11.1 The Battle of Lechfeld 955 AD, Part 1

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

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🗓️ 26 October 2014

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In the year 955 was fought a crucial battle for central Europe, which proved highly significant for the early histories of Germany and Hungary. Here I describe the build-up to the Battle of Lechfeldwww.historyeurope.net

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0:29.0	Place must be 18 or over. The nation of Hungary in Central Europe has a population today of nearly 10 million.
0:52.7	Its people have a language and culture very separate from that of
0:56.7	their Slavic and Germanic neighbours as a result of their distinct history. Today I tell a small
1:03.2	part of that story. Welcome to a history of Europe, Key Battles, the Battle Leckfield, between the Saxons and Hungarians.
1:15.7	In an earlier podcast on the Battle of Tours, I talked about the Franks.
1:21.7	One of the many Germanic tribes who settled in the declining Roman Empire, they merged with the local population of the
1:29.3	province of Gaul and established a kingdom over the approximate area of modern-day France.
1:36.1	In the year 732, the Frankish king Charles Martel fought back an Arab incursion in the Battle of Tours, and so secured his southern border.
1:48.5	His son and successor, Pepin Neshort, consolidated Frankish control over France and surrounding territories.
1:56.8	And Francia reached its apogee under Pepin's son, Charlemagne, or Charles the Great,
2:03.7	who is considered the most powerful of all early medieval kings.
2:10.3	Over many years of military campaigns, Charlemagne expanded Frankish authority considerably.
2:17.1	First, he defeated the Lombard
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