The First "Holy War' Of The Christianity In The West

Charlemagne had reigned for forty-six years and had more than fifty-five wars abroad in Carolingian Dynasty in Western Europe in the Mediaeval. Especially, the war which Charlemagne conquered Saxons was most fierce,difficulty and prolonged among his many expansion wars. The war had last for thirty-two years from A.D.772 to A.D.804. The Franks and the Saxons all had important loss and leaders had sacrificed. At the end the Saxons gave in. Because of this war, Carolingian Dynasty got the Rhineland which had dominated by the Saxons. Charlemagne had then spread Christianity to the Saxons. He promulgated laws to stander the Saxons'behaviors, beliefs and obligations for Charlemagne. Since then Christianity developed for decades, the Saxons areas had became the strongest Christianity areas in the middle of the tenth century. Charlemagne conquer the Saxons has a far-reaching influence in the Mediaeval of the Western Europe.The issue about Saxon wars of Charlemagne often refers in the history of the Medieval in Europe. But the narrative and comment is not comprehensive enough. Especially, the Saxons'living conditions of who settled in the east bank of Rhine are rarely mentioned in the medieval historical books. This passage will to give a clear and comprehensive analysis about this war on the basis of widely reading the relevant historical material and to introduce Saxons'the custom and the religious beliefs of the early Middle Ages, to explore the reasons of the Germanic the Franks and Saxons'war, to objectively give a assessment of the war of the influence in early European Civilization and historical significance.In a word, the influence of this war is not ignored on the formation of the space in the early civilization of Europe. It also shows that war is a normal form in the formation of civilizations. The author hopes through writing this paper that can help readers understand more the importance of history.