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Deeds of Arms and Other Matters Medieval and Otherwise

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Prince Caspian (2008)

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In this version of Narnia, Telmarine armorers have an inordinate fondness for morions. A culture with a trace of creativity should have more...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

More Commonplace Swag

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Now up on Commonplace Goods: the Medieval Recreations Calendar .
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Monday, January 05, 2009

New Items at Commonplace Goods

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I have added several new items at Commonplace Goods , including the List Mistress Mug and the Large Warrior Mug .
Thursday, January 01, 2009

Daily Life in Chaucer's England Is Now in Stock

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At Greenwood and Amazon

Commonplace Goods

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I have just opened a CafePress store, Commonplace Goods. Your only source for the Last Days of the Norsemen in Greenland T-shirt and other ...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Order of Chivalry Is Not Dead in England

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It did but slumber.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Recreating Belgian Longsword Rules

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This past summer, at Pennsic 2008, we recreated a tournament using Belgian longsword rules as part of an anthology of tournament styles at t...

TREATISE OF WORSHIP IN ARMS, BY JOHAN HILL

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TRAYTESE OF THE POYNTES OF WORSHIP IN ARMES BY JOHAN HYLL, ARMORER SERGEANT IN THE KINGE’S ARMORY 1434 Bod. Lib., Ashmole. MS. 856, art. 2...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

In My Parallel Universe II

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Hedge fund manager Otto Spork has been charged with bilking investors of millions of dollars in two fraudulent glacier investments.
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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Medieval Field Flask

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Just in time for Christmas! A recreation of a medieval field flask in lead free pewter.
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Will McLean
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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