wasted the dominions of the Danophil Abodrites.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAL_CAR/CANUTE_VI.html (497 words)

	The Powerful Frankish Kings
		He had forced nation after nation to submit to his rule.
		The 'Abodrites' and 'Frisians' had become his allies and in 776 only the Saxons were left.
		They lived just south of Denmark and sought the help of the Danes.
	www.viking.no /e/denmark/e-frank.htm (191 words)

	Einhard on the Coronation of Charlemagne
		In the meantime he sent his son Charles, with a part of the army,
		to the Elbe to settle certain matters with the Wilzer and Abodrites and to receive into his charge certain of the North Saxons.
		While he was awaiting his son's return, the pope arrived, was honorably received, and remained several days with him.
	www.historyguide.org /ancient/coronation.html (1095 words)

	Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen (formerly often called Albert): Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
		Adalbert returned with Henry in May, 1047, and devoted himself to diocesan affairs.
		In the territories of the Abodrites (Obotrites) Gottschalk had gained supreme power, and worked with Adalbert for the introduction of Christianity (see GOTTSCHALK, 2).
		Norway, Sweden, and Denmark had all recognized the spiritual jurisdiction of Hamburg; but an effort was now made to break away from it.
	cblibrary.org /schaff_h/aa/adalbert_hb.htm (931 words)

	AlternateHistory.com Discussion Board - Composite TL II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		March 26th, 2004 12:16 AM I call the tribes of northern Germany and the Netherlands, if that's all right.
		That'd be, primarily, the Frisians, Saxons, Bructeri, Abodrites, Liutizes, Veleti, and, if possible, the Pomeranians.
		If that's too much, I'll settle for just the Frisians, Saxons, and Abodrites...
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/printthread.php?t=2281 (1314 words)

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