"Richard the Lionheart's mummified heart analysed" Topic
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| Huscarle | 01 Mar 2013 3:11 a.m. PST |
An interesting read, especially on what materials they used.
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| advocate | 01 Mar 2013 5:04 a.m. PST |
But they didn't appear to ask the question "Was it really a lion's heart?" |
| kallman | 01 Mar 2013 6:20 a.m. PST |
Fascinating stuff, I had no idea that his heart had been preserved,…well the attempt was made at least. The article also provides some interesting insights into Medieval thought. |
| bsrlee | 01 Mar 2013 8:52 a.m. PST |
Interesting, considering that according to contemporary croniclers, his mumiffied heart was supposed to have been taken 'on crusade' in accordance with his will, but while travelling through Spain the escort was attacked by local Muslims & the heart in its casket was lobbed into the Muslim army as a last act of defiance, and supposedly lost. |
 Parzival  | 01 Mar 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
Never heard that story before, bsrlee. What's the source? |
| Rudorff | 01 Mar 2013 10:33 a.m. PST |
I've heard the "heart on crusade" story before, but refering to Robert Bruce rather than Richard, and it was in Spain rather than Palestine. |
| Shagnasty | 01 Mar 2013 11:12 a.m. PST |
I'd heard in reference to the "Black" Douglas of the Bruce's time. |
| Great War Ace | 01 Mar 2013 11:17 a.m. PST |
Yeah, Bruce's heart, not Richard's…. |
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