The Armour Archive

Glen K

The Normans seem to be the exception to the (so-called) rule that "everyone in the medieval period wore a head covering".... as Stephen says, there isn't really any conclusive evidence as to what they wore on their head; the evidence there is suggests that they didn't wear anything. Practically, thi...

Glen K

Have you seen the latest edition National Geographic? There's an article about the Celtic Revival--I've read it briefly.

I've seen the article (hard to miss all the nekkid folks

), but have not read it through. What's your take on it?

Glen K

I like to think of it as Medieval/Renaissance Revival and not re-enactment.

Humph.... that's about the simplest, best single-sentence description of what the SCA is I've ever read.

Glen K

Thus, tents large enough to shelter the people who weren't able to cram into a friend's or family's home...

Do you have any evidence that this is what they would have done, i.e. owned tents and taken them to such a gathering?

Glen K

Since you're posting here, I assume you have internet access...

I went to Google.

I typed in "Maciejowski Bible"

I came back with 9,490 results.

The FIRST TWO were:

http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/ ... _bible.htm

http://www.keesn.nl/mac/index.html

The total process took me about 15 seconds before I had websites that had scans of every image in said Bible.

Glen K

Have you looked at it??

http://www.keesn.nl/mac/mac_en.htm

Glen K

"Invasion" is such a dirty word... I prefer "Normans invited in by one side to help defeat the other side, all sides eventually regretting inviting them into the country in the first place, because they're a bunch of greedy conniving bastards". but an "invasion", no way.

Glen K

That was one of the two reasons I wanted to reenact the Battle of Hastings when I was in High School. High impact article, cool illustrations. That issue was one of my first influences as well... I remember coming across it at a garage sale, getting it for all of $.10, and taken it home and being c...

Glen K

Here's a question:

If these norsemen really were so big and tough, sailing the seas in all kinds of weather all day long, wreaking havoc, and their lords rewarded them with gold and jewels for fierce, life-threatening combat, why do we think that they even needed or wanted a tent to sleep under?

Glen K

You guys are all arguing tactics (the sign of an amature ), and the real final arbitrator in war is logistics. LoL, touche Herr Moltke! As I'm sure you know (and others should read if they haven't), Bernard Bachrach has made a career partially by doing neat little mathematical equations like this: ...

Glen K

What a great conversation... One thing I'm noticing, though, is that when the words "medieval warfare" are being discussed, particularly in this case, everyone goes into a battle-centric or large-force-centric type of thinking. One of the most interesting (to me, anyway) aspects of medieval warfare ...

Glen K

[ I've moved the typical insult-fest portions over to OT, untouched so that all may enjoy them. If it starts here again, I'll delete the whole thread]

Glen K

There may be one more wrinkle to consider. Horsemen are not strategically faster than infantry, unless the horsemen have a very large train of replacement horses. Hmmm, care to elaborate a little bit on why you arrive at that conclusion? You make this statement in the begining, but the rest of your...

Glen K

They'll actually be three "hangers on", Kim, since Pris will be going to and will definitely not be dressing out. A good time should be had by all! After the battle, we're going to hang out in Sussex for a bit, then take several days in Normandy itself, though time will be split between medieval coo...

Glen K

So, you want a website for medieval reenactors where they can discuss their kit, how they do things, their events, and recruit for their group, but you don't actually want them to discuss their kit, how they do things, their events, and not focus on groups? Sorry, but I'm not sure I see what exactly...

Glen K

So what happened to the English cavalry between Stamford Bridge and Hastings?

There was no English "cavalry" at Stamford Bridge for anything to happen to between then and Hastings.

Glen K

Before I wade in, a question/observation:

When someone says "the use of medieval cavalry", why is it always "charge headlong into a mass of infantry"?? Why is it always the "shock" tactic that gets the play, and not the multitude of other tactics/methods cavalry is used in war?

Glen K

Grimstone, First, let me apologize for coming across as condecending and rude. To be honest, I was a little taken aback at your posting, coming across to me as negative and icy as it did. Based on what you've posted about your experiences, it appears that you have had experience in reenactment, rese...

Glen K

I am interested in 'those that created it' who are those people exactly, who do you mean, what is this 'real living history'? Here are some definitions of living history by the people who helped invent it, study it, develop it, and do it every day: m (this site has, by far, the best discussion of w...

Glen K

Mr. Bar, I finally have to make a few comments about your well-meaning but ill-informed/mistaken commentary... the obvious derision in which you use the term "living history" as a perjorative doesn't really help your case. Living History came about in the middle to late 1980s as a result of people w...

Glen K

Other than a couple of relatively minor incidents I think the event went off very well indeed. Everyone who attended said that they had a grand time and that they were pleased with it (of course, would they really tell me otherwise? ). The weather cooperated very well, and was similar to a nice spri...

Glen K

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=53059

Be Nice.

Glen K

My collegiate training was musicology, with an emphasis in early polyphony.

Now where is that emoticon for "loser geek"???

Glen K

Something else, folks: It looks like the weather will be very nice for our event (which is always my big worry): m Almost 70 on Friday, 65 on Saturday, with rain only moving in during the afternoon of Sunday. No rain between now and then, so things should dry out pretty good. Let's hope the forecast...

Glen K

Nice work, Paul. I'd be interested in knowing more about the shield... any "process" pics?

Glen K

James,

I hate to do this, but you won't be able to use that scabbard at our event.

See, I don't have a scabbard for my sword, so no one else will be able to use theirs. Sorry, but this is in the best interest of authenticity... or something.

Glen K

A good place to start would be "Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight" by Edge and Paddock, or perhaps "2,500 Years of European Helmets" by Curtis.

Glen K

Moved from HR. Blazon away!

Glen K

Moved from the HR forum, because SCA heraldry really isn't "historical research".

Glen K

Folks, I'm looking for someone to make me a custom, period (esque) map of the English channel, specifically the Sussex coast and the coast of Normandy, in period inks, in a period style, on vellum or other appropriate material. If you can do this, or can point me in the direction of someone who can,...

Glen K

Hey, I drove it too... though the return trip is a little hazy...

Yes, it is pretty straightforward for you, since 98% of the trip is on interstate. Just hop on the nearest interstate, follow mapquest, and the site is about 15 minutes off of I-20 just east of Atlanta.

GK

Glen K

Wow, thanks Risto! That's great site... I've often wondered where artists came up with that interpretation of a conical; it's nice to see it's from an actual piece rather than a "guess". To me, it certainly looks like the pieces on the nasal allow the nasal to be removed from the helmet and drop dow...

Glen K

HOORAY!!!

folks, what this means is that we will have a real, live Vikings live steel combat assesor, so you can get checked out for combat here, or at TNBO at Hastings! Hopefully, this will push some of you over the fence and induce you to come to our lovely little gathering.

Glen K

I've got some books with a line drawing of the details and a couple of photographs of the original; email me direct to remind me and I'll get them to you this weekend. Now, of course, the original isn't in as nearly good shape as the original....

Glen K

Everyone, We're all very excited about the upcoming event near Bostwick GA. Hopefully lots of folks will be able to attend. Some questions have come up, so I wanted to answer them. There will be ample camping space on site, both a "period" encampment (or two) and a modern encampment. Everyone will b...

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