A Commonplace Book

Two sensible posts here and here . I see a few elements as essential. Millions of Americans were overoptimistic about future home prices. ...

Got Medieval has a nice piece on the myth of pre-literacy . It includes an explanation of why this blog has the name it does.

Let all princes, lords, barons, knights and squires of the marches of the Isle de France, Champagne, Flanders, Ponthieu first of seignories,...

Fighting with a round shield strapped to the arm, as taught by the Bolognese School.

There are several surviving accounts of what might be described as jousts on foot. The first is Froissart’s account of an encounter at Vanne...

Do you want to wax your armynge poyntis with cordeweneris coode so they woll neythir recche nor breke, as How a man schall be armyd recommen...

At three o’clock, the lord de Ternant left his pavilion, his coat of arms on his back, a bassinet on his head with the visor closed. And he ...

I’d like to thank those companions of the Company of St. Michael who contributed to making our Vespers and Deed of Arms at Vannes at this P...

Joss Whedon's shy supervillain musical is here , for free until midnight July 20th, and downloadable from iTunes thereafter. Classic Whe...

If you are attending the medieval recreation at Pennsic , you may be interested in the following…… Saturday, August 2 Noon: Blue List, Battl...