Henry II revisited
October 23, 2007 |
On June 30, 1559, King Henry II of France (1519-1559), against the advice of his court ministers, participated in a fateful joust. The wooden lance of his younger opponent pierced the King’s headgear, shattered into fragments, and penetrated his right orbit and temple.
So what’s the chances of a repeat occurence 449 years or so later. Hell yes. A real life reinactor died during a recreation of a joust. As with unlucky Henry a splinter passes through the viser and into the poor bastards eye and then brain. As for the treatment of Henry…
