# Saxon Wars

> campaigns and insurrections (772–804) between the Carolingian Empire and Saxons in what is now northwestern Germany; resulted in the incorporation of Saxony into the Frankish realm and their forcible conversion from Germanic paganism to Catholicism

**Wikidata**: [Q499909](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499909)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/saxon-wars


## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013