#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.

#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.

#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

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#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 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.

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Kapaiken ist wirklich gut und lustig und die Show von Corvus Corax gestern war auch super.
Schade dass heute Abend schon Schluss ist.