Willibald claimed that Saint Boniface took this inflammatory action before constructing a church dedicated to Saint Peter. For 10 points each:
[10m] Describe this symbolic action done to end a decades-long conflict to forcibly christianize a people who lived northeast of Austrasia under their leader Widukind.
ANSWER: chopping down a sacred tree [accept answers like chopping down the Irminsul, cutting down Donar’s Oak, or removing a stump; prompt on chopping down, cutting, removing, or similar answers by asking “to what object”]
[10e] Saint Boniface forged a partnership between the Papacy and this dynasty whose head christianized the Saxons after murdering many of them at Verden.
ANSWER: Carolingian dynasty [or Karlings]
[10h] Boniface’s burial site at this monastery became a pilgrimage site. Monks at this abbey recorded the fracturing Carolingian rule after Louis the Pious’ death in a history typically combined with the more Western perspective of Saint Bertin.
ANSWER: Abbey of Fulda [or Abbatia Fuldensis; accept Annales Fuldenses or Annals of Fulda]
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