The Saxon Expeditions against the Wends and the Foundation of Magdeburg during Otto I’s Reign
Mihai Dragnea
During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions in Europe aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony over a territory. On other hand, there were who deliberately refused be elected as emperors, although their reign showed some characteristics rule. This essay ask for reasons why such Otto I strove agenda and how expeditions his margraves across Elbe legitimized by contemporary writers. According universal expansion including both Christians pagans all world, Ottonian kingdom became empire, intrinsically Christian one, however, which followed Carolingian model.
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