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English: Charlemagne / Krodo / Engraving

Charlemagne (Charles the Great or Charles I), c.742 - 814, founder of the Carolingian Empire and the first Emperor in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. - Charlemagne has a statue of the Germanic god of the Saxons 'Krodo' torn down and destroyed and has a church built near where it stood.- Engraving by Matthäus Merian the Elder. From: Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt on the Main (M.Merian)

1630, p.456. Coloured later.
Deutsch: 1-K130-E772-5-B (1150894)

Karl der Große läßt Crodo niederreißen

Karl I. der Große; König der Franken, röm.Kaiser; 747-814. / - Karl der Große läßt den Sachsengott Crodo oder 'Krot- tenteufel' niederreißen und zerhauen; in der Nähe wird eine Kirche gebaut'. - Kupferstich von Matthäus Merian d.Ä.. Aus: Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Histori- sche Chronica, Frankfurt a.M. (M.Merian)

1630, S.456. Spätere Kolorierung.
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Charlemagne orders the destruction of a statue of Krodo, a Germanic pagan deity, and a church erected in its place

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