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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      Were there camels in medieval Britain? A brief note on Bactrian camels and dromedaries in fifteenth-century Kent — new post by me :) https://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/09/were-there-camels-in-medieval-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/kruNREqTub

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    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      According to the 15th-century John Stone's Chronicle, someone called the 'Lord Patriarch of Antioch' visited Canterbury in 1466 with four dromedaries and two Bactrian camels, which he displayed 'in honour of the king and queen': http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/09/were-there-camels-in-medieval-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/Qy2gvyZ9bi

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    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      I would suggest the 'Lord Patriarch of Antioch' can probably be identified as Ludovico Severi, aka Ludovico da Bologna, a papal envoy to Ethiopia & the East from the 1450s–1470s. In 1460 he returned to Europe w/ ambassadors from Eastern rulers of Georgia, Trebizond & Persia >pic.twitter.com/u7Q8HQTBec

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    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      The ambassadors requested the pope name Ludovico as Patriarch of Antioch—some confusion and controversy over how this was done, but Ludovico acted as a diplomat in the East and Europe using this title in the 1460–70s, & his visit to England in 1466 with camels prob part of this…

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    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      As to the wider context of camels in the medieval era, it's clear that the camels of 1466 were not the first to be seen in Britain since the Roman period, e.g. in the early 12thC King Henry I owned camels along with other exotic animals which he kept at Woodstock, Oxfordshire.pic.twitter.com/rEFc580PQp

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

      Interestingly, the rulers of both Scotland and Ireland also possessed camels in the early 12th century, according to the Annals of Inisfallen: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100004/text066.html …pic.twitter.com/AKlRHrVrri

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

          Whether camels ever made an appearance in 11th-century England is uncertain, but William the Conqueror seems to have kept camels in Normandy at least… (Image: Duke William & two Bactrian camels on the 11thC Bayeux Tapestry)pic.twitter.com/2ZIa01FLrq

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

          In 1235 the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II sent a camel to King Henry III of England 'as a token of the continuation of his regard', & Henry's son Edward I kept a camel at Kings Langley Palace, Herts, for the amusement of his children (pic=man riding a camel, 13thC, Kent).pic.twitter.com/rx0Sdh8FHj

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 15

          Edward II also kept a camel at Kings Langley Palace—his camel-keeper was called Ralph Camyle & the animal's feed included hay, beans, barley & oats, with the area of the royal park responsible for producing the camel's fodder apparently being subsequently known as 'Camylesland'.pic.twitter.com/cZEWRgjr77

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        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          In January 1393, Richard II and his wife were gifted a camel and a pelican by the people of London and Richard granted John Wyntirbourne 'the keepership of the king's camel' for life (pic: MS Harley 4751, f. 24, http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=16576 …).pic.twitter.com/Y8SXXpluPo

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          In 1443, Henry VI is recorded as having received 'of late three camels and an ostrich from Turkey' from an Italian merchant named Nicholas Jone of Bologna; he rewarded him with a state office (Image: a gold camel on the Erpingham Chasuble, embroidered in 15th-century England).pic.twitter.com/cP9feMhcgI

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        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          In 1472, Edward IV sent a camel to Ireland; this may well have been one of the six Bactrian camels and dromedaries brought to England in 1466 by the Patriarch of Antioch 'in honor of the king and queen' (Pic: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2nc4AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA396&pg=PA396#v=onepage&q&f=false …).pic.twitter.com/Q8afBDVU6b

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        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          King Arthur riding a camel on a glass roundel of c. 1500: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/09/were-there-camels-in-medieval-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/MMPEERFxt7

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        9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          A miniature of a camel from a manuscript probably made for King Edward IV of England, 1461–83, the king in whose honour six camels were paraded by the Patriarch of Antioch in 1466 (MS Royal 15 E III, f. 200).pic.twitter.com/GEiBJf3F3x

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        10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Worth recalling that there seem to have been camels in Roman Britain too, seehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/928363213015658498 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Distribution map of sites with Roman-era camel remain in Europe, showing an extensive spread from Iberia and Frances across to the Balkans and the Black Sea coast. Finds are mainly situated in the northern parts of the empire.
          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Were there camels in Roman Britain? A brief note on the nature and context of the London camel remains — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/11/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain.html … pic.twitter.com/BXlMvE3cUH
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        11. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          Camels were not the only exotic animals to be found in medieval Britain; for example, an elephant was presented to King Henry III of England in 1255 by King Louis IX of France and was kept at the Tower of London (CCCC MS 16, f. ivr) https://theparkerlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/matthew-paris-and-the-elephant-at-the-tower/ …pic.twitter.com/nPX0eySDGp

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        12. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 16

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted CWAC Museums

          There are also medieval elephant remains known from Chester, radiocarbon dated to AD 1290—1410https://twitter.com/cwacmuseums/status/940295256339288064 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          CWAC Museums @cwacmuseums
          Incredibly, this Chester find is an elephant bone dating from between 1290 and 1410. It is currently on display in the Newstead Gallery at the Grosvenor Museum. But how did an elephant bone come to Medieval Chester? We’d love to hear your theories. pic.twitter.com/zgBqg5g5YX
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        13. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          Lions and cubs, from an English bestiary, c.1200–1210: http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/11/a-royal-beast-and-the-menagerie-in-the-tower.html … Henry I owned lions in the early 12th century and the remains of lions — probably from the medieval Royal Menagerie — have been found at the Tower of London, dated AD 1280–1385.pic.twitter.com/jmbWsN4dyc

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        14. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          Skull of a Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, dated to 1280–1385 and found in the Tower of London's moat in 1937: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/barbary-lion-skull-from-the-tower-of-london.html …pic.twitter.com/zCiEgjkqMM

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        15. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II not only sent a camel to King Henry III of England in the 1230s, but also 3 'leopards', sometimes thought have actually been cheetahs (Image: a drawing of a cheetah wearing a collar, c.1400–1410: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=717251&partId=1 …).pic.twitter.com/9Cdqjimcdc

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        16. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          There is also good textual and archaeological evidence for the presence of Barbary macaques from North Africa in Britain & Ireland, including bones from medieval Southampton, London & Carrickfergus, see http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/02/barbary-ape-wroxeter.html … :)pic.twitter.com/NH7QAbuBMV

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        17. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Returning to camels, worth noting that they seem to have been used as beasts of burden and tools of humiliation in early medieval Europe: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736624442328092672 … :)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Camels in early medieval western Europe: beasts of burden+tools of humiliation — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/camels-in-early-medieval-western-europe.html … pic.twitter.com/DT10rwW5a4
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        18. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 17

          Although camels are not recorded from pre-Conquest Britain, Aldhelm—Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey & Bishop of Sherborne—is said to have made use of a camel as a pack animal when travelling back to England from Rome in the late 7th century… http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/camels-in-early-medieval-western-europe.html …pic.twitter.com/ilh0F9uOhA

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        19. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 18

          Of course, not impossible that camels were present in Anglo-Saxon England & just not recorded; def were camels in 10th-century German & Polish menageries, as well as in 9thC Carolingian Francia (Pic=camels in the Old English Hexateuch, written in Late Saxon England, c.1025-50).pic.twitter.com/c9dWo67RrZ

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        20. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 22

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Prof Diane Watt

          In this context, worth noting that there do seem to have been menageries in Anglo-Saxon England; not only are peacock remains known from two sites (one Middle Saxon, one Late Saxon), but there's also some documentary evidence from the 10th century: https://twitter.com/Diane_Watt/status/1041665982631223296 … :)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Prof Diane Watt @Diane_Watt
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          Edith of Wilton had a menagerie in the 10th century. Doubt there was room for an elephant in Wilton Abbey, but such zoos were a display of wealth for the aristocracy, even those devoted to God.
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        21. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 23

          An early 8th-century Anglo-Saxon coin with an image of a crested peacock on the reverse, minted at Hamwic (Southampton) and found on the Isle of Wight: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/911246 …pic.twitter.com/1k2h2ouTRr

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        22. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Oct 2

          A kneeling camel misericord carving (c.1390), in the Church of St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_punk/15411603161 …pic.twitter.com/CzL0b7cY4n

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        23. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Oct 9

          Some 11th-century camels, from MS Cotton Tiberius B V, part 1, f. 80, possibly made at Canterbury in the mid-11th century: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_b_v!1_f080v …pic.twitter.com/iKxKOsk74a

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        24. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Oct 14

          A 15th-century carving of a camel from Old Molton Priory, Yorkshire: https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4613 …pic.twitter.com/wGYBKN35Xd

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