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The Albigensian Crusade: Catharism Condemned IN THIS ISSUE: Crusading in southern France VOL lIl, ISSUE 4 The Albigensian Crusade: Catharism condemned With: • Aragon defeated: the Battle of Muret • Sieges in the south: de Montfort and Amaury Also: • The Hungarian invasion of Italy, 1348-1350 • Bishop Absalon and the Wendish campaigns And much more! GBP £ 5.99 Medieval Warfare III-4 1 www.medieval-warfare.com Karwansaray Publishers Medieval warfare III.4 (checked Dirk).indd 1 7/15/13 5:02 PM Medieval warfare III.4 (checked Dirk).indd 2 7/15/13 5:02 PM CONTENTS 4 NEWS AND LETTERS 34 For God and France Publisher: Rolof van Hövell tot Westerflier The Crusades of King Louis Editor in chief: Jasper Oorthuys Editorial staff: Dirk van Gorp (editor Medieval Warfare), Duncan B. Campbell (copy-editor) THEME Marketing & media manager: Christianne C. 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Advertising in Medieval On the cover Warfare does not necessarily imply endorsement. 58 Medieval Warfare is published every two months by Karwansaray B.V., rotterdam, the Netherlands. PO Box 1110, 3000 BC rotterdam, the Netherlands. ISSN: 2211-5129 Printed in the European Union. Medieval Warfare III-4 3 Medieval warfare III.4 (checked Dirk).indd 3 7/15/13 5:02 PM NEWS & lEttErS Erratum In my review of Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s Khorasani’s Lexicon of Arms and Armor from Iran proves to Lexicon of Arms and Armor from Iran. A Study of Symbols be an even more valuable source for any student of Iranian and Terminology, a serious error occurred. I have stated that arms and armour. 60 plates in this Lexicon were, in fact, reprinted from his I alone am responsible for this error. The editors of 2006 book, Arms and Armor from Iran: the Bronze Age to Medieval Warfare magazine published my review in good the End of Qajar Period, which is not true. All plates in the faith. lexicon are new ones and come from various collections. Taking this into consideration, Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Patryk Skupniewicz Henry V’s 6-inch arrow wound to his head The limitations of medieval medical knowledge meant that prepared anew some little tongs, small and hollow, and with even a minor injury on the battlefield could be fatal. It is the width of an arrow. A screw ran through the middle of the therefore something of a surprise to discover that, before he tongs, whose ends were well rounded both on the inside and became King of England in 1413, Henry V survived an arrow outside, and even the end of the screw, which was entered that went 6” into his head. into the middle, was well rounded overall in the way of a The story of this medical miracle was told by Michael screw, so that it should grip better and more strongly.”The Livingston, Associate Professor of The Citadel, at the 48th screw finally latched onto the arrowhead and Bradmore International Congress on Medieval Studies, which was held slowly pulled on it, and “by moving it to and fro, little by little in May 2013 at Western Michigan University. (with the help of God) I extracted the arrowhead.” Prince Henry was only 16 years old when he marched The next part of the treatment involved healing and clos- with his father’s forces to Shrewsbury in the west of England ing the wound. The doctor squirted white wine and put into to fight against the rebel army led by Henry ‘Harry Hotspur’ the wound a probe made of barley, flour, honey and flax Percy. With English longbow men on both sides of the battle, fibres. For the next 20 days, he repeated the process, cleaning arrows caused many of the dead and wounded, including the wound and making the probes smaller and smaller. This Henry Percy, who was killed when he lifted up his visor and allowed the wound to heal naturally and eventually close. was struck down by a shot. Bradmore also notes that he was particularly worried According to one chronicler’s report, Prince Henry was that the young prince might suffer from seizures and that he also “hurt in the face by an arrow.” A much more detailed put ointments on his neck to soothe his muscles. Livingston account survives in the Philomena, a medical tract written suggests that this indicates that the arrow struck Henry at by John Bradmore. The account was originally in Latin, and a a downward angle. He adds that the entrance wound was Middle English translation of it survives as well. probably below the eye next to his nose. Bradmore had been in the service of the crown since at Livingston also suggests that the wound was on Henry’s least 1399. He notes in his work that, before he arrived, oth- right side – when Bradmore describes the wound being “next ers had tried to pull the arrow out of the prince, but while to his nose on the left side”, he meant that it was his own the shaft did come free, the arrowhead remained buried left, and not on the patient’s left. This might explain why 6” deep. Various medical experts had tried to remove the contemporary portraits of the King always show him from the arrowhead with potions and other cures, but had no suc- left side, never revealing what is on the right side of his face, cess. Finally, when he came on the scene and examined the which may have been somewhat disfigured from the scars of wound, Bradmore observed that Prince Henry “was struck by the wound. an arrow next to his nose on the left side during the Battle of John Bradmore was well rewarded for his medical efforts: Shrewsbury. The arrow entered at an angle (ex traverso), and he was granted an annuity of ten marks until he died in 1412. after the arrow shaft was extracted, the head of the aforesaid Meanwhile, Prince Henry would be absent from his duties for arrow remained in the furthermost part of the bone of the most of the next year, probably continuing his recovery. skull for the depth of six inches.” Livingston adds one final thought: during his teenage Bradmore then explains how he treated the wound, first years, Prince Henry was known to be a wild youth, but, by by enlarging it enough so that he could remove the arrow- the time he became King in 1413, his personality would head: “First, I made small probes from the pith of an elder, change remarkably, as he became a pious and disciplined well dried and well stitched in purified linen [made to] the leader. One can speculate that such a devastating wound, length of the wound. These probes were infused with rose which almost killed Henry, would have left some psychologi- honey. And after that, I made larger and longer probes, and cal trauma as well. so I continued to always enlarge these probes until I had the width and depth of the wound as I wished it. And after the wound was as enlarged and deep enough so that, by my This news item has been provided by Peter Konieczny, reckoning, the probes reached the bottom of the wound, I one of the editors of Medievalists.net.
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