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Deeds of Arms and Other Matters Medieval and Otherwise

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Chevauchee by BlakP

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They call me BlakP, and I've got the bling The ruby that I got from the Spanish king yeo yeo yeo yeo yeo yeo yeoman yeo yeo yeo yeo yeo ...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Braveheart Outtake

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Edward I: "Yes, heh, we must find a way to, cough, bring these rebellious Scots to heel..." (other cast members look at ceiling,...
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Amazing Screw-On Head

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If you like animated steampunk Lovecraftian comedy as imagined by Mike Mignola, you might enjoy the Amazing Screw-On Head . Very silly stuff...

Deeds of Arms by Consent:1400-1425

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Challenge by Michel D'Orris 1400 Victory of Seven French against Seven English in a Private Combat 1402 How Jean de Verchin, seneschal o...

Richard Beauchamp Jousts at Coronation of Queen Jane, 1403

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Here shows how at coronation of Queen Jane Earl Richard kept joust for the Queen’s part against all other comers. Where he so notably and s...

Richard Beauchamp Tourneys, c. 1410

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Here showeth how Earl Richard from Venice took his way to Russia, Lithuania, Poland, and Prussia, Westphalia and other coasts of Almane tow...
Monday, July 17, 2006

Richard Beauchamp vs. a German Duke c. 1415

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Here shows how a mighty duke challenged Earl Richard for his lady’s sake. And he jousting slew the duke. And then the Empress took the earl’...

Richard Beauchamp vs. Colard Fynes, 1413

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And upon Sunday after my lord came into the field about nine of the clock armed bright with a round broad tuft of ostrich feathers spraynt w...
Sunday, July 16, 2006

Richard Beauchamp vs. Hugh Launey, 1413

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Upon the morrow my lord came into the field to accomplish the second arms with sword after the intent of his letter armed in the goodliest w...

Richard Beauchamp vs. Gerard Herbaumes, 1413

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The first French knight clepid him in his letters le Chevalier Rouge, to whom the right name, to whom the right name is Sir Gerard Herbaumes...
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I’ve been involved in medieval recreation since 1975. I contributed to a manual for living history that later grew into the book Daily Life in Chaucer’s England, and have written and illustrated several articles on the medieval tournament. This blog is mostly a platform for my other writing about the Middle Ages, and whatever else moves me: other history, movies, SF, space exploration, contemporary politics and economics. You can find my livejournal feed at Willscommonplac
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