The Armour Archive

The latest issue of the Historic Enterprises Journal is now available online. The theme for this issue is "Horses" and has something of interest for everyone:

Elegance in Action: Jeffrey Hedgecock recounts the process of reconstructing a mid 15th century bridle from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
Fact or Fable- The story of Lady Godiva, Coventry's famous "Naked Equestrienne"
Horse Saints- St. Stephen, patron Saint of Horses, and St. Dunstan, who keeps the Devil at bay.
Reviews Dom Duarte's "Bem Cavalgar" and the first session of Knight School, 2006
...and more!

Access the April 2006 Journal here:
Journal #7

Past issues may be accessed at:
Journal #1
Journal #2
Journal #3
Journal #4
Journal #5
Journal #6

As always, thanks to Jenn Reed for putting it together for us.

Happy reading!

Gwen

Is Jeffrey going to bring the new bridle to the Riddertournoi?

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus
www.mron.org

Thank you. I love reading those, particularly Gwen's articles on cooking. I get a real feel for the flow and ebb of Medieval life through those articles.

John, I expect Jeffrey will bring the bridle to de Haar. I understand that now it's made its public debut lots of people want to see it in person.

Jester, I really appreciate your comment. One of the fundamental ideas behind the journal is to fill in the gaps in what we 'know' about medieval life with stories and articles about all the really interesting stuff they leave out of the standard educational syllabus. The stuff of day to day living like saints, holidays, traditions and food. Although we had to leave the recipe and a few short pieces out of this issue due to space constraints, "La Cuisine Médiévale" will return with the next issue.

Thanks for reading!

Gwen

That's very nice. I'll look forward to seeing it. About a month, now.

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus
www.mron.org