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King Peppin the Short and his army conquers Bourges after surrounding the city with a wall and using many types of siege engines.

Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of King Peppin the Short Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Unibert, Count of Berry Origin: Gascognian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: begging for mercy/sueing for peace, Direct Consequence: other
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Gascognian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: begging for mercy/sueing for peace, Direct Consequence: other
  • Origin: Aquitani/Aquitanian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: surrender, Direct Consequence: other
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Fredegar, Chronicarum libri IV 43 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Avaricum (Bourges)
    Time Periode :Carolingian Period
    Century :A.D. 8
    Year :A.D. 762
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    siege
    conquest
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :garrisoning of troops
    other
     
    Original Text :Factum est autem, ut, post quod Pippinus rex urbem Arvernam cepit hac regionem illam totam vastavit, sequente anno, id est anno 11. regni ipsius, cum universa multitudine gentis Francorum Bitoricas venit, castra metatusque est undique et omnia quae in giro fuit vastavit. Circumsepsit urbem munitionem fortissimam, ita ut nullus egredi ausus fuisset aut ingredi potuisse, cum machinis et omni genere armorum, circumdedit ea vallo. Multis vulneratis plurisque interfectis fractisque muris, cepit urbem et restituit eam dicioni sue iure proelii et homines illos, quos Waiofarius ad defendendam ipsam civitatem dimiserat, clementiam sue pietatis absolvit; dimissisque reversi sunt ad propria. Uniberto comite vel reliquos Vascones, quos ibidem invenit, sacramentis datis, secum adduxit, uxores eorum hac liberos in Frantia ambulare praecepit, muros ipsius Bitorice civitatis restaurare iubet, comites suos in ipsa civitate ad custodiendum dimisit.
     
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    Edition :Die vier Bücher der Chroniken des sogenannten Fredegar (Buch 2, Kapitel 53 bis Buch 4), In: A. Kusternig, H. Haupt, Quellen zur Geschichte des 7. und 8. Jahrhunderts (FSGA 4a), Darmstadt (2018), 44-271.
     
     
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    Created at :2023-07-19 : 07:58:52
    Last changed :2023-07-27 : 07:56:54
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00013885
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