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Deeds of Arms and Other Matters Medieval and Otherwise

Friday, April 25, 2008

Cleaning Mail

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The barrels, which are mentioned among the Shipley goods, may have been used for the simple process of cleaning armour by rolling it in a b...
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Gawain and the Green Knight in Pop Culture

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Jeff Sypeck includes some links to an award winning Irish animated version as well as a performance by paper bag puppets. The last is funnie...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Online Medieval Research and Recreation Resources

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Pertaining to the 14th or 15th century: Living History Groups: La Belle Compagnie Others Medieval Recreation The Society for Creativ...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

William Wallasky

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Over in the comments at Megan McArdle , Braveheart was suggested as suitable viewing for Libertarian Movie Night. It is to laugh. Da, Gibson...
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How on earth do you find these things?

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A friend asks how I find things like 17th century archery rules. Good question. In this case I started with a local Boy Scout troop that wan...
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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Works on the Medieval Tournament at Google Books

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These include Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrimage , with itemized expenses for the Asteley/Boyle combat of 1442, a French acco...
Friday, April 04, 2008

Aime for the Archers of St. George's Fields

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Hannis, Richard Aime for the Archers of St. George's Fields , London 1664. Excerpted in Urban, Sylvanus, The Gentleman’s Magazine and H...
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Thursday, April 03, 2008

14th c. Arms Control

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By Statute of 12 Rich. II., 1388, the practice of archery is again commanded, but it is there combined with a prohibition against the bearin...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

SCA Mission Statement

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The SCA has put out proposed mission and business statements: Mission statement: The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA) is an inte...

A Letter from Louis XI to Richard Duke of Gloucester

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In 1480 Richard, Duke of Gloucester received at least one bombard as a gift from Louis XI of France. The bombard was probably an obsolescent...
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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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