WI Old Saxony Lives

Charlemagne was hellbent on the destruction of the Irminsul after the Saxons burned the church at Deventer in January 772. Any PoD after that will make no difference - eventually the tree will burn no matter what. The Franks simply outweigh the Saxons by too much (something like 10:1 or more).

The best way this could happen would be if the Franks themselves don't go that far north, instead focussing on developing the south. Any activity in the north could then be ignored.

If we want to keep paganism around, Christianity (and consequently Islam) need to be taken out somehow, either Christ never being born or the Romans continuing to suppress Christianity, all the time until they fall. Even then, paganism will be overrun eventually by a more organised religion.

It is certainly possible that Irminsul and the Saxons could last until 800, but they would never survive until 2016, simply because any PoD early enough to keep paganism strong will butterfly the Saxon tribal confederation away.

- BNC
 

spendabuck

Banned
I believe that Saxony could survive; just have the Saxons not burn down the church at Deventer and Charlemagne doesn't try to destroy them. However, they would need to be Christianized eventually to survive for long, so paganism probably wouldn't survive with the Saxons.
 
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