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Giftober 8 - Oevcn the Brave

Clostridium on FA has created an amazing fantasy world with many great characters. My fav among them is Oevcn, a young Cyno warrior eager to cover himself with glory and be immortalized in song. His enthusiasm decreased heavily as the war went on... :P

#anthro #furry #furryart #mediaval #fantasy #comic #TraditionalArt #pencil #graphite

#otd 1241 Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, died at a tournament. He had to ride an unfamiliar Italian horse, which threw him and trampled him to death - at least according to Mathew Paris. #medievaldeath #mediaval Pic: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1183 died Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 70v.

#otd 1219 William Marshal, "the best knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton), died. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediaval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 104v.

#otd died 1135 Henry I of England, known as Henry Beauclerc. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 46r.

#otd 1154 died Stephen I of England (,Stephen of Blois'). In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #medievaldeath @medievodons

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 53r.

#otd 1087 William I, known as William the Conqueror, died. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval @medievodons @histodons #medievaldeath

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 13v.

Today in 1192: The Treaty of Jaffa: signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade

The treaty guaranteed safe passage of Christians and Muslims through Palestine; Christians would hold the coast from Tyre to Jaffa

Ascalon’s fortifications were to be demolished and the town returned to Saladin
#OTD #mediaval

Died today in 1131: Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem

#OTD #mediaval

How did the apple get such a bad rap?

Learn about the fall of Adam and Eve and how the apple was choose as the forbidden fruit.

#book #mediaval

https://medievalarchives.com/2023/08/21/temptation-transformed-by-azzan-yadin-israel/

#otd 1108 died Philip I of France, called the Amorous. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #medievaldeath

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 40v.

Born today in 1194; Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi

Saint Clare is the patron saint of embroiderers, good weather, needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo, telephones, telegraphs, television

#OTD #mediaval #saint

Violent Mediaval Inventions - Talhoffer’s ”Fight Book” And More

https://youtu.be/5RrbAbY6D6M

#Mediaval #FightBook #MiddleAges #History #Talhoffer

Today in 1415: Jan Hus, a Czech priest, is burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church

http://www.medievalarchives.com/56/

#OTD #mediaval #history #histodon

#otd 1183 died Henry II of England. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms (as well as the coronation of Richard I. with an upright one) #mediaval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 77r.

#otd 1241 Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, died at a tournament. He had to ride an unfamiliar Italian horse, which threw him and trampled him to death - at least according to Mathew Paris. #medievaldeath #mediaval

Pic: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1183 died Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval#medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 70v.

#otd 1219 William Marshal, "the best knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton), died. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediaval #medievaldeath

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 104v.

#otd 1199 Richard I of England ,the Lionheart' was hit by a crossbow and died. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediaval #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 85v.

#otd 1216 Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, died in a torunament. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a broken spear. #mediaval #medievaldeath

Ms: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 97r.

#otd died 1135 Henry I of England, known as Henry Beauclerc. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #MedievalDeath @histodons Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 46r.

1361. The Medieval Massacre Of Visby, Sweden

https://youtu.be/hgLZ2jFhvEU

People buried in full armour in massgraves.
Not the exactly what you run into every day.

#MiddleAges #Mediaval #Visby #Gotland #Sweden #Archeology #History

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