do something about it. He invaded the area and pushed his way through, defeating every army that came against him. The local chieftains swore their allegiance to Charles and promised to send regular tributes to the Christian church. Then, Charles got distracted in Lombardy and they sort of forgot about those promises. Charles invades again, this time making his point more clear, making sure that there were no chiefs left undefeated, and forcing them to convert to Christianity or die. Then he leaves. They forget again and start killing Christian priests, rebuilding their temples, and refusing to pay tribute money. Charles comes back AGAIN. He devastates the land, defeats the armies, converts the chiefs AGAIN. Because they had converted, all of those who left the faith were guilty of apostasy, which justified any force that Charles might use against them. Thousands of Saxons were killed and entire villages destroyed. This gets tiresome. He leaves again. They rebel again. Charles is determined to stamp out these annoying people. He decides to fill up the land with Franks. He founds a whole bunch of monasteries and puts Franks in them. He founds new villages and fills them up, too. He carved up Saxony into little administrative units and gave them to his chief warriors to rule. He also took the Saxons out. He made the resettle in other parts of his kingdom. They were destroyed as a culture and never could rebel again. 3. BavariaBavaria, big chunk of southern Germany, is technically part of Charles kingdom. In reality, this was one branch of the hierarchy that had been allowed to go their own way for a very long time. Charles decided to come and reassert his authority. Duke of Bavaria objected, quick war, Charles wins and divides Bavaria among his nobility. The Bavarians were in the middle of fighting some wars against new invaders from the East and now Charles has to try to stop them, which he did pretty handily. He defeated them so utterly...
