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Deeds of Arms and Other Matters Medieval and Otherwise

Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Lord of the Rings as written by....

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.... other authors .
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Judicial Duels

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Trial by Combat : Judicial duels in England and Scotland Translation of Discours sur les duels de Brantôme . Henry Charles Lea's Superst...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

15th Century German Tournament Rules

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An article from the Journal of Sport History. These present an interesting comparison to King Rene’s rules and those implied by de Charny’s...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Coraline (2009)

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This is definitely worth taking some trouble to see in 3D, so you have a limited time available before the 3D theaters get taken over by the...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Costrels, Field Flasks and Pilgrim Flasks before 1450

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Karen Larsdatter’s Material Culture Linkspages are often a valuable resource for researching medieval material culture, and she has a lot of...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Practical Application of the Art of the Sword to Modern Life

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Here . Also, it's a good aerobic workout.
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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Medieval English Lawsuits

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The publications of the Selden Society are now online. Yes, medieval lawsuits. "Bored now" is perhaps your response. Think again:...
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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Some new reviews of 1381: the Peel Affinity..

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...have been posted at Amazon.

Hieronymus Bosch Action Figures!

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O brave new world, that has such creatures in it. You know you want one . OK, technically not action figures, since the self playing blue ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

In My Parallel Universe III

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Singularity University is now open. Where the professors complain about the virtual tenure and the Turing tests are multiple choice. Oh, no...
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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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