The last pagan temple: Saxo Grammaticus and the fall of Arcona on Rügen in 1168

Abstract

The article presents the conquest and the fall of the last Slavic pagan temple at Arcona on Rügen in the account of Saxo Grammaticus and Knýtliga saga and in the image of romantic and modern science and art.

Keywords

• paganism
• christianization
• Arcona
• Saxo Grammaticus