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25.01.2022 My latest impression from Hedeby any constructive suggestions and criticism are welcome! :) -Conjectural tunic made from the fagments 18, 55a, and 57 from the... Hedeby harbor. Handwoven fabrics by Mikhail Starikov, stitching thread by L'atelier de Micky -Thorsberg1 trousers Handwoven fabrics by Mikhail Starikov stitching thread by L'atelier de Micky -Conjectural belt based on Iron belt pendent found in recent Hedeby digs. -Iron Anchor amulet/pendent based on finds from Hedeby -Hedeby inspired Gudok/Rebec -Simple knife by Forge de gobannos -Onion Dyed leg wraps with hooks found at Hedeby All objects except the fabric weaving, stitching thread and the knife are made by myself.

25.01.2022 Tuesday night training will be at the McDermott place training ground (the same place we train on saturdays) from now on until the end of daylight savings. Starts around 6pm.

24.01.2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk//Early-Medieval-Europe-surpris

21.01.2022 No training tonight due to general lack of enthusiasm

20.01.2022 Das Helmgrab von Gammertingen aus dem 6. Jahrhundert Das Grab des Fürsten von Gammertingen befand sich in einem alamannischen Gräberfeld in Gammertingen. Berei...ts 1884 wurden bei Bauarbeiten erste Funde gemacht; in den folgenden Jahren wurden weitere Objekte entdeckt, darunter auch Skelette. Das Fürstengrab" von1902 enthielt ein ungewöhnlich reiches Inventar. Dem Toten wurde neben einer vollständigen Waffenausstattung bestehend aus damaszierter Spatha mit besonders breiter Klinge, Sax, Schaftlochaxt, Ango, Lanze mit beidseitig eingepunzter Dreiecksverzierung, Schild und einem heute vergangenen Köcher mit 12 Pfeilen ein Spangenheim vom Typ Baldenheim und ein kurzärmeliges eisernes Kettenhemd beigegeben. Die beiden letztgenannten Beigaben weisen auf den sehr hohen Rang des Verstorbenen zu Lebzeiten hin. Die Grabkammer war seitlich und von oben zusätzlich durch eine Steinpackung geschützt. Leider wurde das um 570 n.Chr. angelegte Grab eines ca. 55jährigen Mannes nur unsachgemäß durch den Ausgräber J. Dorn gehoben. Die Aufzeichnungen des Ausgräbers wurden im 2. Weltkrieg vernichtet. Dorn verkaufte das Grabinventar für 1500 Mark an die Fürstlich- Hohenzollernschen Sammlungen in Sigmaringen, wo das Grab noch heute aufbewahrt wird. Bereits 1905 publizierte J. W. Groebbels, der damalige Direktor der Bibliothek und Leiter der Fürstlich-Hohenzollernschen Sammlungen, das Grab und seine Beigaben sowie sechs weitere Gräber und eine Pferdebestattung. Im württembergischen Gammertingen, südlich von Stuttgart auf der Schwäbischen Alb, wurde 1902 ein aus dem 6. Jahrhundert stammendes Männergrab geborgen. Spektakulär machte den Fund die Fülle an Grabbeigaben. 2014 wurde das Gammertinger Fürstengrab, mit Unterstützung vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg, der Museumsstiftung Baden-Württemberg und der Kulturstiftung der Länder, durch das Landesmuseum Württemberg erworben. Der Ankauf gab Anlass zur Neubearbeitung des Fundmaterials, die durch naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen ergänzt wurde. Das Gräberfeld von Gammertingen besteht aus insgesamt 300350 Bestattungen, die sich über den Zeitraum von der Mitte des 5. Jahrhunderts bis zum Beginn des 8. Jahrhunderts datieren lassen. Man geht davon aus, dass das Gräberfeld heute nahezu vollständig ergraben ist. Allenfalls unter der Sigmaringer Straße könnten noch Gräber liegen, was allerdings unwahrscheinlich erscheint, da Straßen häufig die Grenzen alter Gräberfelder markieren . Quelle: www. kulturstiftung. de www. journals. ub.uni-heidelberg. de www. bawue. museum-digital. de

20.01.2022 So due to the public holiday, training will be from 2pm today at the usual spot in Belconnen. Sorry for the last minute notice.

19.01.2022 Guédelon recrute ! Pour la saison 2021, nous recherchons des tailleurs de pierre, des maçons et des charpentiers pour bâtir un château fort Merci de prendre... connaissance des fiches de postes sur notre site web (rubrique "Guédelon recrute") et n'hésitez pas à nous envoyer votre candidature sur [email protected] Faites partie de cette aventure ! See more

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Edith and Edward! Edith of Wessex and Edward the Confessor married on 23 January 1045 AD. They were not close in age, with a gap of almost 20... years between them, but this was a strategic marriage and not a love match. Edith was consecrated Queen, which was not entirely usual. The marriage produced no children, usually attributed to Edward's vow of chastity or else his dislike of the Godwins and determination to deprive Godwin Senior of a royal grandson. In any case, it ended with Edith's brother on the throne of England. Relationships between Edward and the Godwins were, as a certain social media platform might say, complicated. Godwin had been involved in the death of Edward’s brother Alfred during Cnut’s reign. It is not clear to what extent Edward was willing to marry Edith or whether he was forced into it by the need for Godwin support. Six years after their marriage the nation experienced the crisis of 1051 when the Godwins were exiled by Edward and accused of rebellion. Edith herself was sent to the nunnery at Wilton and Edward confiscated her lands. However, the family was restored to favour the following year and Edith returned to court and her position of influence. The restoration of Edith did, however, seem to represent a change in their relationship with Edith becoming a trusted adviser and witness to many charters. On Edward’s deathbed he called her a loving and dutiful daughter so it seems they were not exactly romantically involved. After Edward’s death Edith commissioned the Vita Ædwardi Regis (The Life of King Edward) in his honour (and hers, inevitably). It has been suggested she was trying to save face regarding the lack of children a serious matter. However, Edward did not have any illegitimate children and may have been infertile, or perhaps Edith was barren. However, after Edith died in 1075 the couple were laid to rest together in Westminster Abbey. Image: Coronation of Queen Edith, the wife of King Edward the Confessor. (Cambridge University Library, Ee.3.59, fo. 11v)

16.01.2022 Michael and Andrew talking about the martial art of MS.I:33

16.01.2022 "Don't Peen it til You Mean It!" Words to live by and how a sword is made. In today's blog we look at what a peened sword is and several historical examples from some swords in The Oakeshott Collection.

15.01.2022 Here are some period eating knives currently being made by club members using recycled stainless steel kitchen knife blades. From top to bottom, Stuart McLaren, Janene Sims, Nicola Vavasour, Kath Power, Elsa Gaskell. Made with the assistance and guidance of the extremely talented and attractive Mike Baz. If you would like to make yourself an accurate early medieval eating utensil, send us a message!

11.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/groups/anglosaxonsociety/permalink/3802048506481432/?sfnsn=mo

08.01.2022 The Auchinleck Manuscript (NLS Adv MS 19.2.1) is one of the National Library of Scotland’s greatest treasures. It was produced in London in the 1330s. It is the... first mentioning of wanton priests running around at night with sword and bucklers, like men that would fight. https://auchinleck.nls.uk/mss/simonie.html The poem is to be found as well in the Oxford MS Bodl. 48 from the 15th century https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/work_14650 109 "But eueri man may wel iwite, bi þe swete rode, Þer beþ so manye prestes, hij ne muwe noht alle be gode. And naþeles þise gode men fallen oft in fame For þise wantoune prestes þat pleien here nice game Bi nihte. Hij gon wid swerd and bokeler as men þat wolde fihte." "But everi man may wel i-wite, bi the swete Rode, Ther beth so manye prestes, hii ne muwe noht alle be gode. And natheles thise gode men fallen oft in fame, For thise wantoune prestes that pleien here nice game, Bi nihte, Hii gon wid swerd and bokeler as men that wode fihte."

07.01.2022 On 12th November 1035 Cnut the Great, King of England and Emperor of the North, died at Shaftesbury and was buried at Winchester Old Minster. He was succeeded i...n England by his son Harald, while his other son, Harðacnut, took and fought to hold the throne of Denmark. According to the Knytlinga Saga: Knut was exceptionally tall and strong, and the handsomest of men, all except for his nose, that was thin, high-set, and rather hooked. He had a fair complexion none-the-less, and a fine, thick head of hair. His eyes were better than those of other men, both the handsomer and the keener of their sight. Cnut was the son of Sweyn Forkbeard, the Dane who was briefly King of England (by right of conquest), having finally driven out Æþelred Unrede in 1013 after extorting tribute from him for a number of years. However, Sweyn did not live long to enjoy the fruits of his victory and died in February 1014. On Sweyn’s death the Danelaw came out in support of Cnut but the other English nobles recalled Æþelred from Normandy where he was in exile. Æþelred returned to England, and, in a pre-cursor to the events of Runnymede in 1215 when John agreed the Magna Carta, Æþelred swore to be a better king and rule more justly. Cnut at this time was a young warrior, relatively untried as a leader of men, and despite his support in parts of the country he was driven out by the English until he returned in full force in 1015. He was much more effective in this later campaign and took most of the country, with the only meaningful resistance being brought by Edmund Ironside, son of Æþelred. After Æþelred’s death in 1016 Edmund fought back even more vigorously against Cnut so that by November the two were brought to an agreement at Deerhurst to split the country between them. However, Edmund died soon after and Cnut became sole ruler of England with his coronation taking place on Christmas Day. Things moved on smartly in 1017, as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tells us: AD 1017. In this year king Cnut obtained the whole realm of the English race, and divided it into four parts: Wessex to himself, and East Anglia to Thurkyll, and Mercia to Eadric, and Northumbria to Irke. And in this year was Eadric the ealdorman slain in London, very justly, and Northman, son of Leofwine the ealdorman, and Aethelweard, son of Aethelmaer the great, and Brihtric, son of Aelfeh, in Devonshire. And king Cnut banished Eadwigthe etheling, and afterwards commanded him to be slain, and Eadwi, king of the churls. And then, before the kalends of August, the king commanded the relict of king Aethelred, Richard's daughter, to be fetched for his wife, 'that was Elfgive in English, Ymma in French. You read that right he married Æþelred’s widow, Emma of Normandy, daughter of Richard of Normandy and mother of Edward and Alfred. The couple had two children, Gunnhilda and Harðacnut, while Cnut also had a Danish wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, with whom he had a son Harald (Harefoot). Cnut ruled from 1016-1035. He established the earldoms of England and although he initially controlled Wessex directly he eventually created the Earldom of Wessex which was given to Godwin, establishing that family’s rise to power. Cnut’s brother Harald died in 1018 and Cnut then took the throne of Denmark as well as England. In Norway, Olaf had replaced Sweyn Forkbeard as king but in 1029 his nobles supported the invasion of Cnut and so Cnut became King of Norway as well. England took up Cnut’s main attention and he placed Ælfgifu and Harald as regents in Norway with disastrous consequences. Their rule was so unpopular that they were driven out by Magnus, the son of Olaf, in 1035, when as an eleven year old boy he was proclaimed king by the Norwegian nobles. Olaf’s half-brother Harald Sigurdsson was to return later and to have a significant effect on English history, for he became better known as Harald Hardrada. Cnut worked with the church, particularly Bishop Wulfstan, to rule England according to English laws and customs from the time of King Edgar. He promoted men he trusted from the English ranks as well as Danish. In 1027 he was able to leave the kingdom securely while he travelled to Rome to witness the coronation of Conrad, the Holy Roman Emperor. While in Rome he negotiated fiercely for better terms for English merchants, pilgrims and churchmen. He wrote in a letter to his nobles: I spoke with the Emperor himself and the Lord Pope and the princes there about the needs of all people of my entire realm, both English and Danes, that a juster law and securer peace might be granted to them on the road to Rome and that they should not be straitened by so many barriers along the road, and harassed by unjust tolls; and the Emperor agreed and likewise King Robert who governs most of these same toll gates. And all the magnates confirmed by edict that my people, both merchants, and the others who travel to make their devotions, might go to Rome and return without being afflicted by barriers and toll collectors, in firm peace and secure in a just law. Henry of Huntingdon, writing in the 12th century, records a summary of his reign including the curious story of the King Cnut and the Tide: A few words must be devoted to the power of this king. Before him there had never been in England a king of such great authority, He was lord of all Denmark, of all England, of all Norway, and also of Scotland. In addition to the many wars in which he was most particularly illustrious, he performed three fine and magnificent deeds. The first is that he gave his daughter in marriage to the Roman emperor, with indescribably riches. The second, that on his journey to Rome, he had the evil taxes that were levied on the road that goes through France, called tolls or passage tax, reduced by half at his own expense. The third, that when he was at the height of his ascendancy, he ordered his chair to be placed on the sea-shore as the tide was coming iin. The he said to the rising tide, You are subject to me, as the land on which I am sitting is mine, and no one has resisted my overlordship with impunity. I command you, therefore, not to rise onto my land, nor to presume to wet the clothing or limbs of your master. But the sea came up as usual, and disrespectfully drenched the king’s feet and shins. So jumping back, the king cried, Let all the world know that the power of kings is empty and worthless, and there is no king worthy of the name save Him by whose will heaven, earth and sea obey eternal laws. Thereafter King Cnut never wore the golden crown, but placed it on the image of the crucified Lord, in eternal praise of God the great king. By whose mercy may the soul of King Cnut enjoy rest. Cnut was buried at the Old Minster in Winchester, which he and Queen Emma had richly endowed, and his bone translated to a mortuary chest when the cathedral was rebuilt. In the English Civil War (17th century) his bones were scattered and trampled with others by soldiers, and only later collected and placed back in the mortuary chests, although in a muddled fashion with the other victims of the desecration. Coincidentally on 12th November 1041 Cnut’s son, Harthacnut, laid waste to Worcester after the murder of his tax collectors on 4th May and we’ll discuss that shortly. Image: King Cnut and Queen Emma presenting a cross to the altar of New Minster, Winchester, Stowe 944, f. 6

07.01.2022 Training today at the usual spot in Belconnen. Forecast is "hot as balls" so bring lots of water.

05.01.2022 No training tonight, craft night at Nicola's place instead.

04.01.2022 Another week, more nicknames!

04.01.2022 Some clips of Michael and Johnny from tonight's training

01.01.2022 Craft night tonight at Nicola's house (same place the last tunic workshop was held).