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After nine hours of intense fighting, King Harold II was killed by an arrow through the eye

Harold Rex Interfectus Est Harold the King was killed

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 9h

#OTD in 1066 - Battle of Hastings: On Senlac Hill, 7 miles from Hastings, William the Conqueror defeats and kills King Harold II of England

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 1d

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🚨 NEW #PODCAST EPISODE ALERT! 🚨

The man who earned his name. 🗡️ Our new episode explores the legacy of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. From brutal assassinations to Civil War, His ambition changed the course of French history

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#Medievalsky #JohnTheFearless #Burgundy #HistoryPodcast

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 6d

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The Codex Gigas, Latin for Giant book measures over 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, 9 inches thick, over 500 fully illuminated pages and weighing in at 170 pounds!

Find out why it's called the Devil's Bible in this #podcast episode

#illuminated #book #gigas #medieval #Halloween

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 8d

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 8d

It's a chilly, gloomy fall day here. Perfect time to grab a hot drink and learn about the Witch of Kilkenny. 🧙‍♀️

'Tis the season...🍁☕️

#witch #kilkenny #Halloween2025

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 11d

His entrails burned before him for "his sacrilege in committing his crimes in the week of Christ's passion"

His body was cut into four-quarters "for plotting the king's death"

Dafydd ap Gruffydd is the last Welshman to hold the title, Prince of Wales

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 11d

ap Gruffydd was tried and convicted of high treason against King Edward I

He was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury tied to a horse's tail, hanged alive, revived and disemboweled.

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 11d

Died today in 1283: Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales

Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.

(Edward I would use the same execution method 22 years later on William Wallace)

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

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Join me next summer for a tour of Edward I's magnificent castles in north Wales. www.traveleditions.co.uk/tour/great-c...

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

Here is a photo of Henry IV and Joan of Navarre effigies in Canterbury Cathedral from my trip in 2024

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

#OTD in 1399: Following the abdication of Richard II, Henry Bolingbroke is declared King Henry IV of England.

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men ~Rumi epitaph

Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 14d

Born #OTD in 1207: Rumi, Persian mystic and poet

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 15d

#OTD in 1227 - Pope Gregory IX excommunicates Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor for his failure to participate in the Sixth Crusade

Frederick II was excommunicated four times from 1227 to 1250😲

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 17d

#OTD in 1066: William the Bastard and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman #Invasion of England.

#england #norman #historylessons

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 18d

Died #OTD in 1468: Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal

Juan was the uncle of Tomas de Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition

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Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com · 18d

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