Post by siampolee on Apr 29, 2024 12:22:33 GMT 7
The truth revealed... 
German noblemen of the Holy Roman Empire often engaged in intense quarrels over land disputes and rivaling titles. Nobility regularly gathered for "diets" - meetings called to mediate arguments and reinstate peace, however momentary. Unfortunately, one such meeting in 1184 literally went to sh*t as floorboards broke, and between 60 and 100 German nobles fell into a latrine and met their untimely demise.
King Henry VI called the mediation after a particularly heated land dispute between Ludwig III and Archbishop Konrad I. The meeting party gathered in the Church of St. Peter of Erfurt, in a room directly above the building's latrine pits. The weight of the large gathering, most likely amplified by their heavy chain male attire, caused the floorboards to collapse.
The nobles plunged into a pool of fecal matter, many of them drowning or being crushed between the feces pit and the fallen floor. The most ironic of these deaths was Count Heinrich of Schwarzburg, who often jokingly said he would perish in his own fecal matter if he ever failed his title.
German noblemen of the Holy Roman Empire often engaged in intense quarrels over land disputes and rivaling titles. Nobility regularly gathered for "diets" - meetings called to mediate arguments and reinstate peace, however momentary. Unfortunately, one such meeting in 1184 literally went to sh*t as floorboards broke, and between 60 and 100 German nobles fell into a latrine and met their untimely demise.
King Henry VI called the mediation after a particularly heated land dispute between Ludwig III and Archbishop Konrad I. The meeting party gathered in the Church of St. Peter of Erfurt, in a room directly above the building's latrine pits. The weight of the large gathering, most likely amplified by their heavy chain male attire, caused the floorboards to collapse.
The nobles plunged into a pool of fecal matter, many of them drowning or being crushed between the feces pit and the fallen floor. The most ironic of these deaths was Count Heinrich of Schwarzburg, who often jokingly said he would perish in his own fecal matter if he ever failed his title.
