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St. Brice's Day Massacre

Aethelred II, known later as the Unready, was King of the English from
978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death. He came to the throne at the
age of 12 after his half brother was murdered. At the start of his reign, Danish
raids on English territory began in earnest. Aethelred defended his country by a
diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy. The Battle of Maldon on 11.
August 991 AD involved 2,000-4,000 fighting Viking men led by Olaf Tryggvason
against the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth who was the Ealdorman of Essex. This
ended in defeat for the Anglo-Saxons and King Aethelred was forced to pay
tribute, also known as Danegeld, to the Danish king. This payment of 10,000
Roman pounds of silver was the first example of Danegeld in England - a pattern
which would follow. The Danish army continued ravaging the English coast until a
Danegeld of 22,000 pounds of gold and silver was paid - at which point Olaf
Tryggvason promised to never return. Viking attacks only grew worse - Danish
raids would follow leading to an even larger Danegeld payment of 24,000 pounds
for peace in the Spring of 1002 AD.
The same year, Aethelred married Lady Emma, the sister of Duke Richard II
of Normandy in hopes of a stronger diplomatic alliance. On St. Brice's Day, 13.
November 1002, the confident yet paranoid King ordered the killing of all Danes
living on border towns such as Oxford. Aethelred described this massacre in his
own words: ... a decree was sent out by me with the counsel of my leading men
and magnates, to the effect that all the Danes who had sprung up in this island,
sprouting like cockle amongst the wheat, were to be destroyed by a more just
extermination, and thus this decree was to be put into effect even as far as
death, those Danes who dwelt in the afore-mentioned town, striving to escape
death, entered this sanctuary of Christ, having broken by force the doors and
bolts, and resolved to make refuge and defence for themselves therein against
the people of the town and the subrubs; but when all the people in pursuit
strove, forced by necessitym to drive them out, and could not, they set fire to
the planks and burnt, as it seems, this church with its ornaments and its
books.
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The 7th Crusade

The Crusader States (also known as Outremer) were created after the First
Crusade (1095-1102) as a way to keep hold of territorial gains by Christian
armies in the Middle East. Crusader castles were built all over Outremer to
serve not only as defensive structures, but also as administrative and economic
centers designed to last for many years to come. The four small Outremer states
were the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the Country of Tripoli and
the Principality of Antioch. This analysis focuses on the former Phoenician and
later Roman colony of Sidon / Saida which remained in Arab hands until 1110 when
King Baldwin I of Jerusalem and King Sigured I of Norway captured it. The city
was then re-captured by the masterful Saladin in 1187, only to be re-taken by
German Crusaders in 1197. It remained a key Crusader stronghold until the
Saracen invasion of 1249 when it was destroyed - this series of exchanges
presented the backdrop for the ill-fated 7th Crusade.
The 7th Crusade was led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. Jerusalem
had recently fallen and there was no popular enthusiasm at the time for a new
crsusade, as Europe was involved in many internal conflicts. Bela IV of Hungary
was rebuilding his kingdom from ashes after the devastating Mongol invasion of
Europe. Henry III of England was struggling at home and Haakon IV of Norway was
in the midst of a civil war. Louis IX was almost alone in declaring a new
crusade to the east and in 1248 sailed from Aigues-Mortes and Marseilles with an
army of 15,000. They sailed for Cyprus but Louis decided to focus first on
attacking Egypt. While marching towards Cairo, Louis' main force was attacked by
Mameluk Baibars and defeated. In 1250 while attempting to return to a safer
location, Louis himself was captured and taken prisoner after his army was
annihilated. He was ransomed for 800,000 bezants after which he fled to Acre,
one of the safest crusader strongholds in Outremer. The French King re-enforced
local defenses and moved north to Sidon.
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Mummies from the Middle, Late and Ptolemaic Kingdoms

In 1907, two mummies were discovered in Deir Rifeh Egypt in a tomb
belonging to a governor and his sons from the 12th Dynasty (almost 4000 years
ago). The tomb group is one of the best preserved and best known burials of the
Egyptian Middle Kingdom. Although the mummies were heavily decayed, the
skeletons were still preserved. Khnum-Nakht was about 40 years old and
Nakht-Ankh about 60.
The two mummies were found to be brothers with the same mother but
different fathers. This is confirmed by identical mtDNA and the detected
differences in the Y chromosomes. Both suffered from osteoarthtritis and dental
attrition. Khnum-Nakht had kyphoscoliosis and Nakht-Ankh had lung lesions from
sand pneumoconiosis.
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