A mid-13thC tile from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, showing King Richard I, who was crowned #OTD, 3 Sept 1189: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britishmuseumrichardandsaladintiles.jpg …pic.twitter.com/y0WbxGS3MW
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Fwiw, Islamic gold dinars in late eleventh- and twelfth-century England — a brief post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/islamic-gold-dinars-anglo-norman.html …pic.twitter.com/j3VODLJ4KL
Al-Idrisi in 12thC on Hastings: 'a town of large extent+many inhabitants, flourishing+handsome, having markets, workpeople & rich merchants'
According to Walter Map in the 12thC, King Henry II of England knew Arabic… (via https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0RNbAAAAMAAJ …)pic.twitter.com/VUwXc0PE9m
If the word/concept didn't enter English until 1500, in what legal (er, illegal) context was Mahamut "dueling" with de Merleberge I wonder?
The 12thC records are in Latin :)
Oh! So the records actually used the Latin term for duel?
Indeed :)
Thank you! What did non-Latin speakers call two guys trying to kill each other w swords in 12th C England? Any notion??
Well, the Old English word was anwig, 'single combat' :)
There's also some evidence that a Chinese stonemason worked on Norwich Cathedral in the Middle Ages. @gildencraft
Well, now I'm intrigued! Don't suppose you have any more details?! :)
"Hugh Asinus, ‘the Ass’, holder of the barony of Snodhill" *snorts & falls off her chair*
Hah! Yes, a fine name, lol!
Do you mean "Dwelling" rather than "dueling?" Imagining a Saracen swordsman in tournaments
No! The dueling is how we know about him, ended up in court records etc :)
Fascinating - sword for hire perhaps
must have been very good indeed
Always refreshing for non-Classicist historian to read such an interesting paper. Thanks for sharing the link. Also interesting discussion.
Glad you enjoyed: it's a really fascinating paper. For what it is worth, I've managed to track down a few more examples too...!
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Ibn Fadlan 10th Century visited Schandinavia,Germany,Russia.pic.twitter.com/br3kQ9GdMp
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