A Commonplace Book

Steve Muhlberger writes on his Early History Blog : I am editing this month's edition of Carnivalesque, a blog carnival dedicated to pre...

Once upon a time, I thought I knew what a surcote was. First and foremost, it was a loose, sleeveless garment that knights wore over their ...

Delicious is a useful tool for getting more value from your web bookmarks. You can use it apply tags to your bookmarks, so you can later g...

An incredible flying hotel has been announced by the Hotelicopter Company, based on the Mil Mi-12, because nothing says comfort like a a 19...

Modern writers frequently refer to this sort of shield as an écranché shield. However, I've yet to see a pre-1600 source that used the...

The work of Jeff Wasson,an armorer that some of my readers will recognize, appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the WSJ. magazine. Their web...

Jean de Verchin, Seneschal of Hainault, was one of the more strenuous knights of the early 15th c. In 1408 he wrote to Henry IV of England,...

An admirably elegant use of CAPTCHA technology to decipher old manuscripts.

Steve Muhlberger describes a recreation of a William Marshal style tournament within the context of the SCA here . I would suggest some modi...

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