The Wend fortress at Arkona on Rügen…

1168 CE

The Wend fortress at Arkona on Rügen falls to its Danish besiegers in 1168.

Its defenders, together with the rest of the Wends on Rügen, surrender to the Danes, who subjugate the Wends, destroy their idols and temples, and forcibly convert them to Christianity.

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Rügen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany View →

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Polytheism (“paganism”) View → Polabian Slavs (West Slavs) View → Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs) View → Denmark, Kingdom of View → Danes (Scandinavians) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View →

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Crusades, The View → Danish War against the Wends View →

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Weapons View →

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