[MR] History buff killed by lance as he re-enacts medieval joust for TV’s Time Team

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

Another important difference, of course, is that Henry II and all those other competitors started physical training in their youth. I doubt this poor fellow could have said the same.

Kat. Rous

--- On Fri, 1/28/11, Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] History buff killed by lance as he re-enacts medieval joust for TV’s Time Team
To: "J. C. Smith Ispán" <jsmithcsa at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, "Adlersburg Federation List" <Adlersburg at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 8:56 AM

The interesting thing with Henri II is that it wasn't the spike in the
brain that killed him.  The impact caused a "counter-coup" concussion,
on the back side of his head opposite the eye. He died from swelling
due to the resulting hematoma.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:26 AM, J. C. Smith Ispán <jsmithcsa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is what happens when you reenact without studying history:
>
> "A HISTORY buff died after being speared as he re-enacted a joust for TV’s Time
> Team.
>
> "Paul Allen, 54, was struck in the eye by a splinter of lance that pierced a
> slit in his helmet. An inquest heard yesterday that he was not holding his
> shield properly and his headgear was unsuitable for the C4 show’s stunt."
>
> Read more:
> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/28/history-buff-killed-by-lance-as-he-re-enacts-medieval-joust-for-tv-s-time-team-115875-22880583/#ixzz1CKd3ZyBW
>
>
> Compare that with this story from history:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France#Death
>
> Barcsi Janos
>
>
> JEFFREY C. SMITH
>
> "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are
> unauthoritative, void, and of no force."  --Thomas Jefferson
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