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In the year 1184 in the Duchy of Thuringia,

in what is today the country of Germany,

a conflict raged between the Count of Thuringia

and the Archbishop of Mans. To resolve this dispute, the German King Heinrich the 6th called the parties together

to the city of Erfurt to settle their outstanding issues.

Things did not go as planned.

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The story of what happened in the town of Erfurt in the year 1184 is odd.

Yet it wouldn't be implausible for something like this to happen in the 21st century,

albeit under very different circumstances. The event started with a land dispute

between members of the nobility. Thuringia is a state in Central Germany.

Back in the 12th century, the entire region was divided into a patchwork of Duchy's

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