Comments on: It’s hard out there for a knight http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499 History fetish? What history fetish? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:13:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499/comment-page-1#comment-49676 livius drusus Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:02:54 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2499#comment-49676 They slept in a sitting position in those days? Do you have a source for that? Otto IV of Brandenburg was probably wise to keep the doctors away. Obviously it worked out in the end since he survived. :D They slept in a sitting position in those days? Do you have a source for that?

Otto IV of Brandenburg was probably wise to keep the doctors away. Obviously it worked out in the end since he survived. :D

]]> By: Mary http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499/comment-page-1#comment-49621 Mary Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:32:05 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2499#comment-49621 The margreave Otto IV of Brandenburg who lived about a century earlier, was called "Otto with the arrow" (mit dem pfîle), after he in one battle got an arrow into his skull - and left it there for more than a year, because he was so afraid of having doctors meddle with him, poor thing! However, in the end he assembled the courage to have it removed. But the nickname stayed. (I do suppose that he had at least the shaft removed at once, though, so that he could lie down and sleep. But I don't actually know. Anyhow, they slept in a sitting position in those days, so who knows...) The margreave Otto IV of Brandenburg who lived about a century earlier, was called “Otto with the arrow” (mit dem pfîle), after he in one battle got an arrow into his skull – and left it there for more than a year, because he was so afraid of having doctors meddle with him, poor thing! However, in the end he assembled the courage to have it removed. But the nickname stayed.

(I do suppose that he had at least the shaft removed at once, though, so that he could lie down and sleep. But I don’t actually know. Anyhow, they slept in a sitting position in those days, so who knows…)

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499/comment-page-1#comment-34234 livius drusus Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:27:20 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2499#comment-34234 The image is from the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/5687262/Skeleton-reveals-violent-life-and-death-of-medieval-knight.html" rel="nofollow">linked article</a>. I think you'll have to contact the Telegraph for more details. The image is from the linked article. I think you’ll have to contact the Telegraph for more details.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499/comment-page-1#comment-34233 livius drusus Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:25:53 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2499#comment-34233 I bet a codpiece was involved. :giggle: I bet a codpiece was involved. :giggle:

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2499/comment-page-1#comment-34232 livius drusus Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:25:14 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2499#comment-34232 Ah, but it was the sword slicing half his face off that finally struck him down. The axe blow to the head he just shrugged off. :cool: Ah, but it was the sword slicing half his face off that finally struck him down. The axe blow to the head he just shrugged off. :cool:

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