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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
Subject: Re: Murder most Foul
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 19:28:50 GMT
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"Leo van de Pas" <> wrote:

> I am looking at the ancestors (again) of Prince William of Wales and am
> amazed at how many of his ancestors died a violent death. An intriguing
> question arose, what is the difference between murdered, assassinated
> and killed?

Is not all deliberate death a violence against others? So not much
difference.

>
> Here are some, those killed in battle have been excluded as there just
> too many of those:

10th century: 3
11th century: 22
12th century: 16
13th century: 26
14th century: 25
15th century: 32
16th century: 29
17th century: 6
18th century: 3
19th century: 2
20th century: 2

Obviously there are a few omissions, but these figures show how violent
the medieval times were. Perhaps they point out eloquently the supposed
boundary of this newsgroup?

And I don't think there were much difference with P. Wm.'s ancestors; it
is just that we know more of his than most other people's.

--
Tim Powys-Lybbe
For a patchwork of bygones: http://powys.org


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