Accounts have him surviving a battle near Lucerne lost against the Catholics (he was a military Chaplain) to be found wounded. They demanded he recant, and when he would not....they murdered him.
Posted on 05/22/2014 7:01:56 PM PDT by Pharmboy
The Saxons had long handled Axes, the Normans swords. The Normans were mounted the Saxons afoot. The wounds imply he was a Saxon Brit—Not a Norman. These wounds were inflicted when he may have been wearing a helmet too! My ancestor was a Norman knight who fought at Hastings. 45 years old implys he was a noble—peassants didn’t live that long and stay in shape for battle.
He better get that thing looked at.
That guy had one bad splitting headache.
Accounts have him surviving a battle near Lucerne lost against the Catholics (he was a military Chaplain) to be found wounded. They demanded he recant, and when he would not....they murdered him.
I recall seeing a documentary about the discovery of a bunch of HEADLESS skeletons they found near the coast in south west England. The skulls were nearby in a pit....so evidently all these men were all executed by beheading—around AD 1000. The scientists were able to discern the sword or axe wounds were from strokes from the FRONT, not the back, so these guys saw themselves get beheaded...perhaps by choice, upright and kneeling.
Mineral tests of the bones proved they were Scandinavian....and accounts of skirmishes with Vikings are common in this part of England. 100 skeletons were found....and Viking ships typically held 50....so this was 2 ships of Viking raiders, caught, and dispatched immediately...probably for piracy (and just viking...).
A couple of skulls were missing, from which the historians assumed were probably put on pikes near the pit where the bodies were buried (on top of a hill), as a gruesome warning to others.....
I clicked on this partly to see if archaeologists thought he was British because... of tea-stained teeth.
1066 was a pretty rough year for many of the English, probably none more so than this man.
Obama:
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* “Do you think it makes me look fat?”
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* “The colors? Well, I am half Black.”
“who took six sword blows to the top of his head before dying”
It it was a suspicious death of someone involved in a democrat political scandal the coroner would rule it a suicide.
Steel shampoo...
Poor vet.
Died waiting for the VA hospital to admit him,
waiting for the VA clerk to admit he existed,
waiting for the VA doctor to admit he had a headache,
and waiting for his sergeant to admit his helmet needs replacing.
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WHOA! That is Jewish-German racist/ethnic discrimination trap if I’ve ever seen one!
He should sue the NFL. But seriously, how could they ever know which blow he succumbed to? Scientific consensus?
No. anyone 45 years old at the time of the Battle of Hastings would not have been yet born 1000 years ago.
Skeleton executed by sword blows to head poses questions on Norman Conquest
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art482014-Skeleton-executed-by-sword-head-surprises-archaeologists-investigating-Norman-Conquest
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