Between Marklo and Merseburg: Assemblies and Their Sites in Saxony from the Beginning of Christianization to the Time of the Ottonian Kings
Caspar Ehlers
Are there any continuities between the places of assemblies in Saxony before Frankish conquest and after? What do we know about sites their locations, use, function for Saxons kings east-Frankish realm during 10th century? This paper shows spatial differences western part Saxonia eastern regions highlights chronological changes evident reign Carolingians successors, Ottonian kings, which were Saxon origin.… solam pene famam sequens hac parte [de origine statuque gentis], nimia vetustate omnem fere certitudinem obscurante.“… I have to follow mostly legends this [on origins elder Saxons] because distant time is darkening certainty.”
Journal of The North Atlantic