Men of Count Gerad decapitate Acfrid and throw his body into fire.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Acfrid Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Count Gerad Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Annales Bertiniani 868 Annales Bertiniani 868 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Carolingian Period
Century :	A.D. 9
Year :	A.D. 868
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Application :	decapitating burning
Long-Term Consequence :	revenge
Original Text :	Interea homines Gerardi comitis Acfridum in quadam villa bello conveniunt, et quia de casa firmissima Acfridus exire noluit, in qua se recluserat, igne ipsi casae admoto, Acfridum ex ipsa expellunt, et truncato illi capite, corpus in ignem reiciunt.
Translation :	-
Edition :	F. Grat – J. Vielliard – S. Clémencet, Annales de Saint-Bertin (Société de l'histoire de France, 470), Paris 1964.
Remark :	motive: The county of Bourges, previously ruled by Gerad, was given to Acfrid, but the former was not willing to comply.
Notes :	This results in Charles the Bald ravaging Bourges, described in: "Charles the Bald ravages and plunders the county of Bourges."
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