Whether diarrhoea or heart attack: #otd 1442 Henry V of England died on campaign in France. His remains were brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Matthias Werner: Adelsfamilien im Umkreis der frühen Karolinger. Die Verwandtschaft Irminas von Oeren und Adelas von Pfalzel. Personengeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur frühmittelalterlichen Führungsschicht im Maas-Mosel-Gebiet (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 28), Sigmaringen 1982.
#otd 1483 Louis XI of France died. He was buried in Notre-Dame de Cléry in Cléry-Saint-André, where you can apparently admire his skull today (left), next to that of his wife Charlotte of Savoy (right). #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1442 John V, Duke of Brittany died. He was buried in Tréguier Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed. Today, this one commemorates him. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
Manfred Schluck: Die Vita Heinrici IV. Imperatoris. Ihre zeitgenössischen Quellen und ihr besonderes Verhältnis zum Carmen de bello Saxonico (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 26), Sigmaringen 1979.
#otd 1231 Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, died. She was buried in Ringsted Church. The picture shows hair and a piece of silk, both found during a grave opening. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons@historikerinnen
Wolfgang Herborn/Klaus Militzer: Seine sozialen und politischen Auswirkungen im ausgehenden 14. Jahrhundert (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 25), Sigmaringen 1980.
#otd 1208: Shortly after the murder of her husband Philip II, Irene Angelina, Queen of the romans, died. She was buried in the monastery of Lorsch, where her bones were relocated to this tumba in 1475. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@historikerinnen
#Otd 1346 John (‘the blind’) of Bohemia died. He was first buried in Altmünster Abbey in Luxembourg, but his remains made an adventurous journey over the centuries. Since 1945 they lie in the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@histodons Pic.: WC
Friedrich Lotter: Die Konzeption des Wendenkreuzzugs. Ideengeschichtliche, kirchenrechtliche und historisch politische Voraussetzungen [...] (Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 23), Sigmaringen 1977.
"In The Manuscripts Club, Christopher de Hamel introduces us to a group of people who dedicated their lives to collecting medieval manuscripts. In other words, nerds."
Walter Müller: Fertigung und Gelöbnis mit dem Gerichtsstab nach alemannisch-schweizerischen Quellen. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Grundstücksübereignung(Vorträge u. Forschungen. SB 22), Sigmaringen 1976.