In a message dated 4/12/05 7:17:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Authentic_SCA@yahoogroups.com writes: Actually, leather forearm coverings are very period but they...
I was looking in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion and was curious about several things. Hooks and eyes: How early can they be documented? There are some...
... ones in there c1550, but I don't know about earlier. I do wonder if some of the rings we see lacing going through in earlier garb on paintings (late...
... side when ... Nope, those hoods don't behave that way. I have a cloak with that type of hood and when you wear it up it sticks out and doesn't flop. Here ...
I think you may find that cloak is actually made of heavily fulled wool, altho no materials are actually listed in the description in the website. Knowlton ......
... your assigned books? ... medieval history ... Well, first to get an idea of what medieval "pop culture" was like, we started off with Chretien de Troyes...
Hi, I am in need of pics of 13th Century Prussian Garb: cotte, surcot and mantle, over-tunic I would greatly appreciate any help... YIS Lord Michael Belanger ...
Matthaeus -- It's been my impression that most academics have no use for we "experimental archeologists" (aka living history practitioners) So I'm curious,...
Thanks, Matthaeus! I have "Self and Society in Medieval France" by John Benton and "The Ties that Bound" by Barbara Hanawalt but I haven't read them yet. Now...
... I think that you will find that most academics distinguish between "experimental archaeology" and dressing up in costumes to do it. The essential problem...
At the risk of opening up a can of worms, I have to agree with Marc here. Just because we are dressing up and playing in a historical context does not...
... Don't worry about it :) I'm happy to do it for you. ... I'm right there with ya. I've got a few things that are done AS experimental archaeology, but...
... Such a gentleman! ;) ... Precisely. It's a goal. I'm not arrogant enough to say I'm a living historian. That just sounds very weighty to my ears. When...
... If I were living in a perfect reconstruction of a past area, and dealing solely with issues of the past, with everything kitted out absolutely accurately...
... I could probably cope with a medieval kitchen, but squatting around a campfire for more than about one day is not my idea of fun, and not something my...
I think part of the difference between being a living historian and a SCAdian is really in terms of the focus. Some of us are more interested in partying and...
... Academics generally don't care what people do as hobbies or what social clubs they belong to, and generally respect good scholarship. The SCA is a hobby...
I haven't had any problems with my SCA affiliation in the quilting community; what seems to matter is that I know what I'm talking about. Then again, the vast...
... I think you both are conflating kind of re-creation with quality of re-creation, which are really independent variables. In the realm of popular historical...
My replies marked with -- ... original ones in there c1550, but I don't know about earlier. I do wonder if some of the rings we see lacing going through in...
... My experience is that it actually varies quite a bit from person to person how an academic reacts to discovering you are not "One Of Them" :) but belong to...
... Is your historical knowledge perfect? Yet despite not having a perfect knowledge of history, you call yourself a historian. Why the double standard for the...
... From memory, at least one of the around 12th C half circle cloaks uses a dart to shape the cloak. That is, the cloak is fastened at one shoulder, and...
... The last time I checked - "Living Historian" has a specific meaning, whereas "historian" covers a much broader field (as opposed to being a professional...
Leather Forearm protection was obviously used in armour all over the world. Especially in archery, I have the welts to prove it. Concerning Civilian use of...
One thing that most academics haven't glommed onto yet (my old public history prof being an exception, lovely field that) is that by far the vast majority of...
