I’ve been reading a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137-1152), which led me to the subject of troubadours.
Troubadours were poets and musicians whose art form flourished mostly between the 11th and 13th centuries. They tended to be employed by… Read More
Charlemagne died in 814 AD and was entombed sitting on his throne. Two hundred years later the Pope demanded his crown back. When the vault was opened the body was discovered nearly intact. (It remained so for 200 more years, when the body was then put into a sarcophagus.)