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...nostrae et sanctorum"
Source:
Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
"Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusadehttps://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Audita_tremendi
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One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from... -
London real estate was less desirable back then
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1754682/london-real-estate-was-less-desirable-back-then
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Only a few titles of his I have not read now, and every one stirs the semiotician in me. A fantasy-history of the 12th century when a language-gifted peasant boy stumbles through crusader history: what power the word in this place?
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #umbertoeco #baudolino #historicalfiction #fantasyhistory #presterjohn #ThirdCrusade
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Both Barbarossa and his horse were swept away and drowned in the river
Barbarossa's men retrieved his body and placed it in a barrel of vinegar but the preservation failed
Barbarossa's flesh was interred in the Church of St Peter in Antioch, his bones in the cathedral of Tyre, and his heart and inner organs in Tarsus
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Died #OTD in 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem
Barbarossa crossed the river Saleph because the bridge was crowded with soldiers
The rivers current was too strong for the horse and Barbarossa was unable to swim due to the weight of his armor