The Armour Archive

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After 3 months of trying to contact Historic Castings, without any sort of response, I gave up on them. At this point, I can't recommend any US person going for their product, as they can't apparently be bothered to even answer an inquiry in the negative. This saddens me as I am given to understand ...

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Cool image. Why isn't anyone tending the vent as the kid sponges? That is something that I have noticed about artillerists in Europe, a lot of people do not tend the vents on guns as the piece is being sponged or loaded, which may be accurate, but I think has led to a higher rate of black powder inj...

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The look James is going for is was called a cyclas, that cut away in the front. Pretty much prior to the 15th century, it is a surcoat, which covers a variety of forms, although later in the 14th century if could be called a gippon. The cut of the garment isn't something associated strictly with ran...

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If I'm not mistaken on the longer sleeved 'angel wing' type tunic there's an effigy that shows one with what looks like a gathered or pleated skirt (for lack of a better word) so that it's tighter fitting on the top but loose at the bottom below the belt. Someone posted it recently, I'm going to se...

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All the images are properly displaying on this end.

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Well, we will find out then.

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I know I've read some brief discussion of a French military exercise program from period, unfortunately I can't recall enough about it to be of any use. I think there was some discussion of running hills, but it has been a number of years... You are preobably referencing Bocciault's biography, whic...

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He was most likely drowned in the open sewer that ran through his last lodging, which would also be seen as a refereance such as the poker was, which no doubt is hyperbole. They displayed the dead monarchs to prevent rumors of them still being alive, fostering rebellion to the new regime, and prefer...

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I think this is highly improbable, and a pet theory of this one scholar. It reminds me of Ricardians who insist Perkin Warbeck was the eldest of the princes in the tower.

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FYI Jeff

Some of the photos aren't working on your website, and none of them are visible to me on the thread.

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I am examining the evidence based on its merit. THe alleged source quotes Jerez, then the author makes a reference to his arrest - no citation provided. There is no reference outside that single source, thus, its merit is limited or dubious. Incorrect. I assume you did not read the paper I posted (...

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Historical method casts its nets narrower, SCA culture casts its nets wide.

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Very cool! Does it have any marks on the bottom? (You can tell a French or Belgian origin by the mark) These sorts of pewter were produiced commonly from the 19th century into the 1950's and 1960's. Be careful using them, most of the older ones are leaded to some degree - in my experience, the dulle...

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Perhaps this is the one? The only problem is that it seems it is dated to 1754. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51243376/Hulton-Archive http://www.schooley.us/images/armourarchive/ElizabethAtTilbury.jpg Nope, that is not the one. It may actually be a later artists engraving of a mural painting fr...

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Very Cool!

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Chef, do you know where I could find the contemporary image of Elizabeth I in a peascod cuirass that you mentioned? Either online or in a book. I think a few years back you also mentioned Marie de Guise having armor when she was Regent of Scotland. Do you have any more details? Thanks to all who ha...

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I am hunting. As I recollect, it was a contemporary engraving of the muster at Tillbury in 1588, in response to the Spanish Armada. From a description Prior to the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover in the Battle of Gravelines eleven days earlier, and had by now rounded Scotl...

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I read what you posted I would invite you to examine the sources, then. I have not looked at the 1935 piece myself, but it was cited in numerous papers as evidence supporting the claim of Jerez's persecution by the inquisition for smoking. As the sole source of citation for the claim, I am dismissi...

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As I was sitting here drinking (apparently a way too large) coffee it struck me; as a guy who has had both ears pierced for two and a half decades I was wondering what the history of it was in European medieval/rennaissance society? I'd never even thought about it before. I did a quick google searc...

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Your evidences, however, are either outside of Northern Europe - which is the point I have been making, or 'tantalizing fragments', and VERY early.

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Generally speaking, probably. But it does not mean that the Jerez incident did NOT happen. Or that it did. Might be apocryphal, might just be obscurely documented. I've spent about a 1/2 hour total so far. I'll be hitting some online library catalogs over lunch. I'm not willing to say anything conc...

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I read what you posted I would invite you to examine the sources, then. I have not looked at the 1935 piece myself, but it was cited in numerous papers as evidence supporting the claim of Jerez's persecution by the inquisition for smoking. -Derian. As the sole source of citation for the claim, I am...

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From that timeline, the second chapter 1518: SPAIN: Fernando Cortez brings tobacco to Spain, at the request of Ramon Pane 1519: MEXICO: CORTEZ conquers AZTEC capitol, finds Mexican natives smoking perfumed reed cigarettes.(ATS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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I read what you posted, and I read what Baron Erik posted (going to his link). Neither provides proof or even evidence that Rodrigo Jerez smoked,. In point of fact the Romano Pane reference from 1494 makes not a single mention of any of Columbus crew trying it - in every intance, it is a descriptio...

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Here are the end of 15th century references, from Baron Eriks link 1492-10-12: Columbus Discovers Tobacco; "Certain Dried Leaves" Are Received as Gifts, and Thrown Away. On this bright morning Columbus and his men set foot on the New World for the first time, landing on the beach of San Sa...

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THere is no proof I have seen that he smoked. I don't know how to put it any more straightforward than that. IN the alledged description of what he recorded, he refers to it as a native habit, and does not state that he has tried it, only describing what he had observed. So you've read the citation...

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You have a single high medieval Northern European reference to one? (the 'middle middle ages comment) I am afraid the only leaps of logic are being made by you Derian, which seems to be a theme on several threads, to look for obscure references to justify modern habits in an SCA context that are oth...

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The first image of the armoured woman is Minerva, whom Christine appeals to as a previous authority for a woman being able to speak on the subject of war and chivalry, sieges and battles. That would be the first illustration in the manuscript - Christine is the woman with the books. I don't know tha...

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THere is no proof I have seen that he smoked. I don't know how to put it any more straightforward than that.

IN the alledged description of what he recorded, he refers to it as a native habit, and does not state that he has tried it, only describing what he had observed.

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He brought the habit back to Spain with him and ended up being imprisoned by the inquisition for "sinful and infernal habits" for seven years. I would like to see the documentation for the bolded portion. I am having doubts believing that was a specific charge in his conviction, Curtis, M...

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Basically, earings in Northern Europe were not done until the 16th century, for men or women. ? There are numerous Frankish earring finds... -Derian. And then there aren't any at all. Is the context of Frankish or Merovingian earings a male one? Or a female one? Or both sexes? There are earings in ...

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MY guys who smoke just go out of camp, around the back of the tents.

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I'd like to see the citation for it actually being smoked , as to potentially being used as an herbal medicine in liquid form or chewed, as being in existance in Spain by the 1530's. Rodrigo de Jerez, came back on the NiÃ±a from Columbus's first trip. He observed natives smoking in November, 1492. ...

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In the Southern Low Countries, urban women throughout most of what we call the Middle Ages, were equal in law, in that laws passed are either entirely gender neutral, or specify both genders. In looking at court records, they were treated even-handedly at law, until towards the end of the Middle Age...

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The vast preponderance of evidence is on my side of this, including the evidence we have for the only three known and documentable women, operating as women and 'soldiers' in harness Three? Which three are you classifying as documentable and why did you draw the line that excludes others? And what ...

Re: Earrings in period