Medieval History » Archive for June 2009
War of the Roses: Part 1
I decided today that if there is no pertinent news relating to medieval history, I will choose a topic of my own interest instead. Read on if you wish; disregard if you don’t. Either way, I am having fun writing . The War of the Roses is generally known to have taken place between 1455 and 1487. However, I like to start a little earlier than that. Let us go back to 1399, and the slight … Read entire article »
Filed under: Medieval History, War History, War of the Roses
Skeleton Reveals Violent Life and Death of Medieval Knight
And you thought pro athletes had it bad. It turns out that wounds once thought by Archaeologists to have been fatal were actually something these knights lived with. The scary part is that the fatal blow was delivered across his face while he was lying on the ground. Another juxapostion of the real history of “valiant knights” and the history portrayed in stories and media. Archaeologists believe that bones found in an ancient chapel on the site are those … Read entire article »
Filed under: Medieval History, War History
Medieval Jewish Bones Reinterred in Toledo
Jewish bones belonging to 105 bodies that were removed from a medieval Jewish cemetery in Toledo, Spain, were reinterred Sunday in their original graves. Because of the way they were buried, the bones, discovered six months ago during construction of a non-Jewish secondary school, are believed to be the remnants of Jews who lived between the 13th and 14th centuries in Toledo, once a major Jewish center. See full Article here … Read entire article »
Filed under: Jewish History