Tag Archives: Medieval
Friends
Once again I find myself having ignored my duties of updating things here at Eligius for a long time. In fact, if you have been keeping up with me and the happenings in my life, April 28th, the date of the last of post is not too terribly far from the time I found out, or at least began to suspect I had MS. In many regards, since that was known, I have kind of avoided posting here. Many times I have thought about, but I was just not sure what to say – especially since I was not sure I was going to continue to doing medieval stuff, giving I am still not sure about my ability to ride horses.
Eight Weeks until Gulf Wars
Do not look now, but as of today it is exactly eight weeks until the start of Gulf Wars XX. I have already been getting very exciting, but I am hearing things about it being even more grand than usual with it be the big twenty. I was thinking of maybe camping on the other side (not with the horses) but I am hearing that camping is going to be at such a premium that maybe that is not such a good idea. Anyway, eights weeks! WOW! I have so much that I got to still get done and I need to get both myself, armour, and the horses in shape for this… Anyone want to come help? Here are a few notes, along with the visibly more limited ambitions to finish up. By the way, who all is heading down from the Midrealm? What about folks I know from other Kingdoms? Anyone else bringing horses from Midrealm?
2011 Midrealm Equestrian Events
What follows is a tentative schedule for equestrian activities for the upcoming year. I know of at least one or two other events that may happen with equestrian activities and I will add those as they come along. At this point, I only have the one practice that I know, here in Kentucky that is going to be happening. If you have either other events or regularly scheduled practices I would love to hear about them so I can get them on the calendar and help you get the maximum participation. I will continue my somewhat limited ability of not letting events in the same general area of the kingdom happen on successive weekends, especially given what fuel cost are being predicted to go to this year. I will be getting this out to the various websites and email lists very shortly, I just started here to use it as a composing platform.
Pound
Kind of amazing to consider that a pound was used as a measure of money in the early 15th century, similar to the same as it is today in the British Islands. More interesting is the value comparatively speaking of a 15th century pound to one of the last few years.
Illuminated Medieval Pages
Ever have one of those somewhat moral issues that some people around you see as an issue and you just are not sure? I got one of those with illuminated pages from medieval manuscripts and the purchase of such things.
