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H enry I of G ermany's 929 military campaign in archaeological perspective
Author(s) -
Bachrach David S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/emed.12020
Subject(s) - offensive , sophistication , frontier , perspective (graphical) , history , politics , archaeology , political science , engineering , operations research , art , sociology , law , visual arts , social science
In 929, K ing H enry I of G ermany (919–36) launched an exceptionally successful offensive against the S lav polities along the length of his eastern frontier. This campaign, which is recorded in contemporary written accounts, has long been known to historians, and its importance in the political history of the G erman kingdom is undisputed. However, to date, there is no book‐length or article‐length study devoted to H enry's military successes in 929. This article fills that striking lacuna by drawing on the vast body of information provided through excavations, which sheds considerable new light on the scale and sophistication of H enry I 's undertaking.