On this date, November 12th, in medieval history:
- 607 – Death of Boniface III
- 1035 – Death of Canute the Great (or Cnut or Knut), norse king of England and Norway and Denmark (and parts of Sweden); he ruled England from 1016 – 1035
*Note: image is of a silver penny engraved with a portrait of Canute; image retrieved from bowersandmerena.com.
Oh, Canute!
I once had a medieval history prof joke at us saying, “Back then? They’re all called Harry, Hartha, or Canute!”
That’s funny 🙂
You forgot to mention November 12th is the feast day for Saint Namphaise!
Okay, so maybe that just my little corner of medieval history.
I did forget to mention that … of course, I’ve never heard of Saint Namphaise 🙂 What is the feast day for, I’m curious? Explain.
The Catholic Church’s calendar is filled with saint’s days. March 17th as Saint Patrick’s Day is probably the most famous.
Here’s a link to a website which has the month of November and the various saints’ feast days.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/nov.php
I know that I’m probably one of the few people outside of the Quercy region in France that has ever heard of Saint Namphaise, but since is a saint that is associated with Charlemagne – I’m trying to rescue him singlehandedly from obscurity!
To paraphrase Tracy Chapman – if not me, then who? If not now, then when?
Oh, and today, November 20th is Saint Bernard’s Day! Love that trivia.
Very cool. Thanks for the link! … and sorry for the delayed response. I’ve been sick the past few days and haven’t felt like doing much, even checking emails.