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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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' :)
(Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Wrote a book about swashbucklers of 1520 and took pains not to use words/concepts they wouldn't use.)
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