#otd 1495 died Rudolf II of Scherenberg, bishop of Würzburg. His successor Lorenz von Bibra commissioned Tilman Riemenschneider to design the monument, which stands in St. Kilians Cathedral in Würzburg. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd in 1404 Philip the Bold died. His tomb in the Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne was built between 1384 and 1410, damaged in the 18th century and restored in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Today is the 38th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
I can recommend Serhii Plokhy's masterpiece 'Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy' for a deep and compelling examination of the events of that fateful day.
He explores the background leading up to the meltdown, the consequences - both for Ukrainian people and the fate of the USSR - and the effects on the people involved.
#otd 1393 Dietrich von der Schulenburg, Bishop of Brandenburg, died. He was buried in Brandenburg Cathedral, where this tomb slab has survived. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Common
#otd 1421 died Weiprecht II of Helmstatt. He was buried in the parish church of St. Johann in Neckarbischofsheim. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1483 Marguerite de Bourbon died. Together with her son Philibert and his wife Margaret of Austria, she is buried in a magnificent tomb in the former Brou monastery in Bourg-en-Bresse. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1407 Olivier V de Clisson died. He was buried with his wife Marguerite de Rohan, who had died a year earlier, in this impressive tomb in the Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Roncier de Josselin. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1355 died Eleanor of Woodstock, Duchess consort of Guelders by marriage, later regent. She was buried in Deventer Abbey, where this plain tombstone commemorates her (photo perhaps taken during construction works?) #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Alistair MacLean (1922–1987) – author of The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, & many others – was born #OTD, 21 April, 1922. A native #Gaelic speaker, he grew up near Inverness. @NeilDrysdale tells the story of MacLean’s remarkable life
#otd 866 the Byzantine nobleman Bardas was killed before the eyes of Emperor Michael III. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 80r.
#otd 1314 Pope Clement V died. He rests in the collegiate church of Notre Dame de`Uzeste, his second burial place, in his fourth tomb altogether. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons
#otd 1054 Pope Leo IX. died. In the St. Leo Chapel in his alleged birthplace Eguisheim, this reliquary with a skull relic is displayed today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1335 died Luther of Brunswick, the 18th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. He was buried in Königsberg Cathedral, his grave is now decorated by this wooden figure. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
The battle of #Culloden was fought #OTD, 16 April 1746. It has, unsurprisingly, left a significant imprint in the literature & culture of Scotland. A short 🧵
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John Buchan called FLEMINGTON—Violet Jacob’s 1911 novel of the 1745 #Jacobite rising & aftermath—“the best Scots #romantic novel since The Master of Ballantrae”
Frederick I of Austria died #otd 1198 on crusade. His body was transported to Heiligenkreuz Abbey and buried there. The Babenberg family tree (15th c.) in Klosterneuburg Abbey shows the transport (the background shows his departure). #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wiki C.
#otd 1342 John de Beaumont died - he had received a fatal wound in the course of a tournament. In this depiction, one of the spectators is Edward III of England. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Ms.: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Mss, fr. 87, f. 58v
#otd 1099, Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht, was murdered. In Utrecht, this artwork commemorates the murder. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Commons
"On this day in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died. Here is a British Movietone report with highlights of his life"
"On this day in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died. Here is a British Movietone report with highlights of his life"
#otd 1476 died Dietrich III of Schönberg, Bishop of Meissen. His impressive tomb plate in Meissen Cathedral is the work of the Vischer family of craftsmen from Nuremberg. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
Murder in the bathtub? #otd 1034 Emperor Romanos III Argyros died. His death was blamed in various ways on his wife Zoë - by poison or at her request by drowning in the bath. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Ms: Biblioteca Nacional de España, VITR/26/2, f. 206v.