Corpses fighting
Corpse bat scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry , second half of the 11th century. Reduced below you can see how Norman warriors bat the chain armor, weapons and shields of the fallen after the Battle of Hastings .
Fledging of corpses refers to the "robbing" or "plundering" of the dead. It is a word of the 20th century, probably a combination of the expression corpses fleddern with the derivative (derivative morpheme ) -ei .
A person who carries out a corpse bat is called a corpse bat.
In German criminal law, the criminal offenses of disturbing the peace of the dead and embezzlement are relevant . Because of inheritance falls readily into a heirs the property to at Have the dead. If necessary, the state inherits according to §§ 1936, 1964 BGB.
literature
- The carnivores of the battlefield . In: The Gazebo . Issue 39, 1866, pp. 612–614 ( full text [ Wikisource ] - with illustration by Herbert König ).
- Once more the beasts of prey on the battlefield . In: The Gazebo . Issue 43, 1866, pp. 680 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Wiktionary: Leichenfledderei - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kluge. Etymological dictionary of the German language . Edited by Elmar Seebold. 24th edition. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3-11-017472-3