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cybalist@egroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> Apart from Saxony, the chief enemies of the Veleti and Obodrites
were Poland (from the beginning of the rebellion) and Denmark (in the
12th century); now and again they all formed temporary coalitions
against the "Vendic" Slavs. The last great pagan shrine of the
Obodrites at Arkona (on the island of Rügen) was destroyed in 1168 by
Valdemar the Great of Denmark.
>
A minor detail: all land north of the Elbe and Elster was Danish
approx 1201-1221 under Valdemar the Victorous. Most "historical maps"
skip this.
The raison d'etre of Denmark was to control the entrance to the
Baltic. Therefore Danish kings squandered their resources in an
attempt to force the Germans and the Hanse back.
Torsten