"About this time died Frederick, the greatest of the princes of the earth, the wonder and the marvellous transformer of the world [...]". #otd 1250 died Frederick II #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Quote: Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora Pic.: Ub Heidelberg, cpg 149, f. 213r.
"The authors present new archaeological discoveries from western and northern Mongolia, dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD, including a wooden frame saddle with horse hide components from Urd Ulaan Uneet and an iron stirrup from Khukh Nuur. Together, these finds suggest that Mongolian groups were early adopters of stirrups and saddles, facilitating the expansion of nomadic hegemony across Eurasia and shaping the conduct of medieval mounted warfare."
#otd 1154 Vicelinus, Bishop of Oldenburg, died. He is venerated as a saint. His bones were transferred to the church of Bordesholm Monastery, where this plate commemorates him today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
"Medieval hospitals were founded to provide charity, but poverty and infirmity were broad and socially determined categories and little is known about the residents of these institutions and the pathways that led them there. Combining skeletal, isotopic and genetic data, the authors weave a collective biography of individuals buried at the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge."
#otd 1117 died Gertrud 'the Younger' of Brunswick, Margravine of Meissen. She was great-granddaughter of Empress Gisela and great-grandmother of Henry the Lion. Her remains lie today in the rear tomb in the crypt of Brunswick Cathedral. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath Pics.: WC
#otd 1292 died John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Franciscan had studied in Paris under Bonaventure. Later he taught there himself. Twice he debated with Thomas Aquinas. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1254 Sinibaldo de Fieschi died as Pope Innocent IV in Naples. In 1318, Tomaso Malvito created this tomb for the deceased in the cathedral there. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd in 1352 Pope Clement VI died and was buried in La Chaise-Dieu Abbey - with an impressive tomb. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Four Courts Press and the Friends of Medieval Dublin are sponsoring a book launch tonight (5 December) for the volume Medieval Dublin XIX, edited by Seán Duffy, professor of medieval history at TCD, at 6 pm at City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2. Find out more about the essays in the volume by clicking the link.