City Witness is a projection which aims to farther our agreement of the medieval history of the Welsh town of Swansea. Part of this projection has been to essay as well as reconstruct a map of the medieval town.
Using a combination of historic maps as well as written as well as archaeological records the projection has tried to map the town’s medieval layout as well as urban features. The Medieval Swansea Map overlays the newly created medieval map of the town on tiptop of the modern (MapQuest) map using Leaflet,js.
If you lot select the 'interaction' as well as 'label' options inwards the map sidebar you lot tin select features on the map to acquire to a greater extent than almost the medieval town. The map likewise includes the selection to persuasion witness routes, stories as well as sight-lines, recounting the miracle of William Cragh.
Much of what is known almost medieval Swansea comes from a Vatican manuscript, 'Vatican MS Lat. 4015'. The manuscript contains witness statements of 'the miracle of the resuscitation of the twice-hanged William Cragh'. The witness statements furnish showtime mitt accounts of how William Cragh was twice hanged, amongst simply about other man, Trahaearn ap Hywel, as well as and therefore afterwards came dorsum to life.
William was hanged first. However when the 'big as well as heavy' Trahaearn was as well as therefore hanged from the same gallows his weight caused the gallows to break. Both men were as well as therefore hanged again. After the 2nd hanging William's trunk was taken to the household of a Thomas Mathews, where a piffling afterwards William came dorsum to life.
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