Historical Artifacts

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Document from Charlemagne, Westphalia, 813 AD (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:813_Letzte_Urkunde_Karls_des_Gro%C3%9Fen.png

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Charlemagne's diploma from the year 813 bears witness to the conquest of Saxony by the Franks

1212 years ago. Astonishing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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