The Wendish soldiers of the temple-fortress of Arkona and the Danish and Pommeranian forces under Valdemar I engaged in a brief eight-day siege known as the Siege of Arkona. The Danish forces emerged victorious, and the remainder of Rügen submitted as a result. The chronicler Saxo Grammaticus claims in Gesta Danorum that the siege lasted for just eight days. The Wendish defenders apparently had to devote a large percentage of their troops to put out a fire that started beneath one of the fortre ... (Read More)