Medieval Christmas Gift Idea #1: an elephant

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Channel: Historic Royal Palaces · 2017 · Education

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Introducing our #PalaceGiftGuide! Issue #1, December 1257: The Medieval Christmas Gift Guide. 
In 1255, Henry III received an early Christmas present of an elephant, a diplomatic gift from the French King Louis IX. It was such a successful gift that thousands of people crowded to the Tower of London to catch a glimpse of ‘the beast’. 

Read on: http://blog.hrp.org.uk/blog/medieval-gift-guide/

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