page_title: Rani (Slavic tribe)
hierarchical_section_title: Rani (Slavic tribe)
caption_attribution_description: English: Temples and monasteries in NW Pomerania.
context_page_description: The Rani or Rujani were a West Slavic tribe based on the island of Rugia and the southwestern mainland across the Strelasund in what is today northeastern Germany.
  The Rani tribe emerged after the Slavic settlement of the region in the ninth century, ranging among the most powerful of several small Slav tribes dwelling between the Elbe and lower Vistula rivers before the thirteenth century. They were amongst the last to cling to Slavic paganism, with the influence of their religious center at Arkona reaching far beyond the tribal borders.
  In 1168, the Rani were defeated by the Danish king, Valdemar I, and his adviser Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde, resulting in the conversion of the region to Christianity. In the course of the Ostsiedlung of the thirteenth century, the tribe was assimilated by German and Danish settlers and the Rani were gradually Germanised. The Principality of Rugia remained Danish until 1325.
context_section_description: The Rani or Rujani (German: Ranen, Rujanen) were a West Slavic tribe based on the island of Rugia (Rügen) and the southwestern mainland across the Strelasund in what is today northeastern Germany.
  The Rani tribe emerged after the Slavic settlement of the region in the ninth century, ranging among the most powerful of several small Slav tribes dwelling between the Elbe and lower Vistula rivers before the thirteenth century. They were amongst the last to cling to Slavic paganism, with the influence of their religious center at Arkona reaching far beyond the tribal borders.
  In 1168, the Rani were defeated by the Danish king, Valdemar I, and his adviser Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde, resulting in the conversion of the region to Christianity. In the course of the Ostsiedlung of the thirteenth century, the tribe was assimilated by German and Danish settlers and the Rani were gradually Germanised. The Principality of Rugia remained Danish until 1325.
caption: Christianization of the Rani; Slavic settlements, German towns with pagan temples and Christian monasteries
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