Widukind of Corvey

A monk at the German abbey of Corvey, Widukind wrote in the later 10th cen. about the history and affairs of the Saxons.

• Res gestae Saxonicae: Latin text ed. Hirsch and Lohmann, 5th ed., MGH. SRG 60; html version at Bibliotheca Augustana
• Excerpt on the Danes -- the conversion of Harald Bluetooth (3.65) -- translated by A. Winroth
• Eng. tr. by B. S. and D. S. Bachrach, Widukind of Corvey: Deeds of the Saxons (Washington, DC, 2014) [Google Books preview]. Note, for example, 1.40, telling how Henry I ("the Fowler") fought with the Danes (c. 934): "After he had defeated all of the neighboring peoples, Henry attacked and defeated the Danes with his army because they had launched naval raids against the Frisians. After he forced the Danes to pay tribute, Henry had their king, named Knuba, receive baptism."
• Eng. tr. by R. Wood, The Three Books of the Deeds of the Saxons by Widukind of Corvey (1949 dissertation) [ProQuest preview]