After his death, his body was divided up - a common practice for aristocracy during the Middle Ages.... [The] heart was embalmed and buried in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Rouen....
The heart, which was wrapped in linen, also had traces of myrtle, daisy, mint and possibly lime...
"That consciousness of using very high-quality herbs and spices and other materials that are much sought after and rare does add to that sense of it being Christ-like in its quality... Medieval kings were thought to represent the divine on Earth - they were set apart form other lay people and regarded as special and different...."
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Richard the Lionheart's heart... preserved in a lead box... analyzed by forensic experts.
The English king died in 1199.
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