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Glen K

The stunning brilliance of many reenactors in understandning minutia of particular items of the material culture that interests them, juxtaposed by the appalling ignorance displayed by very many, if not the majority of reenactors, of the culture, politics, and society of the time and place they are...

Glen K

These sources also typically make the mistake of showing a large red cross in the center of the surcoat when it was actually a smaller cross worn over the left breast.

In reference to my above post, do you have documentary evidence for the cross on the knight's surcoat?

Glen K

Sorry, but "drinks containers" just look awful.

It reminds me of my renfest days, when I used to "disguise" my can o' beer in my highly authentic deerskin gauntlet....

Glen K

I think the only thing we have to go by is the rule which calls for the red cross on the cloak or surcoat after ..what is it 1146 or so? Interestingly enough, this is possibly another misnomer. Technically speaking, the Templar Rule doesn't mention red crosses on the surcoats of knights. It says th...

Glen K

"I am convinced..." ; "I am right..." ; "you are..." With all due respect, this type of hyperbole doesn't really sound like someone willing to learn and discuss things openly, but rather like someone who made up their mind a long tome ago.... I suspect that you're upset that someone had the audacit...

Glen K

That being said would the other LH-oriented folk on this list be interested in asking JT to open up a forum where we could discuss amongst ourselves and answer questions from others (like Dirk) without the fear of being flamed by folk who don't want to listen, but insist on shouting their own agend...

Glen K

If you have moral objections, stay home and leave us alone.

Glen K

Half the fun of LH is getting 'up to par' IMO

Hear, hear!

Glen K

Not to pick nits, but not everybody in LH is in it to educate the public. Point taken, but somewhat irrevelant: folks get into LH for different reasons, but the reason for LH, by it's very definition, is to educate the public. It's like saying that not everyone in a rifle squad likes marching or ki...

Glen K

Ah, Mord, if you take out the word "glasses" and insert "sleeping on the ground", this is the same snit you had several months ago, being overly-sensitive and too-easily offended over someone sharing their ideas and points of view, turning it yet again into an SCA vs. LH fight. I see that you are st...

Glen K

Dirk, I saw in the other thread where you say you're in Georgia. Excellent! Which part of the state? I'm a member of an odd group that can't decide if it wants to do Templars, 3rd Crusade, c. 1066 Normans, or Vikings. It's all the same folks, but we've got about three different names to cover everyt...

Glen K

Great, Bascot! I'm glad it is suitable for your purposes. I hope you weren't too offended by those stirrups... My new one should be completed any day now, and yes Jesse is making it. The headstall is already done, so I just have to find some appropriate saddle pad/blanket and I should be ready to go...

Glen K

It means "1"; I can't remember now why they did that, but very often the last in a series was done with a "j" rather than an "i". For example:

iij cannons
xviij washer women
j pointy stick

Glen K

Ditto on orthotics; you can put them into any shoe (including period shoes), and they make a world of difference. Pris, a nurse, has had them for years and if she doesn't have them she's eventually quite miserable, but with them it's as if everything is OK. They did a cast directly from her foot, an...

Glen K

as a related side note, perhaps to post on the RA later, and to tick off a few people:

I myself am not fully convinced that mail armour from the 11th-13th centuries was as form-fitting as illuminators from the period would have us believe....

Glen K

Via Pete/Guthrothr Greetings and Apologies for this large cross-posting which I promise will happen only once. As you know, on October 14th and 15th 2006, there will be a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings on the site of the original battle in England. This will be the culmination of a series o...

Glen K

I was in no way implying that the mail should have been riveted else it was unworthy for film use. Why you folks are reading such content into my post is beyond me. I was merely responding to the chap that had posted that the mail was riveted. I noted it was not.... I can't speak for the rest of yo...

Glen K

Cripes, I'd give anything to see a good early 16th century impression (dare I say, entire group?) that WASN'T a bunch a frickin' "everybody else is doing it" landsknechts....

Glen K

I concur, but I have to say, it didn't really bother me. I'm very much with you. I have ablsolutely no problem with butted mail in a movie, because most losers will either wear the cloth waffle-weave stuff or have something so outrageously fantasy or OOP that it destroys any semblance of the mood. ...

Glen K

Has anyone gotten a chance to get this yet? It came out last year, and it looks phenomenal. If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd already have ordered it, and might end up doing so anyway. Nevertheless, I'd love to hear if anyone has read it and their thoughts on it. The synopsis from the publisher (Boy...

Glen K

True about the beach's geographic conditions, etc. But if nothing else it was valuable to show that 1) you could jump out of a boat, 2) you could run, 3) it wouldn't disentegrate (nor would you drown) if you're in water, and 4) when you fall, you can get up pretty quickly again. Obliterating myths, ...

Glen K

I really wish, though, that moderation would be kept to an absolute minimum.

Don't think of me as a "moderator"; Think of me as more of a "squelch setting".

Glen K

(Adriano: please take this as a discussion point and not an attack. ) ...but upon study have developed a more balanced anti-religion-in-general slant, echoing the feelings of some contemporary observers. See, that's one thing about the modern historiography of the Crusades: The pendulum was at "the ...

Glen K

Later, muslims scholars would decree that a true Jihad can not be offensive in nature...

I've often thought it very convenient that they reached that conclusion only after they had taken over everywhere.

Glen K

Flittie, A good question. Quite honestly, it's a bit nebulous. I'm all about the RA board being a home for any serious research or questions relating to research for the period. If it relates to the historical context of armour, or different designs and styles of historical armour, etc. then I think...

Glen K

It seems that ya'll are echoing a lot of what my feelings are on the documentary. I LOVE the way Jones gets the information across; it's easy to understand, clever, and entertaining (not that I feel all education should be and/or could be entertaining). Stumbling around the Holy Land in pretty dang ...

Glen K

Seeing "Kingdom of Heaven" caused me to watch part of Terry Jones' "The Crusades" four-part series and therefore continue the love-hate relationship I have with this documentary: It's terribly funny, and it's about an era of history that I'm completely and totally fascinated by, but DAMN is there a ...

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Moved to Armour Dissussion forum

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Moved to Armour Discussion Board

Glen K

Good for you, Klaus!! I was forced to send an email to the Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt who said things like: This was a ghastly though vitally important stretch of history when Western civilization, whipped up by religious fervor and bitter poverty, confronted the Muslim world with both the ...

Glen K

It's pretty good, one of the best. See below.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31069

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=40188

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=41744

Glen K

Yes, I know I'm supposed to be working on this... I'm slow! Every time I think I've got everything covered adequately, I a) realize I don't and start re-writing it, b) someone brings up another interesting point on this thread. At this rate, you're all going to have to end up settling for ordering i...

Glen K

I can't help you with the vacuforming, but if it's any consolation you're a dashing sexy bastard.

Glen K

moved from RA board

Glen K

Some of your questions are difficult to answer, because we simply don't know. Others we can be pretty sure of... Who were the next in command for Harold and William? For Harold I am quessing Gyrth and Leofwin. For William Bishop Odo? anyone else? We really aren't positive what the chains of command ...

Hastings 2006 Official Website

The Place of War in English History, 1066-1215

Terry Jones' "The Crusades"