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Glen K

We have little concept of the ties of duty and obligation that bound medieval society, so we see it through the prism of our own post-Enlightenment society. Well said and absolutely correct, Fearghus, which is why I think it's VERY important to portray the non-noble folks to the public and burst ap...

Glen K

Why are tents neccesary at all?

Glen K

Bob, even though you and I have chewed this topic over many a night, and we both feel pretty much the same way, I'll share my thoughts for those unenlightened who haven't been with us. What do you think, is the group as a whole important? Is it more important than personal likes and dislikes? As we ...

Glen K

Oh, and as to the scene posted above by James: that looks a bit Protestant to me!

Glen K

Well, Jenn, I took your advice, and let me tell you.... it was indeed well worth it! I thought it was a very well put together movie. The acting was great, sets and costume was superb, and dangamighty if ya'll forgot to mention that SIR Peter Ustinov was Frederick the Wise! I thought it did a really...

Glen K

Tim, Your list seems to be rather complete about the recent 'advances' and points of discussion in Viking-period living history. The llamellar discussion is very interesting to me, as I have no real horse in that race yet love to examine how the reenactment/LH community deals with the question; it's...

Glen K

Assuming that your hypothetical person actually has a desire to do things Right: At the risk of sounding like an elitist, I think folks doing an impression for a more-difficult-to-research period should be among the more responsible from a discerning historicity point of view. In other words, a begi...

Glen K

A very good topic to bring up, Flittie, with good responses by all. From my personal perspective, I believe that if you were forced to rank the most universally influential aspects upon the lives of medieval folks, religion would be No. 1. As such, I believe that the inclusion and discussion of reli...

Glen K

Ashdown's books are good for the plates and illustrations, and therefore worth the low price; but do not, under any circumstances, attempt to read any of the text.

Glen K

I've been wanting to see this as well, but no place around here has it for rent. Wal-Mart, though, has it for $18... is it worth it?

Thanks to all for the detailed reviews... man, I love the 16th century!

And remember, Erasmus laid the egg, but Luther hatched it!

Glen K

...as they went to face and deal death for their lords and their families? Don't forget loot, ransom money, and Salvation, you nay-saying authenticity button-pissing thread-counting bastard. If the SCA was nothing but folks like Bascot, Steve of F'n C (:) ), and Templar Bob, I'd've joined long ago.

Glen K

Those lanterns are indeed close, especially to documentable 15th century styles, except for all the dang holes. I've been meaning to call them or drop them an email to see if they could get a couple w/o the EXTREME! perforation.

Glen K

How the heck did I miss these?

No problem; I personally ALWAYS go to the De Re Militari site first (or ORB for non-military stuff) before I do anything else...

Glen K

http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/C ... arfare.htm

http://www.unf.edu/classes/crusades/cru ... graphy.htm

Glen K

I'd suggest a good search of the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (www.the-orb.net), which contains a wealth of information. You might want to start here:

http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religio ... _rule.html

And here:

http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religio ... sahl1.html

Regards,

GK

Glen K

I've split of the conversation concerning real nobility and their place in the SCA to the off-topic board. While interesting, I don't think a discussion about social mores of the SCA contributes to a greater knowledge of the medieval period.

Glen K

Can you cite an example?

Can you and Maeryk take your BoD/religion-based argument to OT, where it belongs? At this point, it ceases to be based on research or authenticity into becoming more period and becomes (suprise, suprise) a political/personal beliefs.

Glen K

Akmatov, I admire your desire to portray a persona of a religious order, especially in an organization which has, as a group, always behaved in a rather dodgey manner concerning such. I am not a member of the SCA, but from what I understand (as Connor said) what your arms and and what you wear can b...

Glen K

My dearest and most favorite parliamentarian bastard,

Aren't you confusing Pegasus Bridge and Arnhem? I didn't think there were any gliderborne jeeps in the initial assault...

Count on a roundhead to jump periods willy-nilly with wild abandon.

Glen K

Please peruse the article (.pdf format) below by John Gillingham from the De Re Military site (http://www.deremilitari.org). Post your comments, questions, and discussion points. Enjoy!

http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/gillingham3.pdf

Glen K

I'm unfamiliar with the battle at Fulford in any detail.

What's this? My friend, you are living deep in spiritual darkness...

http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/

Most all treatments of 1066 barely mention it; I'm dying to get ahold of DeVries' new book on the Scandanavian invasion of that year...

Glen K

To take the question further re: Erik's input: given the sparse evidence we have, is there any indication that mail mittens were predominately something reserved for knights (i.e. mounted warriors), or do they appear for infantry as well? The Mac Bible springs to mind as an example showing infantry ...

Glen K

I *still* think Stamford Bridge is more important than Hastings, longterm... but I'm not likely to be very popular with such a view... Oh-ho, but your very position indicates your appreciation of subject and various points of view. My personal opinion is that to rank any of those three battles in 1...

Glen K

Apart from the Big Ones (Hastings, etc), I find the lesser-known-but-just-as-important ones that folks tend to forget, like Civitate (is that the one you meant in #5?), Manzikert, etc. However, I am most interested in trying to find out more about the (to apply a modern phrase) small-unit engagement...

Glen K

I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but it happens in acadmia all the time when you find out someone is already doing work on what you want to be doing work on... Kelly DeVries, of Loyola College, will present a paper at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies titled Ã¢â‚¬Å“The In...

Glen K

Wish I got that channel... but I did notice on their website they have a jousting game! I spent about an hour playing, and just so everyone knows the game was a lot harder to do than the real thing.

Glen K

"It mentions details I overlooked, like the naked lady"

...bet you're gay.....

Glen K

Mael, It is indeed broken into pages. I also have the little fold-out version (I got mine at Battle, UK), but the book is much better. There is 'overlap' from a page to page so you don't have an awful lot of "bad" cuts, plus having it reproduced so large can allow you to see details that the little ...

Glen K

Geez, Alcy, get with the times! I know you're trying to steal my ideas...

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

But he is right, folks: this is one of the best books you can get for the Norman period.

Glen K

I'd LOVE to do a LH group based on De Soto's passage through North Carolina but that's just a wee bit too niche to fly. Nobody seems interested. Hey, that's two of us, if we can do DeSoto's entire expedition! I started a file about 4 years ago for DeSoto-era stuff that I put things in every now and...

Glen K

It's not that I'm neccesarily wanting to do anything in particular; I was just hoping to enter into a intelligent discussion with folks who have this type thing as a serious hobby why things are the way they are.

Glen K

I'd like to pose a question to my fellow dressing-up-in-costumes-for-fun bretheren (and sisteren) that I've pondered off an on for some time: In my experience, it seems that there are folks out there willing to do reenactments/LH for practically every time period. Everyone has their own particulare ...

Glen K

Sold pending payment.

Glen K

Hi folks. I'm selling my LH quality viking helmet w/ oculars. Can be seen at: m (if the link is blown, email me and I'll send you pics). Fits me perfectly w/o coif, I wear 7.5 size hat. Could go a little bigger but not with mail coif; can certainly go smaller. hand-sewn leather liner. I'm asking $20...

Glen K

Oh Jeez, oh Jeez, oh Jeez. The bar's just been raised again . . .

Not really; that's way above the station that most of us portray. The only way you'd need something that fancy is if you were Emperor of....

Oh, NOW I see your dilemma. Nevermind.

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