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VII: A knight’s tale: a rare case of inter-personal violence from medieval Norton Priory
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| Issue: |
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society 86 |
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Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society
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| Volume: |
86
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| Number of Pages: |
161 |
| Page Start/End: |
109 - 120 |
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Journal
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| Abstract: |
The opportunity to assess human skeletal remains from Norton Priory, near Runcorn (Cheshire), led to the discovery of peri-mortem blade trauma on an adult male skeleton. The burial evidence suggests that this individual was a wealthy knight and lay benefactor of the priory in the thirteenth century and skeletal evidence has revealed that he was the victim of inter-personal violence. Additionally, many skeletal elements were affected by advanced Paget's disease, which may have resulted in a certain level of vulnerability due to restricted movement of his arms as a result of Pagetic thickening of the bones. This is the only evidence found of weapon related trauma on the Norton Priory skeletal assemblage, making it a rare case and contributing to our understanding of inter-personal violence associated with an ecclesiastical establishment in medieval Britain. |
| Year of Publication: |
2016
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| Locations: |
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Norton Priory |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Runcorn (Cheshire |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| human skeletal remains (Auto Detected Subject) |
| blade (Auto Detected Subject) |
| burial (Auto Detected Subject) |
| medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| thirteenth century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| skeletal evidence (Auto Detected Subject) |
| skeletal (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2018 |
