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"I believe that this essence of renown is a spark that burns brightly in those knights who share the common bond of seeking a distant ideal, and that this spark can be recognized instantly by others who travel the same road. Some of them are formally known as knights while others are not. It is a c...

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The true essence of knighthood lies not so much in whether you believe you are a knight. The key is, do others believe you are a knight? If the answer to this question is yes, then I believe you can claim the title of knight. In so doing you also accept the duties towards acting with the right and ...

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"I know of many within the SCA whose character and demeanor, both inside the Society and out, that they are knights in the pursuit of the ideal sense of the word. I know others who wear the white belt but who I cannot in good faith consider knights--I believe the same could be said for any group of...

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However, there is nothing preventing a person from editing the quote he's making. ...or from editing the text in a daily back up for that matter provided they had access, but still it does add another layer of complexity in any attempt at duplicity don't you think. :wink: My post quoting Mr Price w...

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Very good I just wanted to ensure it was preserved in it's unedited and original form.

Some of you might want to think about a screen capture of that post, if you have not already though to do so.

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Is this the post where he admitted culpability? This is a hard thread to read, but, given the difficulties over the last several years, and the hyper aggressive complaints made by two people, I should make a statement here. First, I will certainly admit up front, with continued sadness, that we *are...

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I think you're not reading my posts carefully. I originally made the point to Talbot under the circumstances that I thought he had only just sent an email to Brian, probably even prior to when a reasonable response time had passed, and came back here immediately thinking that he had no faith in Bri...

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If the burnt hand teaches best then why would you ask Talbot to open his hand to accept the heated iron? Read my first post on the tenth page. "it's not like he's [Talbot's] got anything to lose at this point... Only to gain." And what would you have him do? Hold his tongue? Be silent? How many yea...

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I suppose. When I say "have faith" in such an uncontrollable circumstance it seems far less consequential than "trust." If I wanted Talbot to trust Brian, I might as well have told him to place a new order with him... But you asked him to have faith in one proven faithless, and proven so by his own...

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Gerhard von Liebau wrote:
Stump wrote:Trust should be earned not given.
Who said anything about trust?

Would you have faith in a man that has lost your trust? Faith is after all the held belief of the trustworthiness of a person.

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Trust should be earned not given.

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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Brian, If you want to reverse your fortunes, write a book about what's going on. This is a mystery wrapped in a mystery with money, knights, international intrique and Texas sized houses all wrapped up into one tight mystery. I'm interested now. -Aaro...

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I just use beeswax on mine.

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New images may yield Viking ships Archaeologists think they have found two more Viking ships buried in Vestfold County south of Oslo. The biggest may be 25 metres long, larger than any found so far. http://www.newsinenglish.no/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3Skipsformet-struktur-LBI-Archpro-e1285250328...

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I think I just found my next project.

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Would this not be a lost English Colony? Just a thought- History Mystery: Lost U.S. Colony Found at Last? http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/Roanoke_map_1584_monster_397x224.JPG An English mayor is seeking to solve one of the biggest mysteries in American history: what happened to th...

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Yes

Why I don't do it.

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Angusm0628 wrote:Count Jonathan, in that huge train wreck thread, had pics of a wolf's head helm.

I think that the one!

...now if I can only find that thread.

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Oh most definitely SCA, a spangenhelm perhaps.

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I have been looking every where for a photo I've seen of a dog or wolf faced helm. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

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Reminds me of the Great PENNSIC Gnome Protest.

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Great link.

Thanks!

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Is this the first panel?

[img]http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Fotos/Ulr ... sburg5.jpg[/img]
http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Biographi ... gsburg.htm

http://www.alibris.co.uk/search/books/q ... 1350-1500).

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Thanks guys for the help. I'll keep an eye out for more and perhaps something new will turn up. As an aside this has bled into me looking into CortÃ©s and the fall of the Aztec Empire.

Very interesting.

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When I found this I was contemplating the actual changes of the ages from one to another. It seems a rather fanciful illustration what with the headdress and all. But the way the swordsman holds the blade in a position somewhere between a 'Pflug' and a 'Alber' tells me that the artist may have seen ...

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It's driving me crazy. Something about the stance of the swordsman. Just something about it that I can't quite put my finger on.

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Is this a woodcut?

I believe it's from the time of King Philip's War.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ssacre.jpg[/img]

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Errrrrrrrr ok.

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Here is a touch of color from: http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Robber:baron.htm The term robber baron dates back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and originally referred to feudal lords of land through which the Rhine River in Europe passed who abused their position to stop passing merchant s...

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Also a study of fortifications and trade on the Rhine might be of use. I can't recall at the moment the name of the museum that had on display a section of river-chain used to control river traffic. That control made a lot of "Barons" very rich men.

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Hrolfr wrote:I prefer not to fight off my knees, so I take leg shots as kills

Thats what I do.

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[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/298 ... 800d_b.jpg[/img]

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Any chance you could edit the title of this to like First English speaking king after the conquest or something. Not that big a deal, I'd sooner delete it. :wink: I guess another way of asking this is: Who was the first post conquest king that thought of himself as being English rather than Norman?...

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English as in the tongue spoken by his non-norman subjects. Middle English I would guess.
And primary language as in What he would have cuss you out in if you woke him up roughly from a deep sleep.

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What was the first British Ruler after 1066 that spoke English as a primary language?

Thanks!First English speaking king after the or something

Re: And my turn

New images may yield Viking ships

Lost U.S. Colony Found at Last?

Did I dream the Hound Faced Helm?

Can anyone date this?

A quick question or English speaking kings post conquest.