Weekend Novelist
I HAVE BEEN WRITING SINCE FIRST GRADE, THOUGH NEVER IN CURSIVE. I LOVE READING HISTORICAL FICTION, AND NO PERIOD CAPTIVATES ME MORE THAN THE WARS OF THE ROSES.
Armoured Jousting
It has been a childhood dream of mine to compete in a historical jousting tournament. I was finally given the opportunity to break my first lance at Lysts on the Lake 2019.
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Mounted Skills at Arms
Hunting was considered better training for war than jousting. The skill-at-arms competition is a way to demonstrate those abilities.
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Fighting in Armour on Foot
Harnischfechten is the German term for fighting in armour on foot.
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Traditional Hunting
For a member of the knightly class in the fifteenth century, hunting was far more than a simple hobby or pleasurable pastime--it was the very essence of life.
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Art of Maille-Making
Making maille, or chainmail, is like crocheting. But for men. And with steel.
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