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Kingdom of Jerusalem

2026-01-19T18:58:41Z

Simoncursitor:

The '''Kingdom of Jerusalem''' was the chief [[Crusader State]] in the middle east. It was established in 1099 by the soldiers of the [[First Crusade]], who conquered the city and massacred its [[Muslim]] inhabitants. At first, the Kingdom was a loose conglomeration of conquered territories, but as time progressed these amalgamated into a more-or-less cohesive [[feudal]] state, often called [[Outremer]] by [[Europe]]ans. A constant influx of [[Christian]] [[Pilgrimage|pilgrim]]s and [[crusader]]s guaranteed both economic prosperity and an uneasy relationship with the Jerusalem's Muslim neighbors.

Because of this constant connection with their European homeland, the Kingdom of Jerusalem is often held up as the birthplace of [[chivalry]], where the barely-civilized western Europeans learned many of chivalric arts from the Muslim peoples. These cosmopolitan habits were then exported them back to their homelands, to the general enrichment of European culture.

Two great [[monk|monastic]] orders of chivalry were founded for the defense of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the [[Templar|Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]] and the [[Hospitaller|Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], better known as the [[Templar]]s and the [[Hospitaller]]s. These two orders, both founded in the aftermath of the [[First Crusade]], held great influence in (and long outlived) the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem endured for more than two centuries, although the city of [[Jerusalem]] was lost to the [[Muslim]]s after a siege in 1187. The remnants of the kingdom itself were then governed from a number of coastal cities, mos notably [[Acre]].

The [[kingdom]] of Jerusalem ended in 1291 with the fall of [[Acre]]: the titular kingship continued within [[period]], but was never more than an appendage to other [[title]]s and claims, by [[king]]s of [[Cyprus]] and of [[Naples]].

=== Geographic extents and sub-fiefs ===

''To come''

* [[Antioch]] -- a principality
* [[Edessa]] -- a county
* [[Tripoli]] -- a county

* '''Jaffa''' -- a county
:Captured, from the Arabs, in 1100, after the '''First Crusade''', Jaffa became a County,and a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Patriarch of Jerusalem initially claimed it, but it was not until over five years later that it was severed from the crown, and granted to Hugh of Le Puiset. His son, Hugh II, succeeded him, but his rebellion against Fulk and Melisende led to the subdivision of the County into smaller fiefs, and was designated as appenage to Prince Amalric. Later, in 1153, Ascalon was added to the County, after it capture by [[Baldwin III]]. Thereafter it remained a royal appenage, until it was granted to Walter of Brienne in 1221, then to the Ibelin family in 1254. With the capture of Jaffa in 1268, the county became titular only.
:: with lordships of [[Ramla]] and [[Ibelin]]
* [[Galilee]] -- a principality
* [[Armenian Cilicia]] -- a principality
* The city of [[Acre]]
* The city of [[Aleppo]]
* The city and lordship of [[Beirut]]

=== Monarchs of the Kingdom ===

1099-1100 > [[Godfrey of Bouillon|Godfrey/Godefroi of Bouillon]]

1100-1118 > [[Baldwin I]] :: brother of Godfrey

1118-1131 > [[Baldwin II]] :: "cousin" of Godfrey & Baldwin

1131-1153 > [[Melisende]] :: daughter of Baldwin II.<br>
:1131-1143 > Fulk V of Anjou, as consort of Melisende, until his death

1143-1162 > [[Baldwin III]] :: son of Melisende & Fulk; co-ruler with his mother until 1152

1162-1174 > [[Amalric I]] :: brother of Baldwin

1174-1185 > [[Baldwin IV]] :: son of Amalric (known as "Baldwin the Leper")

1185-1186 > [[Baldwin V]] :: nephew of Baldwin the Leper

1186-1187 > [[Sybilla]] :: daughter of Amalric I<br>
1186-1187 > [[Guy of Lusignan]]
:''Fall of Jerusalem to [[Saladin]], 1187''

1192-1205 > Isabella I :: daughter of Amalric I
ruled with<br>
:1192 > Conrad of Montferrat
:1192-1197 > Henry of Champagne
:1198-1205 > Amalric II

1205-1212 > [[Maria of Montferrat]] :: daughter of Isabella and Conrad
:1210-1212 > [[John of Brienne]], who then served as [[regent]] for

1212-1228 > [[Yolande]] (otherwise Isabella II) :: daughter of Maria and John
ruled with
:1225-1228 > [[Frederick II]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]]

1228-1254 > [[Conrad II]], of Hohenstaufen :: son of Yolande & Frederick

1254-1268 > Conrad III (also known as [[Conradin]]) :: son of Conrad II

1268-1284 > [[Hugh I]] (formerly Hugh of Antioch) :: regent to Conradin. His claim was challenged by<br>
1277-1285 > [[Charles of Anjou]], whose claim rested on his purchase of the claim of Maria of Antioch

1284-1285 > John II :: son of Hugh, and successor to his claim

1285-1291 > [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry II]] :: brother of John

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[[Category: Kingdoms (medieval)]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem]]

Kingdom of Jerusalem

2026-01-19T18:56:44Z

Simoncursitor:

The '''Kingdom of Jerusalem''' was the chief [[Crusader State]] in the middle east. It was established in 1099 by the soldiers of the [[First Crusade]], who conquered the city and massacred its [[Muslim]] inhabitants. At first, the Kingdom was a loose conglomeration of conquered territories, but as time progressed these amalgamated into a more-or-less cohesive [[feudal]] state, often called [[Outremer]] by [[Europe]]ans. A constant influx of [[Christian]] [[Pilgrimage|pilgrim]]s and [[crusader]]s guaranteed both economic prosperity and an uneasy relationship with the Jerusalem's Muslim neighbors.

Because of this constant connection with their European homeland, the Kingdom of Jerusalem is often held up as the birthplace of [[chivalry]], where the barely-civilized western Europeans learned many of chivalric arts from the Muslim peoples. These cosmopolitan habits were then exported them back to their homelands, to the general enrichment of European culture.

Two great [[monk|monastic]] orders of chivalry were founded for the defense of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the [[Templar|Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]] and the [[Hospitaller|Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], better known as the [[Templar]]s and the [[Hospitaller]]s. These two orders, both founded in the aftermath of the [[First Crusade]], held great influence in (and long outlived) the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem endured for more than two centuries, although the city of [[Jerusalem]] was lost to the [[Muslim]]s after a siege in 1187. The remnants of the kingdom itself were then governed from a number of coastal cities, mos notably [[Acre]].

The [[kingdom]] of Jerusalem ended in 1291 with the fall of [[Acre]]: the titular kingship continued within [[period]], but was never more than an appendage to other [[title]]s and claims, by [[king]]s of [[Cyprus]] and of [[Naples]].

=== Geographic extents and sub-fiefs ===

''To come''

* [[Antioch]] -- a principality
* [[Edessa]] -- a county
* [[Tripoli]] -- a county

* '''Jaffa''' -- a county
:Captured, from the Arabs, in 1100, after the '''First Crusade''', Jaffa became a County,and a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Patriarch of Jerusalem initially claimed it, but it was not until over five years later that it was severed from the crown, and granted to Hugh of Le Puiset. His son, Hugh II, succeeded him, but his rebellion against Fulk and Melisende led to the subdivision of the County into smaller fiefs, and was designated as appenage to Prince Amalric. Later, in 1153, Ascalon was added to the County, after it capture by [[Baldwin III]]. Thereafter it remained a royal appenage, until it was granted to Walter of Brienne in 1221, then to the Ibelin family in 1254. With the capture of Jaffa in 1268, the county became titular only.
:: with lordships of [[Ramla]] and [[Ibelin]]
* [[Galilee]] -- a principality
* [[Armenian Cilicia]] -- a principality
* The city of [[Acre]]
* The city of [[Aleppo]]
* The city and lordship of [[Beirut]]

=== Monarchs of the Kingdom ===

1099-1100 > [[Godfrey of Bouillon|Godfrey/Godefroi of Bouillon]]

1100-1118 > [[Baldwin I]] :: brother of Godfrey

1118-1131 > [[Baldwin II]] :: "cousin" of Godfrey & Baldwin

1131-1153 > [[Melisende]] :: daughter of Baldwin II.<br>
:1131-1143 > Fulk V of Anjou, as consort of Melisende, until his death

1143-1162 > [[Baldwin III]] :: son of Melisende & Fulk; co-ruler with his mother until 1152

1162-1174 > [[Amalric I]] :: brother of Baldwin

1174-1185 > [[Baldwin IV]] :: son of Amalric (known as "Baldwin the Leper")

1185-1186 > [[Baldwin V]] :: nephew of Baldwin the Leper

1186-1187 > [[Sybilla]] :: daughter of Amalric I<br>
1186-1187 > [[Guy of Lusignan]]
:''Fall of Jerusalem to [[Saladin]], 1187''

1192-1205 > Isabella I :: daughter of Amalric I
ruled with<br>
:1192 > Conrad of Montferrat
:1192-1197 > Henry of Champagne
:1198-1205 > Amalric II

1205-1212 > [[Maria of Montferrat]] :: daughter of Isabella and Conrad
:1210-1212 > [[John of Brienne]], who then served as [[regent]] for

1212-1228 > [[Yolande]] (otherwise Isabella II) :: daughter of Maria and John
ruled with
:1225-1228 > [[Frederick II]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]]

1228-1254 > [[Conrad II]], of Hohenstaufen :: son of Yolande & Frederick

1254-1268 > Conrad III (also known as [[Conradin]]) :: son of Conrad II

1268-1284 > [[Hugh I]] (formerly Hugh of Antioch) :: regent to Conradin. His claim was challenged by<br>
1277-1285 > Charles of Anjou, whose claim rested on a purchase of the claim of Maria of Antioch

1284-1285 > John II :: son of Hugh, and successor to his claim

1285-1291 > [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry II]] :: brother of John

[[Category:Places]]
[[Category: Kingdoms (medieval)]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem]]

Kingdom of Jerusalem

2026-01-19T18:56:21Z

Simoncursitor: More Charles of Anjou

The '''Kingdom of Jerusalem''' was the chief [[Crusader State]] in the middle east. It was established in 1099 by the soldiers of the [[First Crusade]], who conquered the city and massacred its [[Muslim]] inhabitants. At first, the Kingdom was a loose conglomeration of conquered territories, but as time progressed these amalgamated into a more-or-less cohesive [[feudal]] state, often called [[Outremer]] by [[Europe]]ans. A constant influx of [[Christian]] [[Pilgrimage|pilgrim]]s and [[crusader]]s guaranteed both economic prosperity and an uneasy relationship with the Jerusalem's Muslim neighbors.

Because of this constant connection with their European homeland, the Kingdom of Jerusalem is often held up as the birthplace of [[chivalry]], where the barely-civilized western Europeans learned many of chivalric arts from the Muslim peoples. These cosmopolitan habits were then exported them back to their homelands, to the general enrichment of European culture.

Two great [[monk|monastic]] orders of chivalry were founded for the defense of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the [[Templar|Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]] and the [[Hospitaller|Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], better known as the [[Templar]]s and the [[Hospitaller]]s. These two orders, both founded in the aftermath of the [[First Crusade]], held great influence in (and long outlived) the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem endured for more than two centuries, although the city of [[Jerusalem]] was lost to the [[Muslim]]s after a siege in 1187. The remnants of the kingdom itself were then governed from a number of coastal cities, mos notably [[Acre]].

The [[kingdom]] of Jerusalem ended in 1291 with the fall of [[Acre]]: the titular kingship continued within [[period]], but was never more than an appendage to other [[title]]s and claims, by [[king]]s of [[Cyprus]] and of [[Naples]].

=== Geographic extents and sub-fiefs ===

''To come''

* [[Antioch]] -- a principality
* [[Edessa]] -- a county
* [[Tripoli]] -- a county

* '''Jaffa''' -- a county
:Captured, from the Arabs, in 1100, after the '''First Crusade''', Jaffa became a County,and a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Patriarch of Jerusalem initially claimed it, but it was not until over five years later that it was severed from the crown, and granted to Hugh of Le Puiset. His son, Hugh II, succeeded him, but his rebellion against Fulk and Melisende led to the subdivision of the County into smaller fiefs, and was designated as appenage to Prince Amalric. Later, in 1153, Ascalon was added to the County, after it capture by [[Baldwin III]]. Thereafter it remained a royal appenage, until it was granted to Walter of Brienne in 1221, then to the Ibelin family in 1254. With the capture of Jaffa in 1268, the county became titular only.
:: with lordships of [[Ramla]] and [[Ibelin]]
* [[Galilee]] -- a principality
* [[Armenian Cilicia]] -- a principality
* The city of [[Acre]]
* The city of [[Aleppo]]
* The city and lordship of [[Beirut]]

=== Monarchs of the Kingdom ===

1099-1100 > [[Godfrey of Bouillon|Godfrey/Godefroi of Bouillon]]

1100-1118 > [[Baldwin I]] :: brother of Godfrey

1118-1131 > [[Baldwin II]] :: "cousin" of Godfrey & Baldwin

1131-1153 > [[Melisende]] :: daughter of Baldwin II.<br>
:1131-1143 > Fulk V of Anjou, as consort of Melisende, until his death

1143-1162 > [[Baldwin III]] :: son of Melisende & Fulk; co-ruler with his mother until 1152

1162-1174 > [[Amalric I]] :: brother of Baldwin

1174-1185 > [[Baldwin IV]] :: son of Amalric (known as "Baldwin the Leper")

1185-1186 > [[Baldwin V]] :: nephew of Baldwin the Leper

1186-1187 > [[Sybilla]] :: daughter of Amalric I<br>
1186-1187 > [[Guy of Lusignan]]
:''Fall of Jerusalem to [[Saladin]], 1187''

1192-1205 > Isabella I :: daughter of Amalric I
ruled with<br>
:1192 > Conrad of Montferrat
:1192-1197 > Henry of Champagne
:1198-1205 > Amalric II

1205-1212 > [[Maria of Montferrat]] :: daughter of Isabella and Conrad
:1210-1212 > [[John of Brienne]], who then served as [[regent]] for

1212-1228 > [[Yolande]] (otherwise Isabella II) :: daughter of Maria and John
ruled with
:1225-1228 > [[Frederick II]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]]

1228-1254 > [[Conrad II]], of Hohenstaufen :: son of Yolande & Frederick

1254-1268 > Conrad III (also known as [[Conradin]]) :: son of Conrad II

1268-1284 > [[Hugh I]] (formerly Hugh of Antioch) :: regent to Conradin. His claim was challenged by<br>
1277-1285 > Charles of Anjou, whose claim rested on a purchase of the claim of Maria of Antioch)

1284-1285 > John II :: son of Hugh, and successor to his claim

1285-1291 > [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry II]] :: brother of John

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[[Category:Kingdom of Jerusalem]]

Hugh I

2026-01-19T18:44:31Z

Simoncursitor: Adding Charles of Anjou x2

'''Hugh I of Jerusalem''' (he was already Hugh III of [[Cyprus]], and was also known as Hugh of [[Antioch]] and Hugh de Lusignan) took the [[regent|regency]] of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1264, on the death of his mother Isabella. He succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1267, on the death of the teenage king Hugh, and when, in the next year, [[Conradin]], the absentee king of Jerusalem, also died (on the orders of Charles of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily), Hugh advanced his own claim to the throne.

He was challenged by Maria of Antioch, who claimed the title based on proximity of blood to Conradin and descent from [[Amalric I]], but the Palestine barons elected Hugh as King, and Maria, having spent years attempting to gain support for her cause in Europe, finally sold her claim to the King of Naples (the same Charles of Anjou) in 1269, an act ratified by the [[Pope]] in 1277.

Hugh spent 8 years in Palestine (Jerusalem the city had long been lost to the [[Muslim]]s) but found the faction politics not to his taste and returned to Cyprus in 1276. He left Balian of Ibelin as his bailiff but within a year [[Anjou|Angevin]] forces had expelled him, and seized the kingdom.

Hugh was [[marriage|married]] to Isabella of Ibelin, and they had 11 children: [[John]] succeeded Hugh as king of Jerusalem, being succeeded in turn by [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry]] (the intervening son, Bohemond, died at a young age); Amalric, who became [[Regent]] in Cyprus, being succeeded by his brothers Aimery and Guy; and daughters Mary (married James II of [[Aragon]]), Margaret (married the king of Armenia), Alice (married Balian of Ibelin), Helvis (married another king of Armenia) and Isabelle (who married a third king of Armenia).

Hugh died in 1284CE.

[[Category: Monarchs (medieval)]]

Far Isles

2017-09-10T19:03:35Z

Simoncursitor: updating

The '''Far Isles Medieval Society''' is a historical [[re-enactment]] society based in the [[UK]], covering the [[period]] 500 to 1600 AD, that is from the [[Dark Ages]] to shortly before the [[English Civil War]]. The society is in its 25th year and, although it was initially a part of the [[US]]-based [[Society for Creative Anachronism]], it has been independent for most of that period. Most of the membership is based around the South-East of [[England]], but with other members elsewhere in the country. [[Revel]]s are held around the country, most being one-day [[event]]s. The highlight of the year is the Foundation and Independence Revel, held annually over a weekend in October, formerly at a [[12th century]] [[castle]] (now a Youth Hostel) on the border of [[Wales]].

This description was based on the content of the society's webpage:
:http://www.farisles.org.uk

The Far Isles has been, variously, a shire under the [[SCA]] [[East Kingdom]], a Free Barony under its own Baroness, ((almost) a Celtic gynarchy), a Principality under a Princess, and then a Prince-Archbishop, and finally a Kingdom. Its population work in a wide variety of [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]], as well as taking part in tourneys, formerly using rattan, presently steel. [[Combat archery]] is not recognised, but the Society supports a thriving corps of target archers.

Currently the Isles are composed of
*a Principality (formerly Duchy), '''Camcairndryth''', containing
:the Duchy (formerly County) of Camber's Well
::the village of Strongoak
::the County (formerly a shire) of Forest Hall
::the Duchy of Wraithwood (which is Forest Hall enlarged)
::the manor of Tintagel, a subgroup of Forest Hall
:the manor of Bourneville
:the hamlet of Muchmead
:the ''(also much reduced)'' village of Chadwell
*a Province, the '''Grym''', containing
:the Shire of Blackwater
::the Hundred of Stoke
and
* the Freemark (''"A Free Mark for Free Men"'') -- was a Shire, presently a County

There are also non-landed nobility (indeed, the majority of the Far Isles nobility are non-landed) extending from two Princesses downward to Barons. Previously there had been no serving Knights -- those raised to this rank have, each and every one, withdrawn from the Isles. At one time, three knights existed side by side - Sir Tristram Langswerd, Sir Igor Ross, and Sir Nii Cantrell, formerly Earl of Forest Hall, now Duke of Wraithwood, but now only the Earl remains.

['''Local note:''' To avoid misunderstandings, in the Far Isles, Duchies are obtained by election and royal appointment, and no office is obtained through combat (although Kingdom and regional Champions are recognised)]

'''Update (November 2017)'''
The Princess of Camcairndyrth Passed Beyond in the summer of 2007; her successor, installed at Twelfth Night 2009, is Thane Astrid Stormtongue, a well-respected and long-standing citizen of the Isles.
The throne was, until recently, occupied by Queen Ceris, in succession to King Guy. Her successor, (after a mundane election campaign), is Robert; crowned October 2017-mundane, he has come complete with Consort and Crown Prince.

[[category:re-enactment groups]]

Far Isles

2016-11-26T13:58:18Z

Simoncursitor: Brought up to date

The '''Far Isles Medieval Society''' is a historical [[re-enactment]] society based in the [[UK]], covering the [[period]] 500 to 1600 AD, that is from the [[Dark Ages]] to shortly before the [[English Civil War]]. The society is in its 25th year and, although it was initially a part of the [[US]]-based [[Society for Creative Anachronism]], it has been independent for most of that period. Most of the membership is based around the South-East of [[England]], but with other members elsewhere in the country. [[Revel]]s are held around the country, most being one-day [[event]]s. The highlight of the year is the Foundation and Independence Revel, held annually over a weekend in October, formerly at a [[12th century]] [[castle]] (now a Youth Hostel) on the border of [[Wales]].

This description was based on the content of the society's webpage:
:http://www.farisles.org.uk

The Far Isles has been, variously, a shire under the [[SCA]] [[East Kingdom]], a Free Barony under its own Baroness, ((almost) a Celtic gynarchy), a Principality under a Princess, and then a Prince-Archbishop, and finally a Kingdom. Its population work in a wide variety of [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]], as well as taking part in tourneys, formerly using rattan, presently steel. [[Combat archery]] is not recognised, but the Society supports a thriving corps of target archers.

Currently the Isles are composed of
*a Principality (formerly Duchy), '''Camcairndryth''', containing
:the Duchy (formerly County) of Camber's Well
::the village of Strongoak
::the County (formerly a shire) of Forest Hall
::the Duchy of Wraithwood (which is Forest Hall enlarged)
::the manor of Tintagel, a subgroup of Forest Hall
:the manor of Bourneville
:the hamlet of Muchmead
:the ''(also much reduced)'' village of Chadwell
*a Province, the '''Grym''', containing
:the Shire of Blackwater
::the Hundred of Stoke
and
* the Freemark (''"A Free Mark for Free Men"'') -- was a Shire, presently a County

There are also non-landed nobility (indeed, the majority of the Far Isles nobility are non-landed) extending from two Princesses downward to Barons. Previously there had been no serving Knights -- those raised to this rank have, each and every one, withdrawn from the Isles. At one time, three knights existed side by side - Sir Tristram Langswerd, Sir Igor Ross, and Sir Nii Cantrell, formerly Earl of Forest Hall, now Duke of Wraithwood, but now only the Earl remains.

['''Local note:''' To avoid misunderstandings, in the Far Isles, Duchies are obtained by election and royal appointment, and no office is obtained through combat (although Kingdom and regional Champions are recognised)]

'''Update (November 2017)'''
The Princess of Camcairndyrth Passed Beyond in the summer of 2007; her successor, installed at Twelfth Night 2009, is Thane Astrid Stormtongue, a well-respected and long-standing citizen of the Isles.
The throne was, until recently, occupied by Queen Ceris, in succession to King Guy. Her successor, (after a mundane election campaign), is Robert; to be crowned in about 6 months' time, he will come complete with Consort and Crown Prince.

[[category:re-enactment groups]]

Aethelred

2015-09-27T11:50:50Z

Simoncursitor:

Third son of [[Aethelwulf]], ''Aethelred'' sucdeeded his two brothers, [[Aethelbald]] and [[Aethelbert]] and immediately found himself faced with raids by [[Denmark|Danes]], particularly [[Ivar the Boneless]] and [[Halfdan]], joint rulers in Dublin, who may have felt a little peeved at England in general because their father Ragnar had just been killed near [[York]]. They conquered York late in 866CE, and founded the kingdom of [[Jorvik]], then marched sough and took Nottingham. Wintering in York, they sailed on East Anglia in 869 and in 870 joined with a second Danish band, under Guthrum, and advanced on Wessex. In a battle at Englefield, Aethelred's [[ealdorman]] Athelwolf was killed, and Aethered and his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] barely escaped. In battle at Ashdown the Saxons held the Danes off, killing many, but at Basing, 2 weeks later, the Danes were victorious, and they spent the 870/1 winter plundering the lands. The armies next met early in 871 at "Meredune" ''(location uncertain)'' where Aethelred was wounded, dying only weeks later. He left a widow (Wulfride) and 2 infant sons (one of whom briefly ruled in [[Jorvik]], and was succeeded by his brother.

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Preceded by:<br>[[Aethelwulf]]
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[[English Monarchs]]
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Succeeded by:<br>[[Alfred the Great]]
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Materail for this page was taken from Ashley, ''Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens''.

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[[Category:Monarchs (medieval)]]
[[category:people (medieval)]]

Aethelred

2015-09-27T11:50:21Z

Simoncursitor: sp

Third son of [[Aethelwulf]], ''Aethelred'' sucdeeded his two brothers, [[Aethelbald]] and [[Aethelbert]] and immediately found himself faced with raids by [[Denmark|Danes]], particularly [[Ivar the Boneless]] and [[Halfdan]], joint rulers in Dublin, who may have felt a little peeved at England in general because their father Ragnar had just been killed near [[York]]. They conquered York late in 866CE, and founded the kingdom of [[Jorvik]], then marched sough and took Nottingham. Wintering in York, they sailed on East Anglia in 869 and in 870 joined with a second Danish band, under Guthrum and advanced on Wessex. In a battle at Englefield, Aethelred's [[ealdorman]] Athelwolf was killed, and Aethered and his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] barely escaped. In battle at Ashdown the Saxons held the Danes off, killing many, but at Basing, 2 weeks later, the Danes were victorious, and they spent the 870/1 winter plundering the lands. The armies next met early in 871 at "Meredune" ''(location uncertain)'' where Aethelred was wounded, dying only weeks later. He left a widow (Wulfride) and 2 infant sons (one of whom briefly ruled in [[Jorvik]], and was succeeded by his brother.

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Preceded by:<br>[[Aethelwulf]]
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[[English Monarchs]]
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Succeeded by:<br>[[Alfred the Great]]
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Materail for this page was taken from Ashley, ''Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens''.

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David I

2015-09-27T11:43:39Z

Simoncursitor: sp

'''David I''' was the youngest son of [[Malcolm III]] Canmore and his wife, Margaret, daughter of [[Edward Atheling]] (and therefore grand-daughter of the [[England|English]] [[king]] [[Edmund Ironside]]). He was born ''circa'' 1080CE. His younger years were spent in England, where he became used to the [[Norman]] style of life. His younger sister, Maud or Matilda, married the English king [[Henry I]].

On the death, in 1107, of his brother [[Edgar]], king of [[Scotland]], David inherited, as an independent [[earl]]dom, all of Scotland south of the Forth-Clyde divide, whilst his older brother, [[Alexander]] inherited the Scots [[throne]], and governance over the northern districts. When Alexander died, in 1124, David suceeded to the [[crown]] of the whole nation.

By that time, he had married, to Matilda, daughter of the English Earl of [[Northumbria]], and had become Henry I's [[Earl]] of Huntingdon, and thereby an English [[baron]]. As such he swore [[fealty]] to the [[Empress Matilda]], as heiress to [[Henry I]], and when [[King Stephen|Stephen]] usurped the [[England|English]] throne in 1135, David invaded England in support of her cause (not to mention in hope of winning Northumbria for himself). Met by a strong [[army]], he made peace, but broke it by invading again in 1138, when he was defeated near Northallerton.

He retreated as far as Carlisle, and made peace again, gaining the Earldom of Northumbria from Stephen, but joined [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]] in London in 1141. He came close to capture on this adventure and retired to his own country, to build it up. He died at Carlisle in 1153 and, since both his sons were dead, he was succeeded by his 12 year old grandson, [[Malcolm IV]], son of his son Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Adela, daughter of the Earl of Surrey.

David supported the [[Scots Church]], especially in its role as the main instrument of teaching, and founded religious houses to support this. He founded the [[bishop]]ric of [[Glasgow]], and used monks as his bureaucracy and advisors, on the Anglo-Norman model. He also made land grants to many Anglo-Norman families, thus strengthening Scotland's [[feudal]] [[aristocracy]], and used this process to accelerate Scotland's modernisation. He also supported Scots trade and commerce, and established Scotland's first [[Sheriff]]dom (at Roxburgh).

His mother, Margaret, was later (1251) canonised, and David acquired the [[cognomen]] ''"the Saint"'', for his efforts for the Church.

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = David I | predecessor = [[Alexander]] | successor = [[Malcolm IV]] | reign = 1124-1153}}

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Edgar

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'''Edgar of Scotland''' (1074 - January 8, 1107 ), also known as ''Edgar the Peaceable'', was king of [[Scotland]] from 1097 to 1107. He was the son of [[Malcolm III]], brother of a previous king [[Duncan II]], and brother of his successor [[Alexander I]]. His mother was the [[England|English]] [[princess]], Margaret 'Atheling', grand-daughter of [[Edmund II]], niece of [[Edward the Confessor]].

He died unmarried and childless and was buried at Dumfermline Abbey, Fife.

Some sources accuse him of the blinding of his immediate predecessor [[Donald III]] or ''Donalbane'' (about whose title to the throne there was and is some doubt despite his claiming it twice) after deposing him and before his death 5 years later.

Little more appears known about him, although one source has him handing the Hebrides over to Norsemen.

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = Edgar | predecessor = [[Donald III]] | successor = [[Alexander I]] | reign = 1097-1107}}

''The initial text for this article was taken from [[wikipedia:Edgar of Scotland]]''

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Indulf

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'''Indulf''' was the son of [[Constantine II]]. He ruled first in Strathclyde from 945 to 954CE and then succeeded to the throne of [[Scotland]] and ruled from 954 to 962. when he was killed in battle with the Danes.

He married, but history knows no more of his wife, nor of three of his sons, who died violently. A fourth son, [[Cuilean]], was to take the Scots throne, after a cousin, [[Dubh]], also died violently (something which history would blame on Cuilean).

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = Indulf | predecessor = [[Malcolm I]] | successor = [[Dubh]] | reign = 954-962}}

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Eochaid

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'''Eochaid''' was [[king]] of [[Scotland]] between 878 and 889, in concert with [[Giric]].

Eochaid came to the [[throne]] after the unfortunate death -- the unfortunate and violent death -- the unfortunate, violent and probably non-accidental death -- of his uncle [[Aedh]]. His claim descended, however, not through the male line (Aedh's predecessor, [[Constantine]] had a son [[Donald II|Donald]] who held that position) but the female, via Constantine's sister, who had married Run, the King of Strathclyde.

On Aedh's demise, Eochaid seized the throne with [[Giric]], a cousin, who was also descended from [[Alpin]] (and who, like Eochaid, may have known more about Aedh's death (unfortunate and violent) than history has managed to retain). Their joint rule was apparently less than ideal for Eochaid, and one version has it that he then collaborated with [[Donald II|Donald]] to remove Giric from the throne.

Once he was king, in 889, Donald repaid Eochaid by relieving him of all his regnal troubles by sending him into exile in northern Wales, and obscurity, even the date of his death being now unknown.

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = [[Giric]] / Eochaid | predecessor = [[Aedh]] | successor = [[Donald II]] | reign = 878-889}}

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Lulach

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'''Lulach''' was the step-son of [[Macbeth]] and succeeded him on the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[throne]]. His mother was Gruoch, grand-daughter of [[King]] [[Kenneth III]], whose first husband, Lulach's father, was Gillecomgain, the Mormaer of Moray. Lulach was born around 1032CE; he was [[crown]]ed in August 1057, after Macbeth's death, but was killed the following year. He was known as "the Simple" which may reflect a popular impression that he was a weak king.

His wife was the daughter if the mormaer of Angus, they had a son, Maelsnectan, who retired to a [[monastery]], and a daughter, who married a chieftain named Aedh or Eathelred, a son of [[Malcolm III|Malcolm Canmore]], and [[Earl]] of Fife. One of his sons, Dubh, succeeded him in the Earldom; a second, Malcolm, became Earl of Moray and Ross (a title also descending from [[Macbeth]] and his father Findlaech).

His short reign does not appear to have generated any notable historical incident before his death and Malcolm's succession.

Lulach's death marked the passing of the purely Celtic kings of Scotland -- Malcolm being half-[[England|English]], through his mother, Sybil who came from the earls of [[Northumberland]].

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = Lulach | predecessor = [[Macbeth]] | successor = [[Malcolm III]] | reign = 1057-1058}}

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Henry the Young King

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'''Henry,''' ''(referred to as '''The Young King''')'' was second son to [[Henry II]] of [[England]], his elder brother, William, dying aged 3. He was born in 1155, betrothed and married in 1160 to Margaret, daughter of [[Louis VII]] of [[France]] (despite that fact that their marriage was supposed to have taken palce later, but there were these castles, in the dowry, that Henry senior ugently wanted to take possession of), and crowned as co-King with his father in 1170. Louis also took exception to the coronation -- Margaret hadn't been crowed Queen at the same time, and the Church celebrant had been the [[Archbishop]] of York, not of Canterbury (who was [[Thomas Becket]], then in exile in France. Henry therefore replaced Becket with a new Archbishop, and re-enacted the coronation at Winchester in 1172, including Margaret this time.<p>
Henry the Young King proved a problem though :: the truth was, he was very conscious of the status he thought he ought to have. He commented that he was better than his father because he was son of a king, while Henry II's father, Geoffrey, had merely been Count of [[Anjou]]. He also wanted lands of his own to govern, which his father didn't want to happen, since he could see the possibility of his empire being severed. So, with the help of his mother, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], and on a pretext to do with control of acstles (again), the Young King started a revolt, and drew his younger brothers [[Richard I|Richard]] and [[John Lackland| John]] into it as well. The dispute lasted for over a decade, and in 1183 he died in Turenne, leaving no child (his son, William, had died after 3 days) and a widow, who went on to marry Bela III of [[Hungary]] in 1185 (she died in 1197 in [[Acre]] in the [[Holy Land]])

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Henry II

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''This is the page for '''King Henry II of England''' .''<br>
''You may be looking for [[Henry II of Cyprus|King Henry II of Cyprus and Jerusalem]]''
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'''King Henry II''' (March 25, 1133 - July 6, 1189), was the first of the [[Angevin]] [[king]]s. He was a highly effective king who did not hesitate to break a few [[egg]]s if he wanted to make an omelette.

Henry came to the [[throne]] in a [[kingdom]] that was in anarchy after [[King Stephen]]'s [[reign]]. He got the [[Baron]]s into line with remarkable speed. The bulk of his lands were however in [[France]], having acquired [[Normandy]] and Anjou through inheritance and much of south-west France through marriage to [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]. It was because of these land holding that the [[English Monarchs|English Kings]] claimed the [[throne]] of France until the [[15th Century]].

Henry II received a lot of bad press due to the murder of [[Thomas Beckett]], but it was all a misunderstanding. Honest.

Henry's family was beyond dysfunctional. Eleanor spent most of her married life in [[prison]] and his sons were regularly at odds with him. [[Richard I|Richard]] even attacked Henry with the aid of [[Louis VII]] of France. Still, Henry managed to outlive two of his sons -- [[Henry the Young King]], and Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, each of whom, in his time, had also revolted against their father. Henry's legacy was squandered though when Richard lost his [[money]] [[crusade|crusading]] and getting captured, while [[John Lackland]] justified his father's lack of faith in him by losing his French posessions as well as the respect of the Barons.

On the other hand, his antecedents were impressive. His mother was a king's daughter, Augusta (also ''Maude'' and ''Matilda''), daughter of [[Henry I]] of England (son of the [[William the Conqueror|Conqueror]]) and Matilda of [[Scotland]] (herself daughter of the Scots king [[Malcolm III]]), and widow of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] before her re[[marriage]]. His father was Geoffrey [[Plantagenet]], [[Count]] of Anjou, son of Count Fulk (who had also been [[King]] of [[Jerusalem]]) and of Erembourg (or ''Ermentrude''), [[Countess]] of Maine. The (slight) blot on the [[escutcheon]] was, of course, the [[legend]] that, back in history, the counts of Anjou were descended, in some way, from the demi-demon ''Melusine''.

==== A Contemporary Eye ====

[[Gerald of Wales]] described King Henry as follows, in his 1188 [[book]] ''The Conquest of [[Ireland]]'': <br>
:... hair that was almost red in colour, grey eyes and a large round head. His eyes were bright, and in anger fierce, and flecked with red. He had a fiery complexion, his voice was husky, his neck bent forward a little from his shoulders, and he had a broad chest and powerful arms. His body was fleshy, and he had a very large belly, naturally so, and not due to the effects of gluttony

Gerald also noted that he used immense amounts of exercise both to mitigate his plumpness and to bring his body firmly under his mind's control.

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Eadred

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'''Eadred''' succeeded his brother [[Edmund the Magnificent|Edmund I]] in 946. Both were sons of [[Edward the Elder]].
He reigned for 9 years, dying in 955 CE, aged 30. He is descrobed as suffering from the "heriditary illness of the House of Wessex", similar to his grandfather [[Alfred the Great]] which is now believed to be Crohn's Disease. His reign was remarkable for the rebellion in York by Archbishop Wulfstan who invited the pagan Norwegian prince, Eric Bloodaxe to become king of a breakaway kingdom. After some internal squabbles Bloodaxe (so called due to his having killed his two brothers) was turned out only to return once more. Eadred led a punitive expedition, but did not meet Eric Bloodaxe who had been ambushed and himself killed at a place called Stanmoor. He ruthlesslessly harried the area, burning down the great priory at Ripon. Archbishop Wulfstan was taken prisoner and demoted to a smaller Bishopric in the south where he could be watched.<p>
He had poor health and is reported to have been unable to swallow solid food, having to chew it, drink the juices and spit out the residue. In the face of these difficulties he was a remarkably tough and able leader. St. Dunstan had come to notice under Edmund, but reached a position of dominanance under Eadred, becoming inseparable as Eadred neared death.
Unmarried, he left no son, and was succeeded by his nephew, [[Eadwig All-Fair]], whose marriage to Aelgifu, his distant cousin was annulled by Archbishop Odo the Severe.
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Edmund the Magnificent

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'''Edmund''', born 921CE, (later named '''the Magnificent''') was the son of [[Edward the Elder]] by his third wife, Edgiva. He first came to prominence at the age of 16, when he accompanied his elder half-brother, [[Athelstan]], to the [[battle]] of ''Brunanburgh'', against the [[Norway|Norse]] men of North England. Athelstan had inherited the [[England|English]] [[throne]] in 924, and when he died in 939, Edmund became the first king to able to claim sovreignty over "all" of modern England, being ruler of Mercia, Wessex, and Northumbria.

When the Norse King of [[Dublin]], Olaf I (Guthfrithson), seized [[York]], Edmund marched North, beseiged the city, and finally, with the help of the [[Archbishop]]s of [[Canterbury]] and York, settled a treaty. In 941 Olaf suffered a fatal accident while trying to raid Northumbria. Edmund marched north again, and removed the East Midlands area from the control of Olaf's cousin and successor, Olaf Sigtryggson, who was trying to both retain York and block Idwal of Gwynedd's advance from Wales. In 944, Edmund marched on York itself, expelling both Sigtryggson, and his rival Ragnall Guthfirthson (Olaf's brother). In the following year, he attacked Strathclyde, killed its king, and handed his kingdom to the [[Scotland|Scots]] [[Malcolm I]]. By recognising Northumbria as the border between their kingdoms, he obtained Malcolm's favour for life.

Edmund married twice, first to (later [[Saint]]) Aelfgith, who bore him two sons, [[Eadwig All-Fair|Eadwig]] and [[Edgar the Peaceable|Edgar]] before her death in 944CE. He then married Ethelflead, daughter of Aelfgar, Ealdorman of Wilthshire, who gave him no children. Edmund died in 946, stabbed in a scuffle when the outlaw Leofa infiltrated Edmund's hunting lodge at Pucklechurch in Gloucestershire. This is recorded in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle. He was buried at [[Glastonbury]], and succeeded by [[Eadred]], his younger brother.

His attribution as "the Magnificent" may have been an attempt at translating into Latin a Saxon epithet meaning "''Doer of Deeds''".

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Aethelred

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Third son of [[Aethelwulf]], ''Aethelred'' sucdeeded his two brothers, [[Aethelbald]] and [[Aethelbert]] and immediately found himself faced with raids by [[Denmark|Danes]], particularly [[Ivar the Boneless]] and [[Halfdan]], joint rulers in Dublin, who may have felt a little peeved at England in general because their father Ragnar had just been killed near [[York]]. They conquered York late in 866CE, and founded the kingdom of [[Jorvik]], then marched sough and took Nottingham. Winetring in York, they sailed on East Anglia in 869 and in 870 joined with a second Danish band , under Guthrum and advanced on Wessex. In a battle at Englefield, Aethelred's [[ealdorman]] Athelwolf was killed, and Aethered and his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] barely escaped. In battle at Ashdown the Saxons held the Danes off, killing many, but at Basing, 2 weeks later, the Danes were victorious, and they spent the 870/1 winter plundering the lands. The armies next met early in 87` at "Meredune" ''(location uncertain)'' where Aethelred was wounded, dying only weeks later. He left a widow (Wulfride) and 2 infant sons (one of whom briefly ruled in [[Jorvik]], and was succeeded by his brother.

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Aethelred

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Third son of [[Aethelwulf]], ''Aethelred'' sucdeeded his two brothers, [[Aethelbald]] and [[Aethelbert]] and immediately found himself faced with raids by [[Denmark|Danes]], particularly [[Ivar the Boneless]] and [[Halfdan]], joint rulers in Dublin, who may have felt a little peeved at England in general because their father Ragnar had just been killed near [[York]]. They conquered York late in 866CE, and founded the kingdom of [[Jorvik]], then marched sough and took Nottingham. Winetring in York, they sailed on East Anglia in 869 and in 870 joined with a second Danish band , under Guthrum and advanced on Wessex. In a battle at Englefield, Aethelred's [[ealdorman]] Athelwolf was killed, and Aethered and his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] barely escaped. In battle at Ashdown the Saxons held the Danes off, killing many, but at Basing, 2 weeks later, the Danes were victorious, and they spent the 870/1 winter plundering the lands. The armies next met early in 87` at "Meredune" ''(location uncertain)'' where Aethelred was wounded, dying only weeks later. He left a widow (Wulfride) and 2 infant sons (one of whom briefly ruled in [[Jorvik]].

Jorvik

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'''Jorvik''' was a [[Viking]] [[kingdom]], established by the brothers [[Ivar]] and [[Halfdan]] in York in 866CE (replacing the [[Saxon]] kingdom of [[Deira]]. Local rule did not survive beyond the brothers -- from Halfdan's death in 877, Jorvik fell under the kings of Bernicia, to the north, and then in 910 more [[Denmark|Danes]] from Dublin took over. There was a brief period (c.927-939CE) when [[Athelstan]] of [[Wessex]] conquered Jorvik; he was succeeded by [[Erik Bloodaxe]] (twice) but on Erik's death (954) the kingdom was regained by and subsumed into [[England]].

Aethelbald

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'''Aethelbald''' was born some time around the year 834 to [[Aethelwulf]] and his first wife, Osburga. He helped lead his father's forces to victory at Acleah in 851. His life took an Oedipal turn in 856 when he deposed his father and in 858, after his father had died, married his own widowed mother in law (who was aged 14). This marriage was later annulled due to consanguinity. He died in 860, to be succeeded by his brother, [[Aethelbert]].

His mother-in-law/wife, Judith, daughter of the [[Frank|Frankish]] king Charles the Bald, subsequently eloped with the Count of [[Flanders]], Baldwin, married him (with [[Pope|papal]] help), and gave him a son (also Baldwin) who succeeded his father, and married a daughter of [[Alfred the Great]].

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Egbert

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'''Egbert''' was born around the year 770 and died in 839. Having been accepted as [[King]] of Essex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex and for a short time [[Mercia]], he has been referred to as the first King of all [[England]].

In 789 Egbert was forced into exile, and may have spent some of his time in the [[court]] of [[Charlemagne]]. He returned a few years later (possibly having married a daughter of Charlemagne) and succeeded Beorhtric (who was one of those responsible for his exile) as King of [[Wessex]] in 802.

Egbert removed Wessex from the [[Mercia|Mercian]] confederation, and eventually defeated Beornwulf of Mercia in 825. He was proclaimed "Bretwalda", or King of all England, in 829, but lost Mercia to Wiglaf in 830.

In 836 Egbert suffered a further military setback, being defeated by the [[Denmark|Danes]]. However, he defeated them and their allies, the West [[Wales|Welsh]], in 838. He died soon after in 839, and was succeeded by his son [[Aethelwulf]].

He should also be remembered as initiating (at the behest of his wife Redburga) England's policy on immigration, by passing a law forbidding, on pain of death, any Welshman from crossing [[Offa's Dyke]].

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Mary Queen of Scots

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* 1542 December 8th -- [[birth|born]], daughter of [[James V]] and Mary of Lorraine (daughter of the [[Duke]] of Guise)

6 days later:
* 1542 December 14th -- [[becoming king|succeeds]] to [[Scotland|Scots]] [[throne]] at age 1 week, on death of her father. James Hamilton, [[Earl]] of Arran, [[James II]]'s great-grandson, became her regent.

* 1543 -- crowned [[queen]], at Stirling.

Efforts were made to affiance her, to Hamilton/Arran's son, James, and to [[Henry VIII]]'s son, the future [[Edward VI]].

* 1547 -- After the death (28 January) of Henry VIII, Mary was betrothed to the [[heir]] to the [[France|French]] [[crown]], the [[dauphin]] Francis.

* 1547 -- left Scotland, accompanied by the [[Four Maries]], to be brought up in France, by the Guise family, and to avoid her being seized by the [[England|English]], who wished her to [[marriage|marry]] the English [[prince]] Edward.

* 1548 -- formal marriage contract between Mary and Francis agreed.

* 1553 -- Although [[Mary I|Mary Tudor]], a fellow-Catholic, became [[queen]] in [[England]], the existence of hostilities between England and France prevented the two Maries from being able to reconcile their countries' political differences.

* 1554 -- Mary dismisses Arran, and makes her Mother, Mary of Guise, her Governor in Scotland.

* 1558 April 24th -- marries Francis, becomes [[Queen Consort]] of France.

* 1558 -- The accession of the [[Protestant]] [[Elizabeth I]] to the [[throne]] of England renewed antipathy between the kingdoms. More, Scots disliked the increasing influence of France in their nation, and some Scots adopted Protestantism as a form of silent rebellion.

* 1559 -- Mary of Guise increases persecution of Protestants in Scotland; they react by supporting Mary Stewart's half-brother (illegitimate), James, as a replacement monarch. The Earl of Arran returned from France, and, with his son, James Hamilton, fought off the rebellion.

* 1560 -- Francis dies; succeeded by his brother [[Charles]]; the Guise family fall from power. Mary of Guise also dies.

* 1561 August -- Mary returns to Scotland, dowager queen of France, but powerless.

* 1563 -- [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]] of England offers Robert Dudley, [[Earl]] of Leicester, as a husband, and to be [[King]] of Scotland (Dudley was a [[Protestant]], and someone the English believed they could control).

* 1565, July -- marries Henry Stuart, Lord '''Darnley''', a half-cousin (and a [[Catholic]]). The marriage is generally unpopular.

* 1566 -- Mary's court secretary, David Rizzio, is [[murder]]ed in her presence, by Darnley and others.

* 1567, February -- Darnley [[assassin|assassinated]]

* 1567, June -- a son, James, is born to Mary.

* 1567 -- Mary seized by James, 4th Earl of Bothwell, and either forced or persuaded to marry him (once he had divorced his own wife, and been rapidly acquitted of Darnley's murder).

* 1567 -- imprisoned and forced to [[abdication|abdicate]]; her infant son is declared King [[James VI]]

* 1568, May -- escapes from [[prison]]

* 1568 -- crosses the border to England, is arrsted and imprisoned and held in various [[castle]]s. As such she becomes the focus of English catholics seeking the overthrow of Elizabeth, and of Scots patriots seeking the overthrow of her son's regents. A series of plots are forged, offered to her, and then discovered by the English intelligence apparatus; this leads to Elizabeth becoming convinced that Mary is a live threat to her throne.

* 1586 -- imprisoned in Fotheringay Castle

* 1587 -- After becoming implicated in an English-organised plot, ostensibly to have the Duke of Guise invade England in her interests, Mary was given a show [[trial]] before the [[Court of Star Chamber]] (at which she was not allowed to know the details of the evidence raised against her) and was then [[execution|executed]] by order of [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]].

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Mary Queen of Scots

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* 1542 December 8th -- [[birth|born]], daughter of [[James V]] and Mary of Lorraine (daughter of the [[Duke]] of Guise)

6 days later:
* 1542 December 14th -- [[becoming king|succeeds]] to [[Scotland|Scots]] [[throne]] at age 1 week, on death of her father. James Hamilton, [[Earl]] of Arran, [[James II]]'s great-grandson, became her regent.

* 1543 -- crowned [[queen]], at Stirling.

* 1547 -- betrothed to the [[heir]] to the [[France|French]] [[crown]], the [[dauphin]] Francis.

* 1547 -- left Scotland, accompanied by the [[Four Maries]], to be brought up in France, by the Guise family, and to avoid her being seized by the [[England|English]], who wished her to [[marriage|marry]] the English [[prince]] Edward.

* 1548 -- formal marriage contract between Mary and Francis agreed.

* 1553 -- Although [[Mary I|Mary Tudor]], a fellow-Catholic, became [[queen]] in [[England]], the existence of hostilities between England and France prevented the two Maries from being able to reconcile thjeir countries' political differences.

* 1554 -- Mary dismisses Arran, and makes her Mother, Mary of Guise, her Governor in Scotland.

* 1558 April 24th -- marries Francis, becomes [[Queen Consort]] of France.

* 1558 -- The accession of the [[Protestant]] [[Elizabeth I]] to the [[throne]] of England renewed antipathy between the kingdoms. More, Scots disliked the increasing influence of France in their nation, and some Scots adopted Protestantism as a form of silent rebellion.

* 1559 -- Mary of Guise increases persecution of Protestants in Scotland; they react by supporting Mary Stewart's half-brother (illegitimate), James, as a replacement monarch. The Earl of Arran returned from France, and, with his son, James Hamilton, fought off the rebellion.

* 1560 -- Francis dies; succeeded by his brother [[Charles]]; the Guise family fall from power. Mary of Guise also dies.

* 1561 August -- Mary returns to Scotland, dowager queen of France, but powerless.

* 1563 -- [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]] of England offers Robert Dudley, [[Earl]] of Leicester, as a husband, and to be [[King]] of Scotland (Dudley was a [[Protestant]], and someone the English believed they could control).

* 1565, July -- marries Henry Stuart, Lord '''Darnley''', a half-cousin (and a [[Catholic]]). The marriage is generally unpopular.

* 1566 -- Mary's court secretary, David Rizzio, is [[murder]]ed in her presence, by Darnley and others.

* 1567, February -- Darnley [[assassin|assassinated]]

* 1567, June -- a son, James, is born to Mary.

* 1567 -- Mary seized by James, 4th Earl of Bothwell, and either forced or persuaded to marry him (once he had divorced his own wife, and been rapidly acquitted of Darnley's murder).

* 1567 -- imprisoned and forced to [[abdication|abdicate]]; her infant son is declared King [[James VI]]

* 1568, May -- escapes from [[prison]]

* 1568 -- crosses the border to England, is arrsted and imprisoned and held in various [[castle]]s. As such she becomes the focus of English catholics seeking the overthrow of Elizabeth, and of Scots patriots seeking the overthrow of her son's regents. A series of plots are forged, offered to her, and then discovered by the English intelligence apparatus; this leads to Elizabeth becoming convinced that Mary is a live threat to her throne.

* 1586 -- imprisoned in Fotheringay Castle

* 1587 -- After becoming implicated in an English-organised plot, ostensibly to have the Duke of Guise invade England in her interests, Mary was given a show [[trial]] before the [[Court of Star Chamber]] (at which she was not allowed to know the details of the evidence raised against her) and was then [[execution|executed]] by order of [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]].

[[category:people (medieval)]][[Category: monarchs (medieval)]][[category:16th century]]
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Mary Queen of Scots

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Simoncursitor:

* 1542 December 8th -- [[birth|born]], daughter of [[James V]] and Mary of Lorraine (daughter of the [[Duke]] of Guise)

6 days later:
* 1542 December 14th -- [[becoming king|succeeds]] to [[Scotland|Scots]] [[throne]] at age 1 week, on death of her father. Jamwa Hamilton, [[Earl]] of Arran, [[James II]]'s great-grandson, became her regent.

* 1543 -- crowned [[queen]], at Stirling.

* 1547 -- betrothed to the [[heir]] to the [[France|French]] [[crown]], the [[dauphin]] Francis.

* 1547 -- left Scotland, accompanied by the [[Four Maries]], to be brought up in France, by the Guise family, and to avoid her being seized by the [[England|English]], who wished her to [[marriage|marry]] the English [[prince]] Edward.

* 1548 -- formal marriage contract between Mary and Francis agreed.

* 1553 -- Although [[Mary I|Mary Tudor]], a fellow-Catholic, became [[queen]] in [[England]], the existence of hostilities between England and France prevented the two Maries from being able to reconcile thjeir countries' political differences.

* 1554 -- Mary dismisses Arran, and makes her Mother, Mary of Guise, her Governor in Scotland.

* 1558 April 24th -- marries Francis, becomes [[Queen Consort]] of France.

* 1558 -- The accession of the [[Protestant]] [[Elizabeth I]] to the [[throne]] of England renewed antipathy between the kingdoms. More, Scots disliked the increasing influence of France in their nation, and some Scots adopted Protestantism as a form of silent rebellion.

* 1559 -- Mary of Guise increases persecution of Protestants in Scotland; they react by supporting Mary Stewart's half-brother (illegitimate), James, as a replacement monarch. The Earl of Arran returned from France, and, with his son, James Hamilton, fought off the rebellion.

* 1560 -- Francis dies; succeeded by his brother [[Charles]]; the Guise family fall from power. Mary of Guise also dies.

* 1561 August -- Mary returns to Scotland, dowager queen of France, but powerless.

* 1563 -- [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]] of England offers Robert Dudley, [[Earl]] of Leicester, as a husband, and to be [[King]] of Scotland (Dudley was a [[Protestant]], and someone the English believed they could control).

* 1565, July -- marries Henry Stuart, Lord '''Darnley''', a half-cousin (and a [[Catholic]]). The marriage is generally unpopular.

* 1566 -- Mary's court secretary, David Rizzio, is [[murder]]ed in her presence, by Darnley and others.

* 1567, February -- Darnley [[assassin|assassinated]]

* 1567, June -- a son, James, is born to Mary.

* 1567 -- Mary seized by James, 4th Earl of Bothwell, and either forced or persuaded to marry him (once he had divorced his own wife, and been rapidly acquitted of Darnley's murder).

* 1567 -- imprisoned and forced to [[abdication|abdicate]]; her infant son is declared King [[James VI]]

* 1568, May -- escapes from [[prison]]

* 1568 -- crosses the border to England, is arrsted and imprisoned and held in various [[castle]]s. As such she becomes the focus of English catholics seeking the overthrow of Elizabeth, and of Scots patriots seeking the overthrow of her son's regents. A series of plots are forged, offered to her, and then discovered by the English intelligence apparatus; this leads to Elizabeth becoming convinced that Mary is a live threat to her throne.

* 1586 -- imprisoned in Fotheringay Castle

* 1587 -- After becoming implicated in an English-organised plot, ostensibly to have the Duke of Guise invade England in her interests, Mary was given a show [[trial]] before the [[Court of Star Chamber]] (at which she was not allowed to know the details of the evidence raised against her) and was then [[execution|executed]] by order of [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]].

[[category:people (medieval)]][[Category: monarchs (medieval)]][[category:16th century]]
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Barony of South Downs

2014-11-05T10:42:27Z

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{{SCA Barony box|name = South Downs|color = blue|metal = argent | device = [[Image:Southdowns.png]] | caption = [[Per pale]] [[sable]] and [[azure]], three [[mullet]]s one and two within a [[laurel wreath]] [[argent]]. | founded = A.S. IX | baron = [[Master]] Lorenzo Petrucci | baroness = [[Mistress]] Adela Scrijver van Brugge | area = Atlanta, GA.| kingdom = [[Meridies]]}}

'''South Downs''' is an [[SCA]] [[Barony]] of the [[Kingdom of Meridies]] mundanely located in Atlanta, GA. It holds business meetings on the first and third Wednesdays, classes and workshops on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. On months that have a fifth Wednesday, the [[Barony of South Downs]] will generally have a special occasion meeting. Meetings are held from 7pm until 9pm local time (EST/EDT) in the Decatur Recreational Center in downtown Decatur, Georgia.

==History==
Founded originally as the [[Shire]] of South Downs in [[A.S. VI]] (1971) as a branch of the [[Kingdom of Atenveldt]]. In [[A.S. VI]] the [[Shire]] was granted official status. It was raised to the status of [[Barony]] in [[A.S. IX]] as the first Baron South Downs, Sven of Vandelaven was elevated to [[Baron]] and [[Knight]]ed as [[Sir]] Sven on the same trip to Aten [[Coronation]] in Phoenix, AZ by Robert Roundpounder. Became part of [[Meridies]] when that [[kingdom]] was created in [[A.S. XII]].

''[[Baron]]s and [[Baroness]]es of The South Downs -- [[Investiture]] Date''

* Founding Baron: Sven of Vandelaven, the Fierce -- 1/12/[[1974]], Sven's Baroness: Melucine de Ronceverte -- 4/26/[[1978]]
* Baron: William Colquitt, Baroness: Helene of Florisshen -- 3/28/[[1981]]
* Baron: John of Ean Airgead, the Mad Celt, Baroness: Rondallyn of Golgotha -- 7/20/[[1985]]
* Baron: Karl von Kruk -- 11/12/[[1995]]
* Baron: Conmael O Maolmhoicheirghe, Baroness: Ximena Yannez de Talavera -- 11/20/[[1999]]
* Baron: Borgar the Bright, Baroness: Laurettia atte Blacksterre called Lourene -- 4/26/[[2003]]
* Baron: Cathal MacEdan na Faeled, Baroness: Carol Jane Ravenridge -- 9/[[2006]]
* Baron: Hajji Turahan Karamani al-Arsalan, Baroness: Jadi Fatima al-Ishfahani al-Samarkandiyya -- 9/18/[[2010]]
* Baron: Lorenzo Petrucci, Baroness: Adela Scrijver van Brugge -- 10/4/[[2014]]

==News==
Baron Lorenzo Petrucci and Baroness Adela Scrijver stepped up in [[2014]] at Red Tower.

== External Links ==
[http://atlantasca.org/index.html Home page]

[[Category:Baronies (SCA)|South Downs]]

{{Meridies Barony}}

Cunnan:Village pump

2014-10-14T06:46:07Z

Simoncursitor: /* New Spam Vandals */

In [[Medieval]] [[village]]s people would gather at the '''Village Pump''' to discuss those items that were important to their lives. On [[Cunnan]] the Village Pump serves a similar purpose: Giving users a place to meet and discuss current events, policy, and content.
----

==Projects==
Here is a list of some of recent projects in [[:Category:Project Current]].

<DynamicPageList>
category = Project Current
order = descending
addfirstcategorydate = true
shownamespace = false
ordermethod = lastedit
count = 6
</DynamicPageList>

== Announcements ==
* Some of the old Village pump articles have been moved to save space:
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2003)|Moved during 2003]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2004)|Moved during 2004]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2005)|Moved during 2005]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2006)|Moved during 2006]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2007)|Moved during 2007]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2012)|Moved during 2012]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2014)|Moved during 2014]]

== Topics ==

=== Policy Page ===

I've added [[Cunnan:Policy]] so we can have somewhere to list Cunnan's Policies.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]])

=== Mediawiki updates ===
I've added additional Extension to the mediawiki setup here. See [[Special:Version]] for the current technical setup.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]])

=== Reorganising Cunnan ===

Moved to [[Cunnan:Organisation]] Project

-[[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 18:36, 6 February 2013 (EST)

=== Style guide ===

It appears that Cunnan could use a style guide for how to set out particular pages. For Example the Kingdom Standardisation Project could be adapted to be an SCA group standard style guide. Any thoughts or comments? [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 15:52, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:The unofficial style guide tended to be me in the past. Others would write the page, normally rare editors who would not have any notion of style. I would make sure all branches started off with something like "The '''X of C''' is an [[SCA]] [[group]] in the [[Kingdom of Y]], mundanely in CITY, COUNTRY". Then I broke the text up when I could, sometimes rewriting it and made sure the homepage link was under External Links, since it wasn't within Cunnan. The actual content depended on what the original author gave us. Things like History and Events were rare or too small to make their own section. Occasionally I had to remove regional point-of-view or change it to third-person perspective (ie. change "we" to "they").

:So yes, you can try and establish a formal style, but other than a sidebar that will be out-of-date very soon if includes seneschal names etc, you probably won't have much to play around. After all, some branches are stub articles with only have one or two sentences that just say their location.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 23:18, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:My main thought would be to list the elements that should be included in a page (ie the stuff that is unlikely to change quickly). So a side bar with name, device, location, link to homepage/website. and the main part of the article having an overview, history, events (if any), rulers (K&Qs, P&Ps, or B&B), and external links. Other info like current seneschal, current members, current events, etc. change too quickly and would be best placed on the groups homesite.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:07, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== On the use of Categories===

Where should categories be used?

For example; does the category [[:Category:From the Peerless Kitchen|From the Peerless Kitchen]] need to exist, but can it be a page ([[Peerless Kitchen]]) pointing to a bunch of recipes. I ask this because there are currently 5 Unused categories, 182 Uncategorized pages, and 153 Uncategorized categories... Whatever that means. There are categories for people to note the recipes they have redacted, which works against the idea of a wiki. It also appear that most of the articles in [[:Category:Songs]] are in fact [[:Category:Filk]]. [[User:yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] 21:16, 30 Jan 2013 (EST)
:Categories work in two directions. If there is a new recipe, the categories help a reader find related recipes. The reader can then move from the category to these other recipes. All that is required is [[:category:From the Peerless Kitchen]] on the recipe pafge. [[Peerless Kitchen]] can be a page instead, but that would need to be updated, and each recipe page would have to link back to it.
:The recipes are a an awkward point. They are an ongoing project outside the wiki, but their inclusion in the wiki is another project. By indicating which have or haven't been redacted, I imagine it makes the people concerned make sure the two projects can be kept in synch.
:The inclusion of recipes is also very much in tune with the aim of Cunnan - to help medieval reenactment and recreation. Being able to read the original recipe is great, but some may need the help of a redaction. Therefore, having a list of recipes that have been redacted is helpful.
:Some categories are made but no pages have yet been placed in the category. Some categories were started but no description was made of the category. Some categories were started, described but have few entries. Each of these must be evaluated on its own merits, like any page in a wiki. People had ideas and projects that these categories may be part of but may never have been finalised.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 19:15, 6 February 2013 (EST)

===Laurel Sovereign of Arms===
I was looking at the page that redirects for [[Laurel]] and noticed that the [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]] is in a page bound with the [[College of Arms]]. Might it be more beneficial to do a dedicated page for Laurel instead of being tied in with the College? [[User:Donngal|Donngal]] 16:37, 22 July 2010 (EST)
* Sure, since the [[Principal Herald]] page is now more substantive. I would make sure that [[Laurel]] redirects to [[Order of the Laurel]] with a disambiguation at the top for [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]]. The page for LSofA should mention the [[SCA]] [[College of Arms]]. One of the pages should mention any historical links to similar ranks/titles in the RL Colleges, e.g. [[Garter King of Arms]], [[Lyons King of Arms]]
: - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:35, 23 July 2010 (EST)

=== The Illegible Vandals ===
First it was the Ampersand Bandits. Now we have new class of vandals with a different MO - the Illegible Vandals! We have been getting unknown people adding just one word consisting of 8-10 characters to a range of pages. I believe the choice of characters is random because I don't recognise anything that I would find in any of my dictionaries. So the vandalism is pretty pointless. As far as I can work out, the same "user" has never struck more than once. Wierd. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:39, 27 September 2007 (EST)
:Alas, we're now seeing several articles vandalized by a single IP. It's the sheer volume of IPs involved that concerns me -- we've been hit pretty hard over the last week. Kudos on everyone helping to stem the tide! [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 19:05EDT 02 Oct 07

:Yeah, I have since noticed repeat offenders. The thing that gets me is the fact that there seems to be no reason for these attacks. If they were all concentrated at particular times, then I could believe that it is was just an attempt at "denial of service" but there aren't enough of them at any one time for that. Other than restricting editing to logged in members, I can't see how any system can automatically prevent the Illegible Vandals. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:19, 3 October 2007 (EST)

:On 04 Oct between 10:39 and 17:08 some twenty articles were vandalized by these jerks. In some cases, the same article was vandalized numerous times. Given the randomness I suspect this may be some kind of bot or virus... is there any way to defend against them? [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 17:15EDT 04 Oct 07

: Attacks today from three different IP addresses from 87.101.244.* . I think we might be able to put a filter on that for a few months. Tobin? Unfortunately, there seems no clear pattern to any of the other addresses. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:09, 9 October 2007 (EST)

=== Applicability Question ===

See these Caidan Tourney results: http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Results

Has Cunnan evolved so far away from its St Monica/Lochac roots that setting up a section under Kingdom of Lochac to support something like the above (but for Lochac) would be a no-go these days? I refer to Village pump discussions mid-2007 on culling some SCA-specific stuff that was seen mainly as ego-boo.

Or would it be fair enough? A wiki is a very good way to maintain this sort of thing; the question is whether we need to set up a whole new one, or use the resource that already exists, but which may no longer be appropriate. (Or, indeed, whether Cunnan would be open to any Kingdoms which wished to use it so).

- [[User:Bartholomew|Bartholomew]] 15:02, 9 June 2008 (EST)

: A similar idea has come to me, but instead why not merge the wikis and mirror them across the web.
:* This would reduce the duplication of pages covering the same basic content. Also why would people from any of the following ([http://www.midrealm.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Midrealm wiki], [http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Main_Page Compendium Caidis] (aka the Caid wiki), [http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Main_Page An Tir Culturewiki]) support the efforts that Cunnan is making or vice versa.
:* The main Medieval & SCA content would fill the main section.
:* Each Kingdom could have a Portal:<Kingdom> to it's own unique flavour
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:27, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== Templates ===
Greetings all. I have been working with learning the language of templates in MediaWiki and have copied one over from Wikipedia, [[Template:Information]] for image files. However, there seems to be a bit of markup that isn't working correctly, as can be seen in <noinclude>[[:Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg]]</noinclude>. If someone can fix this and explain in detail how they went about fixing it, I'd like to be able to fix broken templates myself. Thanks! --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 13:45, 24 September 2008 (EST)
* I'm sorry but I don't know what error you are talking about. How about you use the [[Cunnan:sandbox]] to set up some examples and describe what you were expecting to happen and what has happened. I suspect it might be that Cunnan's MediaWiki version hasn't been updated for 3 or more months. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:14, 25 September 2008 (EST)
** The problem using the sandbox is that the template is primarily used in the Image namespace. If you clickthrough to the Image page listed above then go down to the information section, you can see that it looks odd and cluttered, with bad markup. Whereas if you go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg original image on Wikipedia] and look at the information section, it's much cleaner. --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 12:10, 25 September 2008 (EST)

=== Wine ===
I want to make my own home made [[wine]] ,, were do I start ??? this will be my first time and I want to know how to start from being to end with [[fruit]]s
- gilpaulrod@yahoo.com, 12 Nov 2005

* Try C.J. Berry's books available from any good wine making shop or online. - [[User:Bcholley@btinternet.com|Bcholley]], 14 June 2010
=== Herbs ===
Would it be possible to merge the [[herb]] pages (e.g. [[borage]]) with their page of historical quotes (e.g. [[borage (Maplet)]])? I think having all those extra pages is superfluous especially seeing as most of the quote pages are only a few lines long. Could they be added to the end of the original herb page with a new heading instead?

* The idea with these entries is that they can be accessed either via the herb, or through the book title, so that one can browse the entries as one would a book. If you look at [[A Greene Forest]] and [[Askham's Herbal]] you will realise that merging these pages involves an awful lot of work for dubious benefit.

=== New Spam Vandals ===
I have killed off three spam vandal user-pages today. If I have erred, please revert and let me know. I am unable actually to delete the pages as I lack the authority-level.[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 22:27, 1 September 2014 (MIST)
<br> Another 4 today -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 17:27, 8 September 2014 (MIST)

My Spambot kill count is currently at 14. Is there anything we can do to prevent the creation of all of these ghost accounts? [[User:Hastilude|Hastilude]] ([[User talk:Hastilude|talk]]) 13:44 15 September 2014 (EST)

There are limits on a created account, which appears to be why we have many ghost account that do not create or add content. I am working on a way to remove the accounts that do not create content, but since there are over 15,000 of them I do not want to do it by hand. Most of the spammers/spambots are creating User:Talk pages, which are the only ones left open. I'll close that shortly.
-- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 13:05, 17 September 2014 (MIST)

Blanked 7 userr-pages today which look to be bot-created -- an occupatiuon, some personal notes, reference to a holiday or location, followed by a spam-link which appears to be in a Malaysian typography. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 17:46, 14 October 2014 (EST)

Cunnan:Village pump

2014-09-08T06:27:42Z

Simoncursitor: /* New Spam Vandals */

In [[Medieval]] [[village]]s people would gather at the '''Village Pump''' to discuss those items that were important to their lives. On [[Cunnan]] the Village Pump serves a similar purpose: Giving users a place to meet and discuss current events, policy, and content.
----

==Projects==
Here is a list of some of recent projects in [[:Category:Project Current]].

<DynamicPageList>
category = Project Current
order = descending
addfirstcategorydate = true
shownamespace = false
ordermethod = lastedit
count = 6
</DynamicPageList>

== Announcements ==
* Some of the old Village pump articles have been moved to save space:
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2003)|Moved during 2003]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2004)|Moved during 2004]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2005)|Moved during 2005]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2006)|Moved during 2006]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2007)|Moved during 2007]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2012)|Moved during 2012]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2014)|Moved during 2014]]

== Topics ==

=== Policy Page ===

I've added [[Cunnan:Policy]] so we can have somewhere to list Cunnan's Policies.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]])

=== Mediawiki updates ===
I've added additional Extension to the mediawiki setup here. See [[Special:Version]] for the current technical setup.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]])

=== Reorganising Cunnan ===

Moved to [[Cunnan:Organisation]] Project

-[[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 18:36, 6 February 2013 (EST)

=== Style guide ===

It appears that Cunnan could use a style guide for how to set out particular pages. For Example the Kingdom Standardisation Project could be adapted to be an SCA group standard style guide. Any thoughts or comments? [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 15:52, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:The unofficial style guide tended to be me in the past. Others would write the page, normally rare editors who would not have any notion of style. I would make sure all branches started off with something like "The '''X of C''' is an [[SCA]] [[group]] in the [[Kingdom of Y]], mundanely in CITY, COUNTRY". Then I broke the text up when I could, sometimes rewriting it and made sure the homepage link was under External Links, since it wasn't within Cunnan. The actual content depended on what the original author gave us. Things like History and Events were rare or too small to make their own section. Occasionally I had to remove regional point-of-view or change it to third-person perspective (ie. change "we" to "they").

:So yes, you can try and establish a formal style, but other than a sidebar that will be out-of-date very soon if includes seneschal names etc, you probably won't have much to play around. After all, some branches are stub articles with only have one or two sentences that just say their location.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 23:18, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:My main thought would be to list the elements that should be included in a page (ie the stuff that is unlikely to change quickly). So a side bar with name, device, location, link to homepage/website. and the main part of the article having an overview, history, events (if any), rulers (K&Qs, P&Ps, or B&B), and external links. Other info like current seneschal, current members, current events, etc. change too quickly and would be best placed on the groups homesite.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:07, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== On the use of Categories===

Where should categories be used?

For example; does the category [[:Category:From the Peerless Kitchen|From the Peerless Kitchen]] need to exist, but can it be a page ([[Peerless Kitchen]]) pointing to a bunch of recipes. I ask this because there are currently 5 Unused categories, 182 Uncategorized pages, and 153 Uncategorized categories... Whatever that means. There are categories for people to note the recipes they have redacted, which works against the idea of a wiki. It also appear that most of the articles in [[:Category:Songs]] are in fact [[:Category:Filk]]. [[User:yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] 21:16, 30 Jan 2013 (EST)
:Categories work in two directions. If there is a new recipe, the categories help a reader find related recipes. The reader can then move from the category to these other recipes. All that is required is [[:category:From the Peerless Kitchen]] on the recipe pafge. [[Peerless Kitchen]] can be a page instead, but that would need to be updated, and each recipe page would have to link back to it.
:The recipes are a an awkward point. They are an ongoing project outside the wiki, but their inclusion in the wiki is another project. By indicating which have or haven't been redacted, I imagine it makes the people concerned make sure the two projects can be kept in synch.
:The inclusion of recipes is also very much in tune with the aim of Cunnan - to help medieval reenactment and recreation. Being able to read the original recipe is great, but some may need the help of a redaction. Therefore, having a list of recipes that have been redacted is helpful.
:Some categories are made but no pages have yet been placed in the category. Some categories were started but no description was made of the category. Some categories were started, described but have few entries. Each of these must be evaluated on its own merits, like any page in a wiki. People had ideas and projects that these categories may be part of but may never have been finalised.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 19:15, 6 February 2013 (EST)

===Laurel Sovereign of Arms===
I was looking at the page that redirects for [[Laurel]] and noticed that the [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]] is in a page bound with the [[College of Arms]]. Might it be more beneficial to do a dedicated page for Laurel instead of being tied in with the College? [[User:Donngal|Donngal]] 16:37, 22 July 2010 (EST)
* Sure, since the [[Principal Herald]] page is now more substantive. I would make sure that [[Laurel]] redirects to [[Order of the Laurel]] with a disambiguation at the top for [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]]. The page for LSofA should mention the [[SCA]] [[College of Arms]]. One of the pages should mention any historical links to similar ranks/titles in the RL Colleges, e.g. [[Garter King of Arms]], [[Lyons King of Arms]]
: - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:35, 23 July 2010 (EST)

=== The Illegible Vandals ===
First it was the Ampersand Bandits. Now we have new class of vandals with a different MO - the Illegible Vandals! We have been getting unknown people adding just one word consisting of 8-10 characters to a range of pages. I believe the choice of characters is random because I don't recognise anything that I would find in any of my dictionaries. So the vandalism is pretty pointless. As far as I can work out, the same "user" has never struck more than once. Wierd. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:39, 27 September 2007 (EST)
:Alas, we're now seeing several articles vandalized by a single IP. It's the sheer volume of IPs involved that concerns me -- we've been hit pretty hard over the last week. Kudos on everyone helping to stem the tide! [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 19:05EDT 02 Oct 07

:Yeah, I have since noticed repeat offenders. The thing that gets me is the fact that there seems to be no reason for these attacks. If they were all concentrated at particular times, then I could believe that it is was just an attempt at "denial of service" but there aren't enough of them at any one time for that. Other than restricting editing to logged in members, I can't see how any system can automatically prevent the Illegible Vandals. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:19, 3 October 2007 (EST)

:On 04 Oct between 10:39 and 17:08 some twenty articles were vandalized by these jerks. In some cases, the same article was vandalized numerous times. Given the randomness I suspect this may be some kind of bot or virus... is there any way to defend against them? [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 17:15EDT 04 Oct 07

: Attacks today from three different IP addresses from 87.101.244.* . I think we might be able to put a filter on that for a few months. Tobin? Unfortunately, there seems no clear pattern to any of the other addresses. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:09, 9 October 2007 (EST)

=== Applicability Question ===

See these Caidan Tourney results: http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Results

Has Cunnan evolved so far away from its St Monica/Lochac roots that setting up a section under Kingdom of Lochac to support something like the above (but for Lochac) would be a no-go these days? I refer to Village pump discussions mid-2007 on culling some SCA-specific stuff that was seen mainly as ego-boo.

Or would it be fair enough? A wiki is a very good way to maintain this sort of thing; the question is whether we need to set up a whole new one, or use the resource that already exists, but which may no longer be appropriate. (Or, indeed, whether Cunnan would be open to any Kingdoms which wished to use it so).

- [[User:Bartholomew|Bartholomew]] 15:02, 9 June 2008 (EST)

: A similar idea has come to me, but instead why not merge the wikis and mirror them across the web.
:* This would reduce the duplication of pages covering the same basic content. Also why would people from any of the following ([http://www.midrealm.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Midrealm wiki], [http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Main_Page Compendium Caidis] (aka the Caid wiki), [http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Main_Page An Tir Culturewiki]) support the efforts that Cunnan is making or vice versa.
:* The main Medieval & SCA content would fill the main section.
:* Each Kingdom could have a Portal:<Kingdom> to it's own unique flavour
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:27, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== Templates ===
Greetings all. I have been working with learning the language of templates in MediaWiki and have copied one over from Wikipedia, [[Template:Information]] for image files. However, there seems to be a bit of markup that isn't working correctly, as can be seen in <noinclude>[[:Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg]]</noinclude>. If someone can fix this and explain in detail how they went about fixing it, I'd like to be able to fix broken templates myself. Thanks! --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 13:45, 24 September 2008 (EST)
* I'm sorry but I don't know what error you are talking about. How about you use the [[Cunnan:sandbox]] to set up some examples and describe what you were expecting to happen and what has happened. I suspect it might be that Cunnan's MediaWiki version hasn't been updated for 3 or more months. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:14, 25 September 2008 (EST)
** The problem using the sandbox is that the template is primarily used in the Image namespace. If you clickthrough to the Image page listed above then go down to the information section, you can see that it looks odd and cluttered, with bad markup. Whereas if you go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg original image on Wikipedia] and look at the information section, it's much cleaner. --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 12:10, 25 September 2008 (EST)

=== Wine ===
I want to make my own home made [[wine]] ,, were do I start ??? this will be my first time and I want to know how to start from being to end with [[fruit]]s
- gilpaulrod@yahoo.com, 12 Nov 2005

* Try C.J. Berry's books available from any good wine making shop or online. - [[User:Bcholley@btinternet.com|Bcholley]], 14 June 2010
=== Herbs ===
Would it be possible to merge the [[herb]] pages (e.g. [[borage]]) with their page of historical quotes (e.g. [[borage (Maplet)]])? I think having all those extra pages is superfluous especially seeing as most of the quote pages are only a few lines long. Could they be added to the end of the original herb page with a new heading instead?

* The idea with these entries is that they can be accessed either via the herb, or through the book title, so that one can browse the entries as one would a book. If you look at [[A Greene Forest]] and [[Askham's Herbal]] you will realise that merging these pages involves an awful lot of work for dubious benefit.

=== New Spam Vandals ===
I have killed off three spam vandal user-pages today. If I have erred, please revert and let me know. I am unable actually to delete the pages as I lack the authority-level. '''Admin''' -- please delete once read. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 22:27, 1 September 2014 (MIST)
<br> Another 4 today -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 17:27, 8 September 2014 (MIST)

Cunnan:Village pump

2014-09-01T11:27:37Z

Simoncursitor:

In [[Medieval]] [[village]]s people would gather at the '''Village Pump''' to discuss those items that were important to their lives. On [[Cunnan]] the Village Pump serves a similar purpose: Giving users a place to meet and discuss current events, policy, and content.
----

==Projects==
Here is a list of some of recent projects in [[:Category:Project Current]].

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== Announcements ==
* Some of the old Village pump articles have been moved to save space:
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2003)|Moved during 2003]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2004)|Moved during 2004]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2005)|Moved during 2005]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2006)|Moved during 2006]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2007)|Moved during 2007]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2012)|Moved during 2012]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2014)|Moved during 2014]]

== Topics ==

=== Mediawiki updates ===
I've added additional Extension to the mediawiki setup here. See [[Special:Version]] for the current technical setup.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]])

=== Reorganising Cunnan ===

Moved to [[Cunnan:Organisation]] Project

-[[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 18:36, 6 February 2013 (EST)

=== Style guide ===

It appears that Cunnan could use a style guide for how to set out particular pages. For Example the Kingdom Standardisation Project could be adapted to be an SCA group standard style guide. Any thoughts or comments? [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 15:52, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:The unofficial style guide tended to be me in the past. Others would write the page, normally rare editors who would not have any notion of style. I would make sure all branches started off with something like "The '''X of C''' is an [[SCA]] [[group]] in the [[Kingdom of Y]], mundanely in CITY, COUNTRY". Then I broke the text up when I could, sometimes rewriting it and made sure the homepage link was under External Links, since it wasn't within Cunnan. The actual content depended on what the original author gave us. Things like History and Events were rare or too small to make their own section. Occasionally I had to remove regional point-of-view or change it to third-person perspective (ie. change "we" to "they").

:So yes, you can try and establish a formal style, but other than a sidebar that will be out-of-date very soon if includes seneschal names etc, you probably won't have much to play around. After all, some branches are stub articles with only have one or two sentences that just say their location.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 23:18, 1 February 2013 (EST)

:My main thought would be to list the elements that should be included in a page (ie the stuff that is unlikely to change quickly). So a side bar with name, device, location, link to homepage/website. and the main part of the article having an overview, history, events (if any), rulers (K&Qs, P&Ps, or B&B), and external links. Other info like current seneschal, current members, current events, etc. change too quickly and would be best placed on the groups homesite.
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:07, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== On the use of Categories===

Where should categories be used?

For example; does the category [[:Category:From the Peerless Kitchen|From the Peerless Kitchen]] need to exist, but can it be a page ([[Peerless Kitchen]]) pointing to a bunch of recipes. I ask this because there are currently 5 Unused categories, 182 Uncategorized pages, and 153 Uncategorized categories... Whatever that means. There are categories for people to note the recipes they have redacted, which works against the idea of a wiki. It also appear that most of the articles in [[:Category:Songs]] are in fact [[:Category:Filk]]. [[User:yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] 21:16, 30 Jan 2013 (EST)
:Categories work in two directions. If there is a new recipe, the categories help a reader find related recipes. The reader can then move from the category to these other recipes. All that is required is [[:category:From the Peerless Kitchen]] on the recipe pafge. [[Peerless Kitchen]] can be a page instead, but that would need to be updated, and each recipe page would have to link back to it.
:The recipes are a an awkward point. They are an ongoing project outside the wiki, but their inclusion in the wiki is another project. By indicating which have or haven't been redacted, I imagine it makes the people concerned make sure the two projects can be kept in synch.
:The inclusion of recipes is also very much in tune with the aim of Cunnan - to help medieval reenactment and recreation. Being able to read the original recipe is great, but some may need the help of a redaction. Therefore, having a list of recipes that have been redacted is helpful.
:Some categories are made but no pages have yet been placed in the category. Some categories were started but no description was made of the category. Some categories were started, described but have few entries. Each of these must be evaluated on its own merits, like any page in a wiki. People had ideas and projects that these categories may be part of but may never have been finalised.
:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 19:15, 6 February 2013 (EST)

===Laurel Sovereign of Arms===
I was looking at the page that redirects for [[Laurel]] and noticed that the [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]] is in a page bound with the [[College of Arms]]. Might it be more beneficial to do a dedicated page for Laurel instead of being tied in with the College? [[User:Donngal|Donngal]] 16:37, 22 July 2010 (EST)
* Sure, since the [[Principal Herald]] page is now more substantive. I would make sure that [[Laurel]] redirects to [[Order of the Laurel]] with a disambiguation at the top for [[Laurel Sovereign of Arms]]. The page for LSofA should mention the [[SCA]] [[College of Arms]]. One of the pages should mention any historical links to similar ranks/titles in the RL Colleges, e.g. [[Garter King of Arms]], [[Lyons King of Arms]]
: - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:35, 23 July 2010 (EST)

=== The Illegible Vandals ===
First it was the Ampersand Bandits. Now we have new class of vandals with a different MO - the Illegible Vandals! We have been getting unknown people adding just one word consisting of 8-10 characters to a range of pages. I believe the choice of characters is random because I don't recognise anything that I would find in any of my dictionaries. So the vandalism is pretty pointless. As far as I can work out, the same "user" has never struck more than once. Wierd. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:39, 27 September 2007 (EST)
:Alas, we're now seeing several articles vandalized by a single IP. It's the sheer volume of IPs involved that concerns me -- we've been hit pretty hard over the last week. Kudos on everyone helping to stem the tide! [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 19:05EDT 02 Oct 07

:Yeah, I have since noticed repeat offenders. The thing that gets me is the fact that there seems to be no reason for these attacks. If they were all concentrated at particular times, then I could believe that it is was just an attempt at "denial of service" but there aren't enough of them at any one time for that. Other than restricting editing to logged in members, I can't see how any system can automatically prevent the Illegible Vandals. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:19, 3 October 2007 (EST)

:On 04 Oct between 10:39 and 17:08 some twenty articles were vandalized by these jerks. In some cases, the same article was vandalized numerous times. Given the randomness I suspect this may be some kind of bot or virus... is there any way to defend against them? [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 17:15EDT 04 Oct 07

: Attacks today from three different IP addresses from 87.101.244.* . I think we might be able to put a filter on that for a few months. Tobin? Unfortunately, there seems no clear pattern to any of the other addresses. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:09, 9 October 2007 (EST)

=== Applicability Question ===

See these Caidan Tourney results: http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Results

Has Cunnan evolved so far away from its St Monica/Lochac roots that setting up a section under Kingdom of Lochac to support something like the above (but for Lochac) would be a no-go these days? I refer to Village pump discussions mid-2007 on culling some SCA-specific stuff that was seen mainly as ego-boo.

Or would it be fair enough? A wiki is a very good way to maintain this sort of thing; the question is whether we need to set up a whole new one, or use the resource that already exists, but which may no longer be appropriate. (Or, indeed, whether Cunnan would be open to any Kingdoms which wished to use it so).

- [[User:Bartholomew|Bartholomew]] 15:02, 9 June 2008 (EST)

: A similar idea has come to me, but instead why not merge the wikis and mirror them across the web.
:* This would reduce the duplication of pages covering the same basic content. Also why would people from any of the following ([http://www.midrealm.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Midrealm wiki], [http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Main_Page Compendium Caidis] (aka the Caid wiki), [http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Main_Page An Tir Culturewiki]) support the efforts that Cunnan is making or vice versa.
:* The main Medieval & SCA content would fill the main section.
:* Each Kingdom could have a Portal:<Kingdom> to it's own unique flavour
:- [[User:Yvesdelyle|Yves de Lyle]] ([[User talk:Yvesdelyle|talk]]) 10:27, 2 February 2013 (EST)

=== Templates ===
Greetings all. I have been working with learning the language of templates in MediaWiki and have copied one over from Wikipedia, [[Template:Information]] for image files. However, there seems to be a bit of markup that isn't working correctly, as can be seen in <noinclude>[[:Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg]]</noinclude>. If someone can fix this and explain in detail how they went about fixing it, I'd like to be able to fix broken templates myself. Thanks! --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 13:45, 24 September 2008 (EST)
* I'm sorry but I don't know what error you are talking about. How about you use the [[Cunnan:sandbox]] to set up some examples and describe what you were expecting to happen and what has happened. I suspect it might be that Cunnan's MediaWiki version hasn't been updated for 3 or more months. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:14, 25 September 2008 (EST)
** The problem using the sandbox is that the template is primarily used in the Image namespace. If you clickthrough to the Image page listed above then go down to the information section, you can see that it looks odd and cluttered, with bad markup. Whereas if you go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thomas_Hawley_Clarenceux_King_of_Arms.jpg original image on Wikipedia] and look at the information section, it's much cleaner. --[[User:Averykrouse|Tobias Morgan]] 12:10, 25 September 2008 (EST)

=== Wine ===
I want to make my own home made [[wine]] ,, were do I start ??? this will be my first time and I want to know how to start from being to end with [[fruit]]s
- gilpaulrod@yahoo.com, 12 Nov 2005

* Try C.J. Berry's books available from any good wine making shop or online. - [[User:Bcholley@btinternet.com|Bcholley]], 14 June 2010
=== Herbs ===
Would it be possible to merge the [[herb]] pages (e.g. [[borage]]) with their page of historical quotes (e.g. [[borage (Maplet)]])? I think having all those extra pages is superfluous especially seeing as most of the quote pages are only a few lines long. Could they be added to the end of the original herb page with a new heading instead?

* The idea with these entries is that they can be accessed either via the herb, or through the book title, so that one can browse the entries as one would a book. If you look at [[A Greene Forest]] and [[Askham's Herbal]] you will realise that merging these pages involves an awful lot of work for dubious benefit.

=== New Spam Vandals ===
I have killed off three spam vandal user-pages today. If I have erred, please revert and let me know. I am unable actually to delete the pages as I lack the authority-level. '''Admin''' -- please delete once read. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 22:27, 1 September 2014 (MIST)

Re-enactment

2014-06-23T06:22:07Z

Simoncursitor: /* United Kingdom */

'''Re-enactment''' often refers to non-[[SCA]] [[recreationist]]s that engage in a portrayal that is fairly narrow in time frame and location. This portrayal is usually more homogenous in theme than groups with a wider [[period]]. '''Reenactment''' groups usually have a [[minimum standard]] of [[fighting kit|equipment]] and [[clothing]]. These are usually not too stringent and new people are able to [[loaner gear|borrow]] equipment until they acquire their own and are given support by existing members in meeting these standards.

Other terms used to describe these groups include [[living history]] (particularly if the portrayal is very accurate), ''medievalists'', ''live steel'' (in [[America]]) and ''metal weapons groups'' (in [[Australia]]).

The latter two are old terms used to describe reenactment groups or societies that recreate [[ancient]] and [[medieval]] [[combat]] using, clearly enough, metal [[weapon]]s. This distinguishes them from groups such as the [[SCA]] which uses [[rattan]] and most [[live roleplaying]] groups which tend to use some sort of padded weapon. This term is falling into disfavour amongst reenactment groups due to its inference that the only activity available in these groups is combat, and thus is considered by some to be derogatory.

The combat rules often require great care with respect to the speed, placement and strength of each blow due to the danger involved in using metal. Whether this gives a more or less accurate combat simulation than, eg. [[rattan]] weapons is an open debate. Proponents of metal weapons combat argue that metal weapons tend look and sound better, whereas supporters of SCA-style claim combat with rattan weapons is more intense and realistic, with fewer concerns about accidental injury. Despite this debate, there is actually considerable crossover between the metal weapons and SCA subcultures.

==Variations==
In the [[UK]] reenactment society [[event]]s are primarily a [[battle]] reenactment with a [[living history]] encampment also present. These events are usually open to the public. The [[US]] seems to follow a similar pattern.

[[Australia]]n reenactment groups follow a slightly different pattern: Events are usually closed to the public and run primarily for the reenactor. The event might be for a single group, a group and a selection of others or it might be open to all.

Displays are specifically for the public. There are some larger displays now that incorporate multiple groups, but for the most part they are usually run by just one group (two if they are closely linked).

==Example groups==
===United Kingdom===
* The English Civil War Society
* [[Far Isles]], The Company of the Motley Wolf (<small>who are now doing the occasional display at events in London</small>)
* The Medieval Siege Society
* The Sealed Knot
* The Vikings
* [[York City Levy]]

===Australia===
* [[Companie of Knights Bachelor-Adelaide homepage]]
* [[Fire and Steel]]
* [[Frojel Gotlandica Viking Re-Enactment Society]]
* [[Grey Company]]
* [[The Huscarls]]
* [[NEMAS|New England Medieval Arts Society]]
* [[New Varangian Guard]]
* [[Pike and Musket Society]]

==Internal Links==
* [[Other re-enactment sites]]

[[category:recreationists]]
[[category:starting out]]

Arrow

2014-05-06T06:55:57Z

Simoncursitor: /* Display Arrows */ sp

An '''arrow''' is a missile loosed or shot from a [[bow]].

It consists of:

*a [[arrowhead|head]] that may be [[socket]]ed or [[tang]]ed (the latter particulary prevalent in [[Viking]] arrows)

*a [[shaft]] (or stele) that may be parallel, barrelled or tapered and for the most part, made of [[wood]].

*flights or fletches that are bound along the length of the [[feather]]s and before and aft of the same

*a [[nock]] typically cut into the end of the shaft itself and sometimes set with a [[horn]] insert. Some Viking arrows have been found with fitted [[bronze]] nocks but these bare no resemblance to [[modern]] [[plastic]] nocks.

The heads can be of many different types. They may be barbed for hunting, bodkins for penetrating some forms of [[armour]] or broadheads for cutting others.

The flights for the [[feather]]s appear in a number of different shapes, none of which are accurately portayed by modern commercially made fletches. Typical shapes include the stereotypical parallel sided fletches (as a child might draw), curved (a long curve that the modern parabolic seems to be based on but has a deeper leading edge), and after the middle of the [[13th century]], a triangular shape typically seen in the [[middle ages]]. There are some variations on this last shape seen.

{{rpov}}

==Arrows in the SCA==
'''Arrows''' used for [[archery]] and for [[SCA]] purposes can be divided into two types.

===Sharps===
These are used for [[archery|target archery]] and, as such, have sharp [[metal]] tips or heads. The rules relating to target archery arrows are as follows:

* All shafts shall be of [[wood]] or of [[bamboo]]-like materials.
* Both self and footed shafts are permitted.
* No broadheads or tips that cause excessive damage to the targets shall be used, except for special competitions using these heads with the permission of the Target Archery Marshal in Charge and the Kingdom Archery [[Marshal]].
* Fletched arrows and bolts shall use [[feather]]s or other pre-[[17th century]] material. Plastic vanes are not allowed.
* Nocks for arrows, and caps, rings, or nocks for bolts may be of any material, provided they are securely attached.

===Blunts===
These are used solely for [[combat archery]] and are required to meet certain [[safety]] [[laws|standards]]. These include the use of a rubber stop (a '[[blunt arrows|blunt]]') instead of a metal head on the arrow, and the shaft must be taped to prevent injuries from splinters should an arrow break in combat. The requirements for the use of arrows in [[combat]] include:
* Arrows must have a blunt head, such as a [[Markland blunt|Markland]] or... other SCA approved combat blunt. The blunt must have a finished diameter of at least 1 1/4 inches and must not be capable of being forced through the one-inch opening of the bars of a combat-legal [[helm]] for more than � inch.
* Padding on the face of a blunt which has compacted under use to less than a half- inch in thickness must be replaced.
* Only wood or solid fiberglass shafted arrows are permitted. Shafts should have a minimum diameter of 1/4 inch for fiberglass or 5/16 inch for wood.
* The wood has to be one of three specific types (can't remember exactly but includes oak, cedar and ramen) - of a type which doesn't shatter when broken
* Blunts shall be firmly secured to the shaft so that they cannot come off on impact or if the shaft is broken. All blunts must be secured by at least one strip of 1/2 inch wide (minimum) good quality electrical or strapping tape. This strip shall run over the face of the blunt and down the sides, and onto the shaft for at least one inch. It shall be secured to the shaft by another strip of tape which wraps around it as well as the base of the blunt and the shaft.
* Maximum allowable draw length (bottom of the nock slot to just behind the blunt) is 28 inches (though this is basically dictated by the length of the arrow). Maximum allowable draw weight is 30 pounds of weight at at draw of ?9 inches
* [[Metal]] points must be removed prior to mounting blunt points. The front end of the shaft must be flat, not pointed. The use of metal points or sharp shafts will be considered grounds for removing a fighter from the field and/or revoking his/her authorisation.
* The shaft of the arrow shall be spirally or longitudinally wrapped with plastic tape... totally covering the surface from the front of the fletching to the tip of the shaft. The tape should be strong enough so that if the shaft should break, it will still be held together.
* Wood or fiberglass shafted arrows shall be used only after [[inspection]] supervised by a [[marshal]]. [[Archer]]s shall be responsible for re-checking the safety of all arrows at the time of use.
* If an arrow is dropped on the [[field]] it is considered "dead" and *must* be rechecked at the arrow-check before re-use
* Similarly, if the archer takes a hit to the [[quiver]] and the quiver is a soft quiver (i.e. not made of rigid materials) then *all* the arrows in that quiver are considered "dead" until they are rechecked at the arrow-check
* All arrows shall be clearly marked for identification with the name of the user. For interkingdom [[war]]s the name of the kingdom shall be included as well to make it easier to locate the maker/owner of the arrows.
* Arrows may only be used as missiles launched from a [[bow]]. No arrows shall be used as hand-held thrusting weapons. Such use may be considered grounds for removing a [[fighter]] from the [[field]] and/or revoking his/her [[authorisation]].
For further details check your copy of the [[SCA]] [[Marshal's handbook|Missile Combat Rules]].

==Arrows in Re-Enactment==
Due to the variety of [[metal weapons groups|re-enactment groups]], there is no single standard for arrows. Provided below is a summary of ''some'' examples of their use in re-enactment in different countries.

===Australia===
====Target Archery====
[[image:arrows.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Replica Arrows.]]
[[archery|Target archery]] is done with modern field, target or bullet points. These are used due to the damage done to targets by broadheads, but at specified times broadheads will be used. Shafts are generally accepted to be of [[wood]], fletched with [[feather]]s. Plastic [[nock]]s are tolerated for target archery by many groups but [[nock|self nocks]], with or without [[horn]] inserts (for the appropriate time frame) are preferred.

====Display Arrows====
'''Display arrows''' despite their name are not solely for display, They are also used for testing arrow penetration and target archery as well as being used for display. In general they use forged heads on [[wood]]en [[shaft]]s, [[feather]] fletches (often cut from natural feathers), bound with [[linen]] thread and have appropriate [[nock]]s.

====Combat Archery====
'''Combat archery blunts''' are used for [[combat archery]]. They use rubber blunts (HTM and Riverhaven MKII style being preferred), on [[wood]]en [[shaft]]s of 11/32nds of an inch diameter and having no greater than 28 inch draw from the back of the blunt to the nocking point. The end of the shaft which will be inserted into the rubber blunt shall have it's end rounded and it is recommended that shafts be taped with Scotch 898, or equivalent, fibreglass tape from the base of the [[feather|fletching]] to the tip of the [[shaft]].

====Archery in Combat====
Archery in Combat differs from combat archery in that it is only done in set volleys at the beginning of combat and does not require the same standard of protection for the receivers of the missiles. *[[Wood]]en arrows up to 28 inches from the back of the blunt to the [[nock]]ing point, and at least three [[feather|flight]]s with a total length of not less than 15inches (e.g. 4x4�, or 3x5�, etc). If possible, the flights should be bound at each end and for their entire length. (Unbound flights will be accepted at present).
*[[Shaft]]s should be regularly oiled to reduce the risk of shattering.
*[[Nock]]s should be carved into the [[wood]]. [[Horn]] inserts into the nock are acceptable. (Plastic is currently tolerated, but is not desirable and may be refused in future).
*Only genuine rubber archery blunts of an approved type (HTM and Riverhaven MKII) are to be used.

===United Kingdom===
====Combat Blunts====
These are used in volleys at the beginning of a battle.
*[[Wood]]en arrows up to 28 inches from the back of the blunt to the [[nock]]ing point, and at least three flights with a total length of not less than 18 inches (e.g. 4x4�, or 3x5�, etc).
''NB: Hastings 2006 is requiring full length [[feather]]s on the arrows used in that event.''
*[[Shaft]]s should be regularly oiled to reduce the risk of shattering. [[Nock]]s should be carved from [[horn]] or into the [[wood]].
*Only genuine rubber archery blunts of an approved type are to be used.

====Living History Arrows====
====Display Arrows====
'''Display arrows''' despite their name are not soley for display, They are also used for testing arrow penetration and target archery as well as being used for display. In general they use forged [[arrowhead|head]]s on [[wood]]en [[shaft]]s, [[feather]] fletches (often cut from natural feathers), bound with [[linen]] thread and feature appropriate [[nock]]s.

==External Links==
[http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/fireandsteel/binding.htm Binding Viking Arrows]

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[[category:archery]]
[[category:artefact (medieval)]]

User talk:Cian

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Simoncursitor: /* Advice, please */

Hello Cian, congratulations on logging in and editing. You can keep track of your contributions at [[Special:Contributions/Cian]]

Remember to visit the [[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]] if you have any questions.

[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 12:55, 9 Jun 2004 (EST)

== Double redirects ==

Yes double redirects stopping halfway is to be expected. Its done that way to stop redirects from going around in circles (since having the software check for duplicates in a, potentially, very long chain could make the server grind to a halt). You can find broken and double redirects using the [[Special:Maintenance]] tools. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:40, 17 Jun 2004 (EST)

== Ulrich ==

My source for the minnesingers is a book in the main library called "The Minnesang". It is located at 830.1 in the U collection. 830.1 and 830.2 are good places to look for stuff on the Minnesingers, but you have to wade through a few German language books. My troubadour references are a little more diverse. Cheers [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 11:36, 29 Jul 2004 (EST)

== Sekanjabin ==

Hiya! Sekanjabin is an unusual case because it would certainly classify as a cordial in period - a syrupy medicinal potion - but our modern usage is that of a beverage. I've made some good variations with spice and some fruit flavorings. I suspect any syrup in a well-sealed bottle would be great for field-expedient soft drinks at events. When I get time I'll do a bit on rosa solis which I researched for an A&S even last year.

== WanderingSpy ==
Ah, yes. It appears I was in error when I wrote that. So very tired then. I'll fix that as soon as possible. Perhaps I should just edit the Middle page (that being my native land). So you (all of you, apparently) are in Lochac? How's the weather down there? Do you guys make the schlep to Pennsic or do you have your own sort of thing there?

Well, I majorly updated the Middle again (if it's too long, let me know). As far as I know, most people simply call it "The Middle". In official capacities, I suppose "Kingdom of the Midrealm" or "Kingdom of the Middle". Whichever the current ruler thinks sounds better. Let me know if there's any particular history information you want. I have time on my hands.
[[User:WanderingSpy|WanderingSpy]] 20:36, 2 Sept 2004 (CST)

== [[Round robin tournament]]s ==

Thank you for the link to your article. I have, however, one cavil, which is that, as quoted, your sysetm appear to guarantee that one of the people who fights last in each round fights first in the next. Accepting that, at some point, everyone does this, does this not, however, raise a fatigue issue ?
--[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 16:46, 20 Oct 2004 (EST)
*My "system" is only a way of working out the draw. It is up to the competition secretary/[[Lists Officer]] to decide what order to arrange each round in. And yes, one of the things I commonly have to make sure is that the fighters have enough time between bouts to rest and recuperate (and drink more water!). In [[Australia]], this is an issue for any [[tournament style]], not just round robins. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]

==User status==

You are now a bureaucratic. This is because you have been a helpful, trustworthy user. I advise you to go mad with power and take petty revenge on those you dislike. No one has done this yet, and I think it would be cool. Your new power as a bureaucrat allows you to raise new sysops. Feel free to call them minions. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 09:00, 27 May 2005 (CDT) (Only two of these sentances are actually true).
* This statement is a lie too :^) So does this mean I can put on my roleplaying hat and create an undead^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsysop army, raising them from the kernel beneath me. BHWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Cough! Cough! Splutter! Splutter! And how do you go mad with power if your mind is already twisted? :^) - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]
**Grovel Grovel !! All hail the mighty Cian the Bureaucratic. Long may he Do whatever Useful Things Bureaucrats Do. --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 04:44, 30 May 2005 (CDT)

== update database errors ==
I've fixed the problem now. The database layout changed between the software version we were using and the current one. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 00:36, 13 Jun 2005 (CDT)

== Small Grey Bear ==

There seem to be entries for this under Barony of ~ and Small Grey ~ <br>
Ought they, in some way, to be conflated ? --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 05:57, 6 Sep 2005 (CDT)
* In my haste, I didn't notice that. I've redirected the samller page. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]
**gLAD tO bE oF sERVICE - [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 02:31, 7 Sep 2005 (CDT)

== Request for pedantry ==

As you are the most active pedant on the list (I only say that because I know you will take it as a complement), I was wondering if you could help me by casting an eye over the pages I have earmarked as future pages of the month on [[Cunnan:Page of the Month]]. Do any correcting that they need so that they are nice and tidy for when they appear on the main page. Oh, and don't hesitate to add to my list. At the moment the Page of the Month thing is a bit of a one man show, which is not how I intended it to be. Thanks. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 04:57, 2 Nov 2005 (CST)
* Will do when I have a better connection and more time. Presently on holidays. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]

==User 144==
You've lost me. Do you mean am I going to keep pages in both categories as [[longsword]] is now in both the weapons and swords categories?--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 23:08, 28 May 2006 (EST)
* Yep. Likewise, [[gauntlet]] is in [[:special:category|armour]] and [[:special:category|full_harness]] but the second is a subcategory of the first. So the questions is whether [[longsword]] and [[guantlet]] should be a member of both or should they just be part of the sub-category? See also [[Cyprus]]. - (from home) [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]
**I think both is better. Whilst a [[gauntlet]] is an [[integral]] part of [[harness]] it is still used at other times. I feel multiple categories is acceptable as it does link pages together. When a book is accessioned into the library they don't but it under a sole category, instead listing it under several appropriate ones. This also prevents squabbles (This page belongs under '''my''' category.)--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 15:51, 29 May 2006 (EST)

== Thanks ==

for fixing Eleanor of Castile -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 21:06, 7 Apr 2006 (EST)

And further thanks for consistently categorizing and link-inserting my pages. I try to learn what links we have, but there are always ones that seem to escape me (sometimes because I'm so used to writing prose, I don't think what words might own links). -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 20:56, 9 October 2006 (EST)

== Creditrs ==

Sorry, I was in a hurry, illegally downloading from work with my boss just a few feet away !!! -- [[User:62.25.109.196|62.25.109.196]] 20:54, 11 May 2006 (EST)

== Despamming ==

I'm not here often, but I do what I can when I can. --[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 12:56, 30 Jun 2006 (EST)

==More vandalism==
The Renaissance entry has been vandalized. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 02:51, 14 October 2006 (EST)
==Fencing==
Sorry, I appeared to have edited an older version of fencing by mistake. Have fixed.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 09:56, 27 October 2006 (EST)

== Nuns ==
I'm not sure how to post a reply, and maybe this is the wrong way to do it. I felt that the comments about celibacy and pets were just weird in that context. If you were interested in information about medieval nuns (or nuns in the SCA), would you want 50% of that information to be that they sometimes killed babies and had pets? [[KarenLarsdatter]]

==Mixed Battles==
I marked [[Mixed battles]] as RPOV for two reasons. First, the term itself seems to be a regional usage - at Pennsic for instance battles usually are designated as, eg. "with combat archery" not as "mixed battle." Second, it has some embedded terms which are also regional; specifically the terminology of "light fighter" and the specificity with which it talks about how to kill "lights." Again, using Pennsic as a high-profile example, the combat archery is full-contact (although folks can always just declare themselves dead, of course).

The combination suggests that the term is pretty specifically regional. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 11:13, 22 April 2009 (EST)

*I took a stab at your stab;-) How does [[Mixed battles]] look now? [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 22:07, 22 April 2009 (EST)

*You make a number of good points. Something I just now noticed - there's a mention of heavies mixing with eg. fencers. I've never seen that, does that actually happen? On reflection, I think you're right that all combat archers must be armoured to rattan minimums; I should check that out with the SCA governing docs. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 21:44, 23 April 2009 (EST)

== Thank you ==

very much for the re-edit and linkage on [[Perkin Warbeck]] -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 20:49, 27 May 2009 (EST)

== Lochac Cooks' Guild ==

This is one thing I have been trying to correct for a number of years (one the Lochac pages as well) - it is "Lochac Cooks' Guild" have the scroll with signatures on it somewhere in the files - we did the whole presentation of charter and 1st kingdom.

I had actually made this change previously here - and yes I've been a bit slack - need to edit the charter and put in the proper mentions. Nicolette - I go by the name on the paperwork I have on file - but I will double check what I have.

Rhiceneth
Admin, Lochac Cooks' Guild

== Thanks ==

Cian, thanks for adding those pages/redirects.... always helpful for more linkage... also for fixing up all the random pages I start, it is apprecaited [[User:Donngal|Donngal]] 15:43, 13 January 2011 (EST)

==Heraldic Ranks==
Well, although I'm not particularly active in the [[East Kingdom]] CoH, but what we have is "heralds." ;-) Actually, all warranted heralds here seem to be "pursuivants," and that's it ... I was more active in the
[[Outlands]] CoH back in the day (and I just skimmed their current handbook) and they also don't seem to use Cornet, etc. terminology. I wasn't sure, and still am not too sure, how pervasive that system is, so I didn't want to aggressively start correcting without doing a little checking first. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 00:29, 19 January 2011 (EST)

== Spammer: Ventnel ==

The User Ventnel, created the page [[Absolutely_Free_Prepaid_Cell_Phones]]
* Thanks. We have had to deal with a lot of these lately. It is almost a daily chore to block them and remove the junk pages they create. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 11:02, 26 November 2011 (EST)
::Is there anything that we can do, to as it were, pre-block spammers ? [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 20:20, 23 December 2011 (EST)
:::Nothing that I have access to or I would have used it a looooong time ago. Thanks for continuing to help maintain this wiki. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 00:17, 24 December 2011 (EST)
::::''"In Service"'' :: Happy New Year to all (genuine) contributors. [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 20:50, 28 December 2011 (EST)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for the nod. I promise not to go mad with power;-) [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] ([[User talk:AlexandreDavigne|talk]]) 21:31, 14 March 2013 (EST)

== Advice, please ==

+++ Please delete when no longer relevant +++<br>
I can blank out spam pages (which I note have returned with a venbgeance), but I cannout delete them from the system. To whom would I go to achieve this ?<br>
Thank you<br>
[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 17:25, 11 April 2014 (MIST)
* Contact the Lochac Kingdom Webmaster. Cunnan is now officially within their care. [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] ([[User talk:Cian|talk]]) 09:25, 13 April 2014 (MIST)
**Thank you [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] ([[User talk:Simoncursitor|talk]]) 17:24, 14 April 2014 (MIST)

User talk:Cian

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Cook

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It's the '''Cook''''s job to [[organise]] [[food]] for the [[event]]. A head Cook will usually

*set the [[feast]] budget purchase provisions
*organise and supervise kitchen staff
*[[research]] and redact [[period]] [[recipe]]s
*plan menus
*acquire kitchen equipment
*[[cooking|cook]]

When the SCA first started, there was a drive to use words that would sound more Medieval to the ear. A word that was quickly incorporated into the SCA vernacular was "[[autocrat]]", soon followed by "[[feastocrat]]".

In the Middle Ages the person who cooked the meals was usually called the COOK. Within the SCA, there is a growing preference for the historic term, particularly amongst cooks.

==Internal Links==
''See Also:''
*[[cooking]]
*[[recipe]]
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[[Category:arts]]
[[Category:SCAism]]

Talk:Real Life

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Proposed inclusion (tongue-in-cheek)
"Real Life is like the US Air Force, fictionla in the face of the Known World, and UFOs."

Marco Polo

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'''Marco Polo''' was an explorer who wrote a great deal about his travels to [[China]] in the [[13th century]]. He claimed he was well received in the [[court]] of [[Kublai Khan]] but there is little Chinese evidence to verify his presence. While his writing doesn't mention [[chopstick]]s or the [[Chinese]] writing system, it does discuss strange technologies like [[kite]]s that lift men and fireworks that certainly aren't [[Europe]]an.

His book, ''Il Milione'' ("The Million" aka "The Travels of Marco Polo"), was written in the [[Provencal]] language once he had returned to Europe.
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Four Maries

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When [[Mary Queen of Scots]] left [[Scotland]] for [[France]] in 1547, having been [[betrothed]] to the [[Dauphin]], Francis, [[heir]] to the French [[throne]], she was accompanied ''inter alia'' by four serving-girls, each of whom was named Mary.

These '''Four Maries''' (two of whose names later appear in a folk-[[song]] of the title, which actually is fictional) were

* Mary Seaton, daughter of the 6th [[Lord]] Seaton, who remained with Mary even into her [[England|English]] imprisonment, until her death, after which she retired into a French [[Convent]]

* Mary Beaton, daughter to one of [[Queen]] [[Mary de Guise]]'s ladies-in-waiting, who was later courted by the [[England|English]] [[Ambassador]] (in order, it was his hope, that she would [[spy]] on the Queen for him), but eventually [[marriage|married]] Alexander Ogilvie of Boyne, when she was in her twenties.

* Mary Fleming, daughter of Queen Mary's governess, Janet (or Jenny) Fleming. She was the child-queen's age, and on Mary's return to Scotland, Mary Fleming was courted by [[Sir]] William Maitland, the Queen's scretary, a man much older than her. They married and, despite rumours that she wished him dead, on his death in English hands, she refused to remarry.

* Mary Livingstone, daughter of the 5th Lord Livingstone, who was eventually to marry John Semple.

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David II

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'''David II''' was the only surviving son (born 1324) of [[Robert I|Robert the Bruce]], and succeeded to the [[throne]] of [[Scotland]] on his father's [[death]] in 1329. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Ulster.

His first wife was Joan or Joanna, daughter of the [[English]] [[king]] [[Edward II]] and of Isabella of France (although by the time of the marriage Edward had been deposed, and the marriage was the fruit of Isabella's attempt (supported by her lover Mortimer) to secure the peace with Scotland). He married her in 1328, when he was 4, but this marriage alliance did not prevent his father-in-law from supporting the English usurper [[Edward Balliol]]. David was crowned and anointed king in 1331, but by 1333 Balliol, backed by [[English]] armies, had advanced far enough for David and his Queen to be sent to France for safety.

There they were made welcome by '''Philip VI''' and housed in [[Richard I]]'s '''Chateau-Gaillard'''. In Scotland Balliol squandered what little goodwill he had attracted and by 1341 David was back in Scotland. In 1346, in alliance with [[France]], David invaded England, was defeated and taken prisoner, and spent 11 years in English imprisonment, until in 1357, for 100,000 [[marks]] he was ransomed. In fact Scotland was far too poor to pay but it is possible that Edward III's longer-term plan was to seize the kingdom for failure to pay the debt. David, however, successfully distracted him by suggesting he could make Edward or one of his sons the successor to Scotland's throne (a proposal which would never have met with assent among the Scots nobility).

Joan died in 1361-2 and, widowed, David married Margaret, daughter of Malcolm Drummond and widow of Sir John Logie, from whom he was divorced in 1369-70. He had children by neither wife, and had had insufficient time to marry Agnes Dunbar, his mistress. This meant that the Scots succession passed from the House of Bruce, via his sister Marjorie to her husband, Walter, the 6th [[High Steward (Scotland)|High Steward of Scotland]], thus founding the House of the Stewards, or the Stuarts as they became.

On one hand, David lost almost everything that his father had gained for Scotland; on the other he had to cope with English kings determined to plough Scotland under, and managed to retain his country's independence, despite being first unseated, and then imprisoned.

{{Scottish Monarch | ruler = David II | predecessor = [[Robert I]] | successor = [[Robert II]] | reign = 1329-1371}}

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Moor

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The '''Moors''' were another name for the [[Muslim]] invaders of (successively) the Northern coast of [[Africa]], the [[Spain|Spanish]] peninsula [[Al-Andalus]] and southern [[France]]. They were also known as [[Saracens]].

Geomorphically, ''moors'' are extensive undulating areas of marginal fertility, generally at raised altitudes, which dominate much of the north of [[England]], especially over the Pennine ridge. They were slowly colonised in [[period]], usually up river valleys, and founded a deal of the [[sheep]] industry of England.

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Edward III

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'''Edward III''' was the son of [[Edward II]], who was deposed from the [[throne]] of [[England]] in 1327, by his [[Queen]], Isabella (the "''She-Wolf of [[France]]''", as she became known), and Isabella's treasonous lover, [[Roger Mortimer]].

To secure their rule, Isabella and Mortimer had Edward [[crown]]ed forthwith and then, since he was only 14 years old, they set themselves up as [[regent]]s for him. However Mortimer did little to secure his position with the young [[king]], treating him with contempt, and continuing to use the power he and Isabella had amassed to secure for himself several [[noble]] estates. <br>They arranged his marriage, in 1328, to Philippa of Hainault, and she and Edward had a large family, with no less than 9 children suriviving to adulthood, well above the average for their period. His eldest son, born in 1330, was [[Edward the Black Prince|Edward]] [[Prince]] of [[Wales]], who became known (later) as the [[Edward the Black Prince|Black Prince]].

Shortly before his 18th birthday, Edward, with the help of a small group of trusted companions, executed a coup d'etat, and seized power. Mortimer was arrested, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]], and later [[execution|executed]], for his treasons. Isabella was also arrested, but was then simply committed to custody at Castle Rising in Norfolk. She would never regain power, but little by little her imprisonment was eased and her son listened to her counsel.

Edward sought to establish English control over [[Scotland]] by imposing a puppet-king, in the shape of [[Edward Balliol]], son of the [[John Balliol|John]] whom [[Edward I]] had sought to introduce as king. In the event, Balliol's weakness, and the rise of the [[House]] of [[Robert I|Bruce]], meant that Scotland re-established its own monarchical line over the 1330s and 1340s.

At the same time, in the aftermath of the collapse of the line of [[Capetian]] kings of [[France]], Edward claimed the French throne, as last male descendant of Philip IV. The French, however, invoked [[salic law]], and made Philip VI their [[king]]. Thus began the [[Hundred Years War]] and in 1347 English forces captured Calais, the toe-hold on the Continent which they were not to lose until [[Tudor]] times.

In 1348 the [[Black Death]] struck [[Europe]].

By 1376 the failure, on every front, of Edward's military efforts, and the cost of them, led to a [[parliament]] which removed many of the king's advisers (as well as of his mistress, Alice Perrers). By then, however, the Black Prince was dead, and Edward was smitten with the illnesses that would kill him, and the effective government of the realm had fallen to [[John of Gaunt]]. Later in that year Edward died and, since the Black Prince had predeceased him, the kingdom fell to his grandson, [[Richard II]].

===Retrospect===
Edward's reign is seen, by later analysts, as being notable for a number of reasons:
* That he ruled for 50 years, longer than anyone since [[Henry III]]
* That his reign saw the rise of the "middle classes" (those neither feudal peasants, nor nobles), and at the same time saw the power held by the nobility increasingly concentrated into fewer hands.
* That it was in his reign that the [[justice of the peace|justices]] were allowed to try cases, as well as investigate them, thus establishing the fundamental level of the English common law in criminal jurisprudence

His was also the period of the establishment of the Order of the Garter, the transfer of the legal langauge in England from Law-French (which only lawyers understood) to English, thus allowing men to make their own cases before the King's judges, and the flowering in England of the ideals of [[chivalry]] (whilst war was carried on with a ruthlessness and fervour utterly alien to that idealism).

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