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dailymedievaldeath , 10 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1091 died bishop Altmann of Passau. This shrine in Göttweig Abbey contains his remains. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons
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dailymedievaldeath , 10 months ago to medievodons German

Death of the Lion. #Otd 1195 Henry ‘the Lion’ died. In Brunswick Cathedral is the monument for him and his wife Mathilde, the coffins of the couple are in the crypt. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons @histodons Pics.: Wikipedia Commons.

Crypt with three stone coffins

dailymedievaldeath , 10 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 642 died Oswald, King of Northumbria. He was soon venerated as a saint, making his remains relics. Parts of his skull are in this head reliquary (12th c) in Hildesheim. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath

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dailymedievaldeath , 10 months ago to medievodons German

"The head of the Earl of Leicester [...] was severed from his body, and his testicles cut off and hung on either side of his nose." (Arnold FitzThedmar). #Otd 1265 died Simon V de Montfort in the battle of Evesham. #medievaldeath #Medieval @histodons @medievodons BL Cotton MS Nero D II f. 177r

dailymedievaldeath , 11 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 998 Bishop Hildebold of Worms died. He was buried in the now destroyed collegiate monastery of St. Cyriakus in Worms-Neuhausen. Johann F. Schannat (18th c.) was still able to view the grave and drew the grave slab. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 11 months ago to medievodons German

Who shot ya? William II - killed by an arrow during a hunting trip with his pals (#otd 1100). Les Grandes chroniques de France (1332-1350),
BL, MS Royal 16 G VI fol. 272r. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons

dailymedievaldeath , 11 months ago to medievodons German

Gaston III de Foix died #otd 1391 suddenly when he washed his hands in cold water after hunting on a hot day. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons

Ms.: BL Harley 4379 (1470/72) fol. 126

dailymedievaldeath , 11 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1358, Étienne Marcel was overpowered and killed with most of his followers. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic: BNF, ms. Français 2643, f. 230r.

dailymedievaldeath , 11 months ago to histodons German

#otd 1303 died Tommaso Andrei, bishop of the diocese of Pistoia. He was buried in his birthplace and his tomb in the collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta in Casole d'Elsa was created by the Sienese sculptor Gano di Fazio. #MedievalDeath #medieval @histodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons