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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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
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
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
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…
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
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
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
Will be great to see this on these Bayeux Tapestry when it comes to the U.K. :)
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