History of Widewuto

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According to many Prussian saga histories with recording started in the 13th century, King Widewuto/ Waidewut and his brother, the priest Bruteno ruled in the area known as Prussia .

According to many Prussian saga histories with recording started in the 13th century, King Widewuto and his brother, the priest Bruteno ruled in the area known as Prussia.

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More recent historiography posits the theory that Adalbert was murdered less for his opposition to "Prussian tradition" and more because he was believed to be a Polish spy. It should be pointed out that the story of the holy oak and its felling mimics closely the story of St. Boniface felling the holy oak of the Saxons.

More recent historiography posits the theory that Adalbert was murdered less for his opposition to "Prussian tradition" and more because he was believed to be a Polish spy. It should be pointed out that the story of the holy oak and its felling mimics closely the story of Saint Boniface felling the holy oak of the Saxons or the earlier Saint Martin of Tours felling a sacred oak in western France. It is possible either that either the evangelist or the story-tellers imitated earlier examples.