The Armour Archive

History timeline at the Tournament of the Phoenix event in north San Diego seeks reenators and reenactment groups who would like to participate with pre gunpowder (pre-1600) lifestyle encampments. Event dates are October 23, 24 and 25 2009.

Secure, private site offers flush toilets, water, and responsible fire making facilities.

Interested parties please contact Gwen at gwen [at] historicenterprises.com.

Now, that's something I would like to see the Compaignye du Chalis at!

Klaus

If they're interested, they should have someone get in touch with me.

I'm actually hoping Doug Sunlin is still around- anyone heard from him lately? I can't remember his reenactment name, but he does Regia up north somewhere.

Gwen

Doug's group is Bjornstad.

yes, Doug AKA Osweald is still up in the bay area. If you like I can notify Doug and the rest of our Regia group that you might be interested in having us as guests.

Chris Knight.

I have already exchanged correspondence with both Jack and Doug, thanks!!

Is there no other living history in the southwest????

Other than Legio Hispania IX that is, they're already on board to participate.

Gwen

You might contact Johannes, I hear tidbits about him having a group but I know nothing about it, and even if it is geared toward something else if your geared decently you can often do a display of something different.

The idea of doing something here in Texas comes across my mind every month or so but I usually end up deciding its better to save money for a plane ticket then really try.

Never mind 15th century would be right out as they had gunpowder.

Let me rephrase that for the pedants in the audience- we're looking for pre-1600 groups, regardless of whether they had gunpowder or not....

At this point even the 'pre-1600' is negotiable, as all I've really found in addition to the Romans and Regia group up north is some early 1500 Germans and 1500-1600 Scots.

Now I kinda remember why we gave up with the Red Company.

Gwen, this could be really fun. When I get down to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks I'll bring it up with the rest of the folks in Compaignye du Chalis.

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

The funny thing about pre-1600 is that it actually ends up basically being pre-European colonization of the continental US.

Hi John-

I sent you an email detailing the basics. If you'd like more info, just let me know.

Thanks-

Gwen

Right, I am taking stick for not being specific enough.

We're looking for pre-1600 European/ HRE groups, regardless of whether they had gunpowder or not. This includes but is not specifically restricted to England and the British Isles, France, Germany, Burgundy, the Lowlands, Italy, Spain, etc.

There is plenty of info on pre 1600 North American indigenous cultures available at other events. This event has a European theme.

So what's with the 'Piers'?

Gwen

Sorry, yes I meant for a European time line from a US perspective 1600 is an oddly good date because basically both the Spanish and English put permanent settlements down right around this period in what is the modern day US.

Piers is a Franco-English form of the name Peter. Most widely thought of from Piers Plowman. At my 13th century birthday party one of the girls who was an English major wrote my name Peter as Piers. So when I started looking at choosing an English name I went with that. Brent is a surname originally from Somerset.