In this case report the stili unexplained death of the Mediaeval Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is examined from a biomedica! perspective using originai historical sources and contemporary medicai knowledge. Barbarossa's case a/so serves as an example and a wake-up callfor public health authorities on the danger represented by the public health problem of drowning, with particular reference to drowning in rivers and whirlpool-caused deaths.
FRANCESCO MARIA GALASSI, N.D.F. (2025). THE DEATH OF EMPEROR FREDERICK BARBAROSSA (AD 1190): PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL AND PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON A CASE OF FATAL DROWNING DURING THE 3rd CRUSADE. ANTHROPOLOGIE, 63(1), 23-29 [10.26720/anthro.25.02.12.3].
THE DEATH OF EMPEROR FREDERICK BARBAROSSA (AD 1190): PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL AND PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON A CASE OF FATAL DROWNING DURING THE 3rd CRUSADE
ELENA VAROTTO
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2025-02-28
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In this case report the stili unexplained death of the Mediaeval Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is examined from a biomedica! perspective using originai historical sources and contemporary medicai knowledge. Barbarossa's case a/so serves as an example and a wake-up callfor public health authorities on the danger represented by the public health problem of drowning, with particular reference to drowning in rivers and whirlpool-caused deaths.
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