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A soldier named Maginzo uses a spear to kill Thankmar through a window of the church of the Eresburg, where the latter had retreated to.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Maincia/Maginzo Origin: Unknown Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Thankmar Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: upper class, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon sive Gesta Saxonum 2,2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Eresburg (Eresburg)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 938
    Month :July
    Day :28
    Season :Summer
     
    Context :siege
    murder
    Motivation :political
    Application :stabbing
    Weapon :spear
    Long-Term Consequence :execution
     
    Original Text :Diseordia etiam inter concives consociosque oritur non minima, quae Tammonem regis et Liudgerdae concitavit filium, eo quod legatio Sifridi comitis Merseburgensis, quam sibi idem vendecaverat, Geroni sit tradita marchioni hereditasque materna sit ei prorsus ablata. Hunc rex in Eresburch obsedit filiumque ab iniqua presumptione terroribus et blandiciis amovere curavit. Sed exercitus capta urbe ingressus, iuvenem prefatum usque in ecclesiam sancti Petri, ubi prius ab antiquis Irminsul colebatur, bello defatigatum depulit. Ad ultimum autem Maginzonis hasta de fenestra tyro perfossus a tergo, secus aram oppeciit;
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Thietmari Merseburgensis Episcopi Chronicon, In: W. Trillmich; S. Patzold, Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik (FSGA 9), 9th Ed. Darmstadt 2017.
     
    Remark :long-term consequence: Maginzo is later executed on orders of King Otto, described in: "Maginzo is killed on orders of King Otto the Great for having killed Thankmar a year prior."
     
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    Created at :2023-01-16 : 10:39:29
    Last changed :2023-01-16 : 10:47:14
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00013189
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