Researchers identify history's only confirmed trebuchet casualty

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Paleopathologist Jo Buckberry has highlighted the discovery of what is believed to be the only known individual in history confirmed to have been killed by a trebuchet. The finding sheds light on the violent realities of medieval warfare. The case was identified through skeletal analysis, which revealed injuries consistent with trebuchet-related trauma. Buckberry noted that the discovery underscores just how brutal combat was during the medieval period.

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