Saxony and the Elbe Slavs in the tenth century
Gerd Althoff
The conquest and incorporation of Saxony into the Carolingian empire, which Charles Great achieved after long bitter struggles, had far-reaching consequences for political institutional organisation Saxons. Ottonian rulers naturally could not avoid giving offices tasks to Saxon nobles from a pre-eminence within people might have been derived. in era was rich centres royal lordship exercised. active role played by female members family politics is also evident succession Conrad II 1024-25. Military conflict with Elbe Slavs essentially matter Saxons, as far we can see primarily Saxons living along borders. historiography tenth century thus hardly be characterised adequately 'Ottonian' historiography, still less 'Ottonian house tradition'.
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