The Armour Archive

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How is it constructed.

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Proxus, its called Latin. maybe work has me worn down mentally here but huh? Why a clergyman or monk from Ireland could move around Europe and European religious houses. I'm going to guess that most laymen in 14th century Ireland didn't speak German or French. Maybe some English depending on who th...

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InsaneIrish wrote:IIRC Maximillian's triumph was commissioned in 1492+/-

So, even though it is super late that is still 15th century.

While it may have been commissioned that early it wasn't finished until 1512.

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Proxus, its called Latin.

There actually is atleast one article somewhere about irish monks on the continent in the later middle ages.

Conal, short answer is this. Be German.

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Vitus you really should stick to the 20th century cause you do well there, once you start talking about the past you go down hill.

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InsaneIrish we are talking about 15th century not 16th.

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Like I said even the outlaw thing is kinda a stretch because there just aren't many reasons for it. Scots and Welsh in that sort of situation tend to be political refugees useful to others. The political situation in Ireland lacks that sort of stability. Henry V brought Irish troops to France. You m...

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While this isn't the best image of one an Italian infantry shield would work well and in a way better as a pavise is intended to be center gripped.
In the center
http://www.wga.hu/art/u/uccello/4battle/3battle.jpg
The large oval is the most frequently seen in art in the period.
Other variations exist as well.

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Short answer is no. You really need to read some Irish history. I may have a spare copy of a book to send you if I come across it. Ireland by this point in time is generally divided into 3 populations. Irish, Anglo-Irish and English. The King of England was the Lord of Ireland and as such almost eve...

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Other than this statement: You have to remember that the further you go back in time, the MORE conservative and restrictive the world gets. I agree with Vitus' post. No kidding. That's a pretty simplistic view of history... And it is also an incorrect one. It is even less true in regards to women. ...

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I can document most shield shapes to someplace in Europe in the 15th century. Some are more known to be real where as others are going to be more in the range of alegorical reality.

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RoaK wrote:I have no idea; but Iâ€™ll say this much: if they did and one of them won Iâ€™d bet weâ€™d all know about it today.

actually if they did it dressed as a man and no one found out then we wouldn't know.

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Chef you need to have your wife set you up with a blog to suck up some of your writing time. Secondly, Time and place, time and place, all things happen in a time and place. Lastly the idea that there some some great mysteries surounding lives after the 13th century is generally incorrect. We have a...

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Glen stop being a Nazi. If I were a Nazi there wouldn't be any threads left on this forum. I think what you meant to say is that if you were a Nazi then you would seek to hunt down all Jews on the forum to remove them and would ensure that all posts worked the way you intended for the good of the F...

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Glen stop being a Nazi.

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Joan of Arc was put to death, burnt alive, as a heretic, for having the audacity to wear a mans clothing. Not true. She was burned for recantation of her submission to the church and it happened to be seen by putting men's clothing on. Also it should be pointed out that the trial was so far beyond ...

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Joan of Arc was put to death, burnt alive, as a heretic, for having the audacity to wear a mans clothing. Not true. She was burned for recantation of her submission to the church and it happened to be seen by putting men's clothing on. Also it should be pointed out that the trial was so far beyond ...

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Long and short of it is this.
It is atypical for women to be combatants in medieval society.
If typical matters then the above statement sums it up, if not then not.

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Before a bunch of people come in an flourish that up a bunch.
What you wrote is not to far off from how several medieval chroniclers would have written it. Most chroniclers were not Froissart.

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This thread is funny especially because I was reading about medieval transvestism last night.

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Yep but it no longer looks like that and I haven't finished modifying it to fit my head. It is way to deep for me.
Here is pretty much what it looks like now. Cut the tail down a bit and sucked in the face some.

[img]http://www.mediumaevum.com/aa/Picture.jpg[/img]

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A thousand clay figurines can atleast make a display. Millions of clay shards that it would be impossible to put back together that will literally sit in a warehouse and collect dust bother me far more. Atleast at some point in the future you could sell the figurines, although I suppose you could us...

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I think I have the helm you made for MJ.

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First question is the quality of the scabbard or in Latin the Vagina, sorry couldn't help myself. It looks nicer then the old ones but depending on its quality you might need to replace it or get it redone in a matching leather. Secondly based on the amount you spent on the sword you'll likely want ...

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I offer that this leaf may be serving a greater good scattered from its tree, but in appreciative hands than it would cloistered away from the world. I'm going to have to concur with this. Preservation is a double edge sword. The desire to preserve has to be balanced with the other needs of society...

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Duke Icefalcon wrote:I DO have some longer sticks available. I sell 42" sticks for $11 but can bring it down to $8 for the sale.

Would you please I'd like to try something a little longer then 36".

Also how long are the whole staves and do you have to get them to cut into 3 sections?

Brent

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Ironically you live in a city with one of the best library science preservation programs in the country. I would think Maelgwyn would know someone to ask for the best direction to go.

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Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland This harness is often thought to be odd because he was in his 70s when he died and you tend to see certain things stay around longer in the north like Plaque Belts. If harnesses of effigies are based on the actual harness used by the men then one should expect some...

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I really enjoyed when they used to have the Gulf Wars coins that you bought at Troll for $1 a piece, and the merchants accepted them. They could turn them back in for cash. That I thought was very cool and would like to see returned. The very first Estrella War I attended (I think it was â€™96 or t...

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Bob H wrote:Thanks, Piers. I mean, thanks a lot, now I'm never going to have any spare cash.

This is why I am always broke.

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Oxbow Books and David Brown Book Co (in the US) is a really good book dealer that focuses on ancient, medieval and archaeological books, they publish some and distribute some as well. They are great and best of all they are one of the first places you can consistently find discounted books when the ...

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What about a middle weight hardened leather?

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The photographers did an extremely good job of ensuring the parking lot at the end of the list field did not make it into any of the photos.

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Having made a Caxton font that does not work in XP I can tell you if you find a font that is accurate to what you want and will have use for it in the future just buy it but make sure you check the letters and ensure they are in there correctly. Nothing worse then a letter that looks wrong throughou...

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Aaron you'll notice that neither of the examples Vitus posted really engulf what you are looking for. The first instance I'm aware of fighting at the barrier outside of a siege situation is at the very end of the 15th century and is a challenge that is done up to mimic that with a mock gate to be us...

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