#otd 921 died Ludmilla of Bohemia. According to the legend she was strangled with her veil. Wiki Commons has this image of the murder from the Latin translation (14th century) of the Dalimil Chronicle 'discovered' in 2005, but no reference. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
#otd 775 Emperor Constantine V died. His illness was interpreted as divine punishment for the disreputable ruler - here pictorially staged. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos died #otd 1185. An angry mob is said to have maltreated him for days. Among other things, his hand was cut off, his teeth were knocked out and his eyes were gouged out. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Michael Zingel: Frankreich, das Reich und Burgund im Urteil der burgundischen Historiographie des 15. Jahrhunderts (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 40), Sigmaringen 1995.
#otd 1375 died Frederick II of Bülow, Bishop of Schwerin. This double brass tomb slab in the cathedral there shows him to the right of his great-uncle, who as Gottfried I was also Bishop of Schwerin. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
The #14thCentury accounts of the #LadyOfClare record purchases there over the years: salt, often; also furs & lambskins; smoked herring, cod & stockfish; rice & almonds. #Almonds were bought in great quantity, used by the pastry chef from Paris & to indulge the pet #parrots.
Rainer Christoph Schwinges: Rektorwahlen. Ein Beitrag zur Verfassungs, Sozial- und Universitätsgeschichte des alten Reiches im 15. Jahrhunder [...] (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 38), Sigmaringen 1992.
In medieval London, everyone from kings to peasants ate eels. But by the 19th C eels had largely become a street food.
In 1851, London imported 9.8 million live eels per year (mostly from Holland). 70% went to street vendors selling hot buttered eels in poorer parts of the city. #eels#medieval#history#london