... wars with the Saxons. Soon, the Saxons were forced to accept the terms of Charlemagne; they had to leave their pagan religion, accept Christianity, and be united with the Franks (Einhard p.133). During the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the High Middle Ages, the Church discharged its religious mission through the crusades, initiated by the Church in order to spread Christianity ... ...

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