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It shoruld be sir-vel-yare, IIRC my rusty French. An e at the end makes the r emphasized, instead of sorta aspirated.

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sha-ul,
That's what I bought them for, yes. They're what several people I know use for Tudor and Elizabethan shoes.

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I measured the inside of the shoes, they are approx 11 1/2 inches from the toe to heel.

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Outside of some questionable assumptions you are mostly on the right track but you definitely need to look for some art of foot soldiers from the beginning of the 15th century. Many of the people depicted are likely a part of the princes household and therefore would likely be part of his riding re...

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You might want to post this in the "I wanna be" forum.. Matter of fact I would recommend searching the vast number of topics there to get your answers. Simply find a date closely approximating your desire and go from there. Ah, but all the I wanna be posts, in regards to the late 14th and...

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I'm not sure, they are marked 46/12 meaning they are a European 46 and an American 12. They are big on me, but that is because my feet are just shy of an American 12. Do you know what European size you wear?

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Hi all, I have been looking at my copy of Gaston Phebus's Le Livre de Chasse and I really like the the look of the huntsmen's clothes and gear. m m I think I really want to model my soft kit after some specific pages in the book. No problem, I can do that, I can sew and work leather. What about SCA ...

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Hey all, I picked up a pair of black Birkenstock Londons last Christmas when I was interested in doing late period. They are black, mens size 12 US or size 46 European. Only worn 4 times. My feet are more like an 11 3/4s and so I have never been able to get this shoes to fit comfortabley. Plus, I pi...

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By the 13th century, the Anglo Irish a some of hem were pretty well Hibernized. Here's a manuscript drawing of an Anglo-Irish rider, I'm not sure of the time. But the Irish were by no means just clad in a shirt, if they were wealthy, in the 13th century. They had been exposed to the Norse, the Saxon...

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Mark,
That is schweeet!

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I was going to ask why the smaller diameter TT made a difference in force levels, then the same thickness of foam would be tip. Then I realized that the area of the surface in contact with the target had decreased, which should increase the force, correct? Physics is not my strong point, except when...

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Meh, it's a circular argument, but here goes. It's all about attitude. The yeoman archers of England were stahlwart fellows, practice for hours to pull the war bow. The feeling given out by some combat archers is that thye do this because it is the easy way. Far easier than become an authorized heav...

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[quote="RoaK"]I believe more accurate up to date data has now shown Harold was probably hacked to death by Norman knights trying to rally his crumbling line than dyeing from an arrow to the eye... he might have been wounded in the face. The arrow to the eye depicted in the tapestry was mor...

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I I have some friends who want to do combat archery and siege. I am trying to understand why. Here's a game that let's you got out and engage in rough and tumble combat, swing stick and sweat and you want to launch tennis balls and golf tubes? I understand wanting to build the siege equipment, we b...

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Man those are super cool! Just what every pimped out Landesknecht needs. I'd never thought about how that fanciful armour could be made.

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Mark, I spent the evening going through the Web Gallery of Art, focusing in the 1400-1450 time period. There are some interesteing things going on in many of the Biblical scenes the artists have painted. I wonder how many of them are intended to be archaicisms or a way to show the otherness and vill...

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Mark, Thanks for the information. I'll look for images from the firework book. Most of my research too has been focused more on mid 14th century and earlier, so I wasn't sure how widespread the kastenbrust was. What about noblemen who may have came over to the Hussite cause? What would they have wor...

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Hey all, I've just recently become interested in the Hussite Wars. In the opsrey book of the same name there is an illustration by Mcbride of a Hussite wearing a kastenbrust and fauld, presumably looted. My question is, how common were kastenbrusts in the 1420-1430 time period? What would the knight...

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Adam,
You and the Priory are the direction I point newbies in when they ask me why I think real armour is the heat. Best of luck.

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Johan,
That's the one. I suppose I shouldn't post right before bed after a long weekend of work.

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I came across this group's webpage and they have pictures from various Swedish museums. Concentrating on the late 14th century.

Enjoy.

http://www.albrechts.se/gallery/artifac ... allery.htm

Edited cuz I wuz too fast on the enter key before bed.

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I use them and have never had a problem at all in around 15 years.

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The link to the Battle of Badon proposal rocks. That's more what I'm looking for. A good mix of history and heroic inspiration. Holding the bridge would be another good feat.

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I've read the posts about the Combat of the Thirty and other deeds of arms with great appreciation, but also a little sadness. You see, what I desire to emulate is the earlier period part of the middle ages, even back unto the so called dark ages. Why? To be a champion like Finn MacCool, Cuchalain, ...

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I have some drawings from a Russian military history website. I can't vouch for accuracy, but I will say they look to match the line drawings out of Nicolle's Arms and armour of the Crusading Era.

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m A friend of mine would take feral hogs with a rifle on her ranch near Sweetwater, TX and we talked about trying to do a period hunt, but it never got past the planning stages before I headed out to Korea. I'd still love to do it. Unless you knew someone with hog dogs, I'd say you'd have to use a g...

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I'm on the left.

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Omar, I fought for several years in the Southern Outlands with wax hardened scale and had no trouble feeling the blows. It's the scale pattern Sir Tore used for tassets, so it's like lamellar. I've since lived in Drachenwald, which has a lighter calibration and had not trouble adjusting. The key is ...

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No way. I agree that it's not like there is a magic switch on 1 Jan 1600 that makes everyone say "This is the Modern Era" I'd almost might agree with carrying things through the ECW and Thirty Year's War, so we can have Cavaliers, Roundheads, Musketeers, Cardinal's Guards and other early B...

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Your Highness,
Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll see if the base library can ILL it for me.

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It sounds like a book title, but it isn't one I can find. I'm looking at pulling my early soft kit together into a cohesive whole, that of a man in the comitatus of a British warlord ca 500 AD. With that in mind I've found articles about shoes, brooches and jewelry. Even clothes. I searched the AA, ...

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On the other hand, in a real life situation I am more likely to be able to arm myself with some sort of club like improvised weapon. I like my chances with a club and room to swing. The point Chef brings up about practitioners stripping away the historic to get the martial aspect is one of those thi...

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If I were doing an Elizabethan personna, I'd want to be a prize player. Skilled with sword and buckler, longsword, gretesword, staff, morris pike, sometimes a flail. Good stuff.

I agree that quarterstaff is traditionaly unarmoured, and with someone I trust, I'd go with just a mask and gorget.

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I'd be for quarterstaff vs. quarterstaff fights. Those would make sense. Looking at later period German manuals, all pole weapons, to include a quarterstaff, used similar techniques. So if you were a good hand at quarterstaff, and had to serve in the army, maybe you'd pick up a langue de bouef, or a...

A Huntsman from Le Livre de Chasse goes to war in what?

FS: Black Birkenstock Londons Mens 12

Kastenbrust breastplate and Hussite infantry?

Pictures of 14th Century artifacts

Deeds of arms for early period personnas?

Personal Accesories in Post Roman Britain?