> told and shown that's an interesting way of saying "forced and killed". > charlemagne issued a number of decrees designed to break saxon resistance and to inflict capital punishment on anyone observing heathen practices or disrespecting the king's peace. his severe and uncompromising position, which earned him the title "butcher of saxons", caused his close adviser alcuin of york, later abbot of marmoutier abbey, tours, to urge leniency, as god's word should be spread not by the sword but by persuasion; but the wars continued.
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