Stelle His motibus ita conpositis, Sclavis...; (Vita Karoli Magni (814 - 830), 12 (p. 15)) [4902]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Abodriti, [wurzel: Abodrit] Ethnonym: Aisti, [wurzel: Aist] Ethnonym: Dani, [wurzel: dan] Ethnonym: Franci, [wurzel: Franc] Keyword: natio, [wurzel: natio] Ethnonym: Normanni, [wurzel: Normann] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg] Ethnonym: Saxones, [wurzel: saxon] Ethnonym: Sclavi, [wurzel: sclav] Ethnonym: Sueones, [wurzel: Sueon] Ethnonym: Welatabi, [wurzel: Welatab] Ethnonym: Wilzi, [wurzel: Wilz]
ID	4902
Text	Vita Karoli Magni (814 - 830) Einhard
Quotation	His motibus ita conpositis, Sclavis, qui nostra consuetudine Wilzi, proprie vero, id est sua locutione, Welatabi dicuntur, bellum inlatum est. In quo et Saxones velut auxiliares inter ceteras nationes, quae regis signa iussae sequebantur, quamquam ficta et minus devota oboedientia, militabant. Causa belli erat, quod Abodritos, qui cum Francis olim foederati erant, adsidua incursione lacessebant nec iussionibus coerceri poterant. Sinus quidam ab occidentali oceano orientem versus porrigitur, longitudinis quidem inconpertae, latitudinis vero quae nusquam centum milia passuum excedat, cum in multis locis contractior inveniatur. Hunc multae circumsedent nationes; Dani siquidem ac Sueones, quos Nordmannos vocamus, et septentrionale litus et omnes in eo insulas tenent. At litus australe Sclavi et Aisti et aliae diversae incolunt nationes; inter quos vel praecipui sunt, quibus tunc a rege bellum inferebatur, Welatabi. Quos ille una tantum et quam per se gesserat expeditione ita contudit ac domuit, ut ulterius imperata facere minime rennudendum iudicarent.
Translation	So, these rebellions having been put down, war was carried to the Slavs, whom we customarily call Wilzi but who are properly, that is, in their own language, called Welatabi. In that war, the Saxons fought as auxiliaries, just like the other peoples who followed the royal standard and command, although their obedience was feigned and less devoted. The cause of the war was that the Abotrits, who had earlier allied with the Franks, were suﬀering from constant attacks, and the Wilzi could not be compelled to stop by commands. A certain bay extends to the east from the Western Ocean. It is of unknown length, and its width never exceeds one hundred miles and is often much narrower. Many peoples live around it. The Danes and Swedes, whom we call Northmen, hold the northern shore and the islands along it. Slavs, Estonians, and various other peoples live along the eastern shore. The Welatabi were the most prominent among them, and it was against them that the king was commencing a war. In just one campaign, which he waged himself, Charles so smashed and dominated them that they never again thought of refusing to obey his commands. (Trans. Noble, 32)
Quotation source	12 (p. 15)
Temporal Coverage	813 - 813
Associated use case(s)	Between the Baltic and the Elbe: the Danish-Saxon-Slavic frontier: Laura Gazzoli Mapping morals: Peoples, faith and virtue in Europe’s North, c. 830–c. 1200: Laura Gazzoli
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