Abantwana abaGreen beWoolpit: Imfihlakalo yenkulungwane ye-12 esayidida ababhali bembali

Abantwana abaGreen baseWoolpit libali eliyintsomi elisukela emva kwenkulungwane ye-12 kwaye libalisa ibali labantwana ababini abavele emphethweni webala kwindlwana yamaNgesi yaseWoolpit.

Abantwana abaluhlaza beWoolpit

Abantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit
Uphawu lwelali eWoolpit, eNgilani, olubonisa abantwana ababini abaluhlaza bebali leminyaka ye-12. © Wikimedia Commons

Intombazana encinane nenkwenkwe bobabini babenebala eliluhlaza kwaye bethetha ulwimi olungaqhelekanga. Abantwana bagula, kwaye inkwenkwe yafa, nangona kunjalo intombazana yasinda kwaye yaqala ukufunda isiNgesi ekuhambeni kwexesha. Emva koko wabalisa ibali lemvelaphi yabo, ebanga ukuba basuka kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiSt Martin's Land, eyayikho kwindawo yobumnyama obungapheliyo nalapho abahlali babehlala phantsi komhlaba.

Ngelixa abanye bekholelwa ukuba ibali liyintsomi ebonisa indibano ecingelwayo nabantu besinye iplanethi ephantsi kweenyawo zethu, okanye nokuba ezingaphandle komhlaba, abanye bakholelwa ukuba yinyaniso, ukuba ngandlel’ ithile itshintshile, ingxelo yesiganeko esingokwembali esifuna ufundisiso olungakumbi.

Abantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit
Amabhodlo eAbbey yaseBury St. Edmunds

Ibali lenzeka kwindlwana yaseWoolpit eSuffolk, eMpuma Anglia. Yayimi kweyona ngingqi inemveliso yezolimo nehlala abantu abaninzi kumaphandle aseNgilani kuwo wonke amaXesha Aphakathi. Le ndlwana yayifudula yeyeye-Abbey efumileyo nenamandla yaseBury St. Edmunds.

Ababhali ababini benkulungwane ye-12 babhala eli bali: uRalph waseCoggestall (owasweleka malunga nowe-1228 AD), u-abbot wendlu yeemonki yaseCistercian eCoggeshall (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-42 emazantsi eWoolpit), owabhala ngabantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit Chronicon Anglicanum (IziKronike zesiNgesi); kunye noWilliam waseNewburgh (1136-1198 AD), umbhali-mbali weNgesi kunye necanon kwi-Augustinian Newburgh Priory, kude ngasentla eYorkshire, equka ibali labantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit kumsebenzi wakhe oyintloko. Imbali ye-Anglicarum (Imbali yeMicimbi yamaNgesi).

Kuxhomekeka kulo naluphi na uhlobo lwebali olifundileyo, ababhali bathi iziganeko zenzeka ebudeni bolawulo lukaKumkani uStefano (1135-54) okanye lukaKumkani uHenry II (1154-1189). Yaye amabali abo avakalisa phantse iziganeko ezifanayo.

Ibali laBantwana abaGreen baseWoolpit

Abantwana abaluhlaza beWoolpit
Umfanekiso womzobi wokuba abantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit babenokujongeka njani, xa babebhaqwe.

Ngokwebali labantwana abaluhlaza, inkwenkwana kunye nodade wabo babhaqwa ngabavuni, xa babesebenza emasimini abo ngexesha lokuvuna kufutshane nemijelo eyombiwe ukubambisa iingcuka kwicawa yaseSt Mary's yeMigodi yeNgcuka (Woolpit). Ulusu lwabo lwaluluhlaza, izambatho zabo zenziwe ngezinto ezingaqhelekanga, yaye babethetha ngolwimi olungaziwayo ngabavuni.

Abantwana abaluhlaza beWoolpit
Baye bafunyanwa "kwi-wolf pit" ("umngxuma wengcuka" ngesiNgesi, apho idolophu ithatha igama layo).

Nangona babebonakala belambile, abantwana bala ukutya ukutya ababekunikwa. Ekugqibeleni, abantu basekuhlaleni beza neembotyi ezisandul’ ukukhiwa, zaza zatyiwa ngabantwana. Babephila ngeembotyi kuphela kangangeenyanga de baba nencasa yesonka.

Inkwenkwe yagula yaza yafa kungekudala emva koko, ngelixa intombazana yayihlala isempilweni kwaye ekugqibeleni yaphulukana nolusu lwayo oluluhlaza. Wafunda ukuthetha isiNgesi waza emva koko watshata kwidolophu ekufutshane yaseNorfolk, eKing's Lynn.

Ngokutsho kwezinye iintsomi, wathatha igama elithi 'Agnes Barre,' kwaye indoda awatshata nayo yayingumthunywa kaHenry II, kodwa ezi zibakala azikaqinisekiswa. Wabalisa ibali lemvelaphi yabo emva kokuba efunde ukuthetha isiNgesi.

Umhlaba ophantsi komhlaba ongaqhelekanga kakhulu

Le ntwazana nomnakwabo bathi basuka “kwiLizwe laseSanta Martin,” apho kwakungekho langa kodwa kumnyama ngokungaguqukiyo yaye wonke umntu wayeluhlaza njengabo. Ukhankanye enye indawo 'ekhanyayo' ebonwa ngaphaya komlambo.

Yena nomnakwabo babesalusa umhlambi kayise xa bawela emqolombeni. Bangena e umjelo kwaye bahamba ebumnyameni ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba bathi gqi kwelinye icala ekukhanyeni okuqaqambileyo kwelanga, nto leyo abayibona imangalisa. Kungelo xesha ke ezafunyanwa ngabavuni.

Iingcaciso

Abantwana abaluhlaza beWoolpit
Abantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit. © Wikimedia Commons

Iingcamango ezininzi ziye zacetyiswa ukutyhubela iminyaka ukucacisa le ngxelo ingaqhelekanga. Ngokuphathelele umbala oluhlaza-tyheli wabantwana, enye ithiyori yeyokuba babephethwe yi-Hypochromic Anemia, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiChlorosis (elithatyathwe kwigama lesiGrike elithi 'Chloris', elithetha luhlaza-tyheli).

Ukutya okungalunganga ngokukodwa kubangela isifo, esiguqula umbala weeseli ezibomvu zegazi kwaye kubangele umbala oluhlaza obonakalayo wesikhumba. Inyaniso yokuba intombazana ibonakala ibuyela kwi-hue eqhelekileyo emva kokufumana ukutya okunempilo inika ukuthembeka kule ngcamango.

KwiziFundo zeFortean 4 (1998), uPaul Harris wenze isindululo sokuba abantwana babeziinkedama zaseFlemish, mhlawumbi bevela kwidolophu esebumelwaneni ebizwa ngokuba yiFornham St. Martin, eyayahlulwe eWoolpit nguMlambo iLark.

Uninzi lwabaphambukeli baseFlemish bafika ngenkulungwane ye-12 kodwa batshutshiswa ngalo lonke ixesha lolawulo lukaKumkani uHenry II. Abantu abaninzi babulawa kufuphi neBury St Edmunds ngo-1173. Ukuba babebalekele eThetford Forest, abantwana aboyikayo banokucinga ukuba yayiyimini engunaphakade.

Basenokuba bangene kwenye yeendlela ezininzi zomgodi ophantsi komhlaba kummandla, ekugqibeleni wabakhokelela eWoolpit. Abantwana bebeya kuba ngumbono owothusayo kubalimi baseWoolpit, benxibe iimpahla ezingaqhelekanga zeFlemish kwaye bethetha olunye ulwimi.

Abanye abakhi-mkhanyo baye bathi imvelaphi yabantwana 'yenye yehlabathi'. Abantu abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba abantwana abaluhlaza bakaWoolpit “bawa bevela eZulwini” emva kokufunda incwadi kaRobert Burton yowe-1621 ethi, “The Anatomy of Melancholy,” ekhokelela abanye ekubeni bacinge ukuba abantwana ezingaphandle komhlaba.

Isazi ngeenkwenkwezi uDuncan Lunan wenze isindululo kwinqaku lika-1996 elapapashwa kwiphephancwadi i-Analog ukuba abantwana bathunyelwa ngempazamo kwi-Woolpit besuka kwiplanethi yabo yasekhaya, enokubanjiswa kwi-synchronous orbit ejikeleze ilanga layo, ebonisa iimeko zobomi kuphela kwindawo emxinwa. phakathi komphezulu oshushu kakhulu kunye necala elimnyama elinomkhenkce.

Ukusukela kwiingxelo zokuqala ezibhaliweyo, ibali labantwana abaluhlaza baseWoolpit lithathe ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane ezisibhozo. Ngoxa iinkcukacha eziyinyaniso zeli bali zisenokungaze zifunyanwe, liye lakhuthaza intaphane yemibongo, iincwadi, imidlalo yeopera, nemidlalo yeqonga ehlabathini lonke, yaye isaqhubeka ithimba iingqondo ezininzi ezithanda ukwazi.

Emva kokufunda ngabantwana abaluhlaza bakaWolpit bafunde ibali elinika umdla elithi abantu abaluhlaza baseKentucky.