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Rühli, F J; Blümich, B; Henneberg, M (2010). Charlemagne was very tall, but not robust. Economics & Human Biology, 8(2):289-290.
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Abstract
The left tibia of Charlemagne, the Medieval “Father of Europe” has been X-rayed and CT scanned to determine his still highly debated stature. We found the healthy bone to be long (430 mm) but rather not robust (total mid-shaft cross-sectional area 473 mm2, cortical area 352 mm2). Reconstructed stature of 1.84 m falls at about 99% of Medieval heights, which would be ca. 1.95 m in present-day Europe. Thus, tall stature indeed could have contributed to the success of “Charles the Great” as a king emperor and soldier.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Anatomy |
| DDC: | 570 Life sciences; biology 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Deposited On: | 10 Mar 2010 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2012 16:16 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1570-677X |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.12.005 |
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