A Commonplace Book

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

In this photo I'm the man at arms on the left with the red lance . Many more photos of the 2007 recreation of the Combat of the Thirty a...

Klingspor’s Sandflex® Blocks are useful tools for quickly removing rust. Made of some sort of rubbery, eraser-like material impregnated with...

Matt Galas has posted an account of longsword fencing rules used in Belgium and Northern France from ca. 1540 to the late 1700s, with more d...

At Pennsic , Tuesday, August 7 12 Noon, Blue List, Battlefield, Three Hours Historic Combat Series - The Challenges at Vannes (Counted Blow ...

If you are attending the medieval recreation at Pennsic , you may be interested in the following…… Saturday, August 4 3 PM: Blue List, Battl...

The Munich manuscript of Mair’s De arte athletica is online here . Splendidly illustrated, this manuscript is written in Latin, in a very le...

Today is a good day to read or reread Jefferson's last letter . It’s also a good day to reflect on how fortunate we were in the revoluti...

Charlie Stross takes a hard look at the realism of space colonization, absent multiple technological magic wands. Without them, a lot of the...

What’s the best way to hold a lance or spear when fighting on foot? A variety of fighting manuals illustrate its use in single combat. Typic...