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Collard, Franck, "L'empereur et le poison: de la rumeur au mythe; à propos du prétendu empoisonnement d'Henri VII en 1313", Médiévales, [=La rouelle et la croix. Destins des Juifs d'Occident] 41 (2001), 113-131.
- Resum
- The Emperor and the Poison : From Rumor to Myth. On the Alleged Poisoning of Henry VII in 1313 - Attributed with near certainty to disease by modern historiography, the death of the Germanic emperor Henry VII on August 24, 1313, which occurred in the vicinity of Siena while he was leading a military campaign designed to restore imperial power in Northern Italy, roused great emotion at the time and kindled a lively controversy which lasted for many years to come. This article proposes to evaluate the importance of the poisoning thesis and comprehend its implications by an exploration of the available narrative, literary, and administrative sources. It intends to demonstrate that the invocation of poisoning, more than just anecdotal or fanciful, was in fact motivated by political and ideological factors aiming at the same time to disqualify the anti-chivalrous adversaries of imperial grandeur and to elevate the figure of Henry VII to the eminence of that of another conqueror destroyed by poison: Alexander the Great.
- Matèries
- Història - Política
Medicina - Farmacologia
- URL
- http://www.persee.fr/doc/medi_0751-2708_2001_num_20 ...
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