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Ancel fitzCharles

Thanks much. Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

[quote="Rittmeister Frye"]The man to ask about this is Daniel Staberg, who often inhabits MyArmoury.com, but sometimes posts here as well. He's quite well informed as to the specifics of the Swedish Army during the period up to, during and after the 30 Years War. However, I'll give it a shot. I hope...

Ancel fitzCharles

I thought of posting this question in the Historical Research forum, since it probably pushes the timeline past is subject a bit, but I figured to try: by 1618, I know that the troop types for the Horse had become Currassiers and Harquebursers. However, according to a couple of books I've read, incl...

Ancel fitzCharles

One odd thing I found with the new Osprey book is that there are a couple of re-enactor pics that show them as mounted horse archers. One of the captions states that they shot from the saddle. This is contrary to everything I have read about archery in the British isles, and the Borders. Have I miss...

Ancel fitzCharles

[quote(So why is the SCA full of "pirates" based on theatrical versions of 17th century dudes?)[/quote]

Probably because a period pirate wouldn't look any different than a period seaman, officer or soldier. (didn't look very different in the 17th and 18th cen either)
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

[/quote]I think perhaps you're missing the entire thrust of the discussion. People have argued for decades that two swords was not a form used prior to the arrival of "case of rapier" in Europe. We now, clearly, have documentation that it was. So far as I can see, you're the only one to try and sugg...

Ancel fitzCharles

I believe that the woodcut was depicting Highland mercenaries recruited, willingly or not, into the Swedish Army during the 30 years War. It ws noted (possibly in Monroe's memours) that they often had local seamstesses convert their native great kilts into trews which were more normal to Norther Ger...

Ancel fitzCharles

Back again with all I can find in my and the public libraries around here. I still have to figure the currency conversion:

From â€œBarbarians, marauders and infidels: the ways of medieval warfareâ€

Ancel fitzCharles

Thanks all. I did some searching from my library and the public one, and came up with very little. Ironically, the best was Ospreys' French Armies of the 100 Years War, by David Nicolle. (Old Angus was the illustrator again, and I have to tell you that the image of a french Noble, in full armour and...

Ancel fitzCharles

Greetings; A friend asked me, since I'm also in a Medeival reincactment group (she's in the Rev War unit I'm in), could I help her son find information or sources (on-line and in print) for the cost of arming a knight from 12th to 14th cen England. I know the time range is broad, with lots of change...

Ancel fitzCharles

I understand that the wool must be fulled (though not felted, yes. Too dense), but if it's too light, it won't look right. I haven't started this project yet, so my wool experience is limited to tunics.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

So what weight wool should we be looking for. I got swatches from Wollrich for their Arts and Crafts wools, and their Civil War wools. Both seem too light for the job, and the Civil war wools have some nylon in them (keep the uniform crisp, I guess; can't have the troops look sloppy). But I'm wonder...

Ancel fitzCharles

or for that matter, the White St. Denis's cross of French armies from the late 14th century onward (to the point of the cross being the centerpiece of French regimental flags until the end of the Ancient Regime). Interesting; I had read quite a while ago that the cross of St Denis was a green cross...

Ancel fitzCharles

[quote="audax

It is however, historical fact, that there were knightly orders set up for women who had distinguished themselves in battle. [/quote]

Could you provide a citation for this please.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Very nice find indeed. A couple questions about the flags. I'm assuming that the standard (plate 6) and the banners (plate 14 and around the casket) are strictly ceremonial at this point, and not actually used in battle. But the penion of his armies (plate 13): would that actually be used to mark th...

Ancel fitzCharles

# Stevyn Silverthorne of Dracanmor * The following device associated with this name was registered in August of 1988 (via the Middle): Per chevron inverted sable and gules, a lion's jambe palewise Or, maintaining a crown of thorns argent. As a pont of interest, having made banners for the above pers...

Ancel fitzCharles

Another quick start would be Armies of the Sixteenth Century, by Ian Heath (just reading my copy now). It hase been reprinted last year. I have found his books to be good source material, with lots of the interesting bits cited to period sources, for further checking.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

I bought a couple of pair a few weeks ago (the Norman kit plods it's way to completion

). They are very nice and well worth the price.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:
James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:Now, if someone with a working scanner would just put up that one helm from 'Shiny Shapes'...
The one with the app. 1" square hole in it? It was light.

There are some sword-scarred helms in the St Louis Art Museum, but determining when they were put there...

This the one?
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Don't forget to check out your local libraries. To the above lists, I would add: Medieval Warfare Sourcebook V1 and V2, by David Nicolle for a general look at arms and armor. The Norman Achievement, and The Norman Fate by David Douglas are good for an overview history of the Norman lands. And for a ...

Ancel fitzCharles

Thanks for the links; I had checked with the Arms and Armor forum, but forgot about MyArmory (not a member yet; I did recognise a few names on the thread). I wonder if it was a cheaper armour to make, due to having a number of lames rather thatn dishing a whole breastplate? Of course the fit between...

Ancel fitzCharles

I ran across a reference to a laminated (segmented?) armour called anime from the Age of Chivilry pt 3 (Funcken). The Complete Excyclopedia of Arms and Weapons (Tarassuk & Blair) states that it is a type of laminated cuirass introduced in the 2nd quarter of the 16th cen. While I have a pic of the la...

Ancel fitzCharles

It may depend on whether you are in the East Kingdom or Aethelmearche (sic) part of PA. I think there are some rules differences. Also, you should check out the SCA Missile Combat group on Yahoo. You can get a lot of good info on the subject.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Andrew A couple of questions about Woolrich: your link sent me to the wholesale shop. Do you need a vendors license to but there (some store require it). And did you get any swatches from the Civil War section. If so, what were the weights like. I'm looking for some for a Norman outer tunic, and can...

Ancel fitzCharles

whonew wrote:check stonekeep's add auction #18 Mar.18 I can't get my pics to work . I made those to sell to SCA and it didn't fly

Do you have a link for this?
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

I believe they are called lance stops (modern term) and are used to deflect blows, mainly lances and missles, away from the vital areas.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Russ Mitchell wrote:Great. ANOTHER "doubled mail" candidate.

Meaning....the wire is uncommonly thick?

Ancel fitzCharles

Try this thread for here: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=43866 can't remember how many references, and it's too big for me to open anymore (very peculur problem with this site: after a page gets too big, usually because of embedded pics, It takes too long to open , and my exp...

Ancel fitzCharles

Interesting then that leather was used for such a common armour; i wonder why it is superior to jack or plate of jack? Or brigs? Metal costs were certainly low enough, for the munition grade stuff. Ancel I would be careful in assuming "leather" was used for armour per se.....in the same sense of SC...

Ancel fitzCharles

Interesting then that leather was used for such a common armour; i wonder why it is superior to jack or plate of jack? Or brigs? Metal costs were certainly low enough, for the munition grade stuff.
Ancel

Ancel fitzCharles

Russ; Interesting thought: what if the western Euros, from contact with the Eastern Euros via the Empire, note how good layered leather was for under armour, but lacking the know how to make them (using the techniques you have discribed) made them with the techniques they knew about, hence heavy ta...

Ancel fitzCharles

Gordon; You have certainly answered the question, at least as well as we can at this time (I simpathize about being tired; my last post was after a really bad day at work, and was a little more abrupt than I had meant). I had not thought about the discarding of the lance to be a factor, per se, (my ...

Ancel fitzCharles

Gordon; I'm familiar enough with the evolution of the Horse during the 17th cen, if not in a scholarly way, then well enough to hold a discussion. The change seemed to me to be quite fast, and so it may have been to those involved too :wink: . If the buffcoat did indeed appear from beneath plate arm...

Ancel fitzCharles

Greetings All; Inspired by the recent posting of a buff coat pattern, I thought of the hide I bought a while ago (that will probably NOT get turned into hardened lamillar plates, as planned) and would add something to the To-Do list. The question is when did buff coats come around. For the English, ...

Ancel fitzCharles

For borderers on both sides, selfbows wre used even after firearms became common, if only for reasons of cost. You don't need to buy a 6' monter bow; see what the merchents have in your draw length and poundage. (The one that comes to mind is at Woodbows.com) There were also light crossbows around (...

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The cost of arming a Knight

Anime armour, no not Japanese cartoons

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Buff coats: when and where?