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becoming prince of the isle, and
Valdemar its king. The island's population was christened and baptized, and the islanders were forced to build new Christian churches. The total success of this crusade revitalized the notion of crusades in the region, and seemed to confirm to the Christian world that
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writes that the siege only lasted for 8 days. The siege was reportedly so short because a fire broke out beneath one of the fortress's towers, forcing the
Wendish defenders to divert a significant portion of their manpower in order to put out the fire. Seeing this, the bishop Absalon urged the King
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to attack the fortress, and so King
Valdemar began a full assault. The Danish forces capitalized on the distracted Wends, who could not prevent the Danes from taking the gate and the fortress along with it. The Danes then plundered the settlement and destroyed the temple of
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against his rivals for the throne, whereupon the Wends were sent to harry the lands of those who did not recognize his claim. Sweyn was ultimately defeated by King
Valdemar, leaving a king who was hostile to the Wends on the Danish throne. After reunifying Denmark,
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began reorganizing his military in a style akin to that of the
Vikings, focusing heavily on amphibious assault and raiding. These raids culminated in the late 1160s when King Valdemar and Bishop
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Wendish forces of the temple-fortress of Arkona. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Danish forces, after which the rest of
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With the fortress taken, the island submitted to Danish rule. The victorious Danes established the principality of Rügen, with
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the pagans of northeastern Europe could only be
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was a short eight-day siege between the Danish and
Pommeranian forces under
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839:"Indtagelsen af Arkona"
148:Temple looted and razed
99:Commanders and leaders
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915:Persecution of Pagans
136:Casualties and losses
22:The siege of Arkona
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406:5th Christiansborg
384:4ht Christiansborg
367:3rd Christiansborg
362:2nd Christiansborg
357:1st Christiansborg
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861:Works cited
845:(in Danish)
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717:During the
529:Philippines
446:Trincomalee
421:Prinsensten
328:Carolusborg
899:Categories
849:2021-06-23
826:Pratt 1950
814:Pratt 1950
801:References
732:Valdemar I
713:Background
703:Valdemar I
567:2nd Bengal
459:1st Bengal
373:Gold Coast
345:Cape Corso
334:Cape Coast
313:Cape Verde
285:Jakobshavn
262:Aizkraukle
221:Lyndanisse
194:Baltic Sea
128:~2000-5000
110:Valdemar I
888:947721635
769:Jaromar I
763:Aftermath
742:The siege
723:Sweyn III
686:St. Croix
681:Caribbean
660:Caribbean
620:2nd India
513:1st India
495:2nd Pipli
465:1st Pipli
389:Crèvecœur
290:Reykjavík
209:Pomerania
876:New York
870:(1950).
757:Svetovit
671:West Kay
666:St. John
653:Porreiar
636:Nancowry
541:Golconda
234:Novgorod
123:Strength
47:Location
736:Absalon
587:Tillali
546:Carical
505:Hooghly
401:3rd Osu
352:1st Osu
280:Iceland
267:Estonia
226:Tallinn
215:Livonia
199:Wendish
118:Unknown
114:Absalon
88:Denmark
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307:Africa
257:Karuse
63:Result
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707:Rügen
411:Volta
396:Ningo
252:Durbe
245:Pskov
204:Rügen
131:~1000
52:Rügen
884:OCLC
697:The
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93:Rani
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