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campaigns and insurrections (772–804) between the Carolingian Empire and Saxons in what is now northwestern Germany; resulted in the incorporation of Saxony into the Frankish realm and their forcible conversion from Germanic paganism to Catholicism

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Instance of
war
Named after
Saxons
Country
Francia
Location
Germania
Image
Zerstörung der Irminsaule durch Karl den Großen by Heinrich Leutemann.jpg
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start time
0772-00-00
end time
0804-00-00
described by source
Royal Frankish Annals
Commons category
Saxon Wars
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