The Armour Archive

Ken Mondschein

If you're going to sign up, may I suggest you please do it soon? We need to get an accurate head count.
Thanks,

Ken Mondschein
Translator, Fencing: A Renaissance Treatise by Camillo Agrippa
http://www.historicalfencing.org

Ken Mondschein

Thanks, Puck! This is good stuff, and it's very generous for Mary to donate her time and expertise to make this information public.

Ken Mondschein

If you're going to sign up, may I suggest you please do it soon? We need to get an accurate head count.
Thanks,

Ken Mondschein
Translator, Fencing: A Renaissance Treatise by Camillo Agrippa
http://www.historicalfencing.org

Ken Mondschein

Karen Larsdatter wrote:Because, Tristan, we've known about www.medievalsoldier.org for months now.

Who is this Tristan?

Ken Mondschein

I love how no one's glommed onto my sarcasm, or realized what a great resource this is...

Ken Mondschein

Today's secret word is "prosopography."

Via H-Net:

http://conflicthealth.com/data-on-25000 ... is-online/
http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/

Ken Mondschein

The neighbourhood sucks. But the Necropolis seemed in decent condition. Only thing that made me sad is that they were restoring the Oriflamme when I went so all there was is a photo of it. The Necropolis is restored. They'd dumped all of the tombs in some ditch somewhere. There's also a nice museum...

Ken Mondschein

Larmer wrote:Not there during mass but we got a great two hour guided tour. No time to get to St. Denis unfortunately. There was a lot I did not see so I will have to go back.

St. Denis is nice, but the Revolution trashed it. The neighborhood itself kinda sucks.

Ken Mondschein

Do not eat on the ÃŽle de la CitÃ© or ÃŽle St. Louis (though there's a good pub on the latter) or anywhere in the 6th. They are all tourist traps. You're better off going north towards the Marais, or along the Seine.

Ken Mondschein

If you haven't received yours yet, please be assured it's on the way. The press didn't expect so many orders!

Ken Mondschein

If you haven't received yours yet, please be assured it's on the way. The press didn't expect so many orders!

Ken Mondschein

Try Girolamo Mercuriale's De arte gymnastica.

Ken Mondschein

Bertus Brokamp wrote:Since this belt (and other fancy clothing) was made especially for Easter (one of most important Christian holy days), I reckon it was more meant to exclaim 'look at me, I am a very wealthy important guy' while visiting holy mass and feasting. Status symbol.

Sure, now you tell me the context...

Ken Mondschein

As a special promo, we're offering a free introductory half-hour historical combat class at the Higgins Armory Museum with SCA membership card. Weapons available include rapier, longsword (armored or unarmored), cane or bÃ¢ton, polearms, or traditional fencing. Alternately, if you get three friends ...

Ken Mondschein

Makes sense you'd want to wear a kilo of silver around your waist. It fairly screams "Don't kill me! Take me for ransom! I'm rich!"

Ken Mondschein

More info at http://higgins.org/Calendar/acadsword.shtml

Ken Mondschein

The Art of the Rapier As part of the official opening of the Higgins Academy of the Sword in October 2009, the Higgins Armory is proud to offer a new introductory course on rapier swordplay. Based on material drawn from both living tradition and the writings of Agrippa, Capo Ferro, Fabris, Marcelli,...

Ken Mondschein

The Art of the Rapier As part of the official opening of the Higgins Academy of the Sword in October 2009, the Higgins Armory is proud to offer a new introductory course on rapier swordplay. Based on material drawn from both living tradition and the writings of Agrippa, Capo Ferro, Fabris, Marcelli,...

Ken Mondschein

Hal (Therion) is a great guy. I bought a giant Dorito from him once.

Ken Mondschein

Only one way to find out:

Sign up to donate your brain.

Ken Mondschein

Thanks for the good words, guys.

-Ken

Ken Mondschein

Congratulations Ken, I'd like to buy it once finances improve. Wait, it is only $20? I'll buy one. Sorry you could not make it down to Sands Point. They ran out of functional in practice jousters, could have used your help, assuming you have kept up with your riding. Richard Blackmoore/James Peck Y...

Ken Mondschein

Look at it this way... you'll get better at Scrabble, if not fencing.

Ken Mondschein

Ken, you should fire whoever wrote this paragraph on the website: Contained within this handy volume are concrete examples of a new questioning of received wisdom and a turn toward empirical proofs, hallmarks of the Enlightenment. The treatise also presents evidence for a redefinition of elite masc...

Ken Mondschein

I'm pleased to announce that my Agrippa translation is now ready for ordering . This is the the fundamental rapier text, and I not only made full use of my historical and fencing knowledge in this work, but also did extensive research to try to place Agrippa and his work in the proper sociocultural ...

Ken Mondschein

I'm pleased to announce that my Agrippa translation is now ready for ordering . This is the the fundamental rapier text, and I not only made full use of my historical and fencing knowledge in this work, but also did extensive research to try to place Agrippa and his work in the proper sociocultural ...

Ken Mondschein

Whonew's gauntlets are definitely worth it; in fact, they're a steal for that helm. I really like the lines and would be tempted to put in an offer myself, but (1) I'm broke and saving up for mail tailoring; (2) none of my other kit's German; (3) I'd have to replace the bar grill with a WMA klapviso...

Ken Mondschein

Acre is awesome. The people are wonderful, like a family, and I was a proud member of the jousting team for years. Because it's a small group, you can also do what you like without anyone breathing into a paper bag. "Hey, me and Jeff Wasson are gonna put on 14th century armor and hit each other...

Ken Mondschein

Joinville (Chapter 14) says that his people dressed him in a jousting shirt of "double mail" to protect him from the Saracens shooting at his boat. What this might be, I have no idea. Don't think so. I don't have the passage handy but IIRC double mail is not mentioned - just a jousting ha...

Ken Mondschein

Joinville (Chapter 14) says that his people dressed him in a jousting shirt of "double mail" to protect him from the Saracens shooting at his boat. What this might be, I have no idea.

Ken Mondschein

I REALLY wish I could make this, but I signed up for a fencing pedagogy seminar in Worcester this weekend. If I can duck out and make it, I will send you a text. Maybe the next one could be at the barn, so that participants could be pressed into service squiring for us as we tear about on the Tools ...

Ken Mondschein

Bump. Is tomorrow.

Ken Mondschein

A bump for the benefit of those who were at Pennsic.

Ken Mondschein

On Saturday, August 15th, we will be having demos and introductory workshops at the Higgins Armory Museum to promote our new Academy of the Sword program. This is an ongoing salle d'armes that provides a progressive system of instruction in classical and historical swordsmanship, based upon living t...

Ken Mondschein

Here's mine. I'd recommend using heavy upholstery velvet.

250,000 persona names invalidated in one fell swoop

Re: Back from France

Intro sword classes at Higgins Armory, free w./ SCA card

Rapier course at the Higgins, 10/31-11/21

Rapier course at the Higgins, 10/31-11/21

Agrippa translation now ready for ordering (x-post)

Agrippa translation now ready for ordering

Rapier day at the Higgins 8/15