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User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2018-10-26T00:24:57Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: update lnk

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the [[Shire of Seareach]] in the [[Kingdom of Atlantia]].

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Mundane: Now living in North Carolina for a few years. SCA not really in the picture. I still have my garb, but I'm probably going to donate it all to the local group if there is one.

===Here's what's left/new:===

*[http://www.coastalfocusart.com Coastal Focus Art] - my gallery showcase of artwork [http://www.instagram.com/peter.the.artist instagram].
*[http://petebeckley.com The Blog of Beckley] - my personal blog
*[http://coastalfocusart.etsy.com My Etsy Shop]

User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2017-05-07T18:38:01Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: updating

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the [[Shire of Seareach]] in the [[Kingdom of Atlantia]].

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Mundane: Now living in North Carolina for a few years. SCA not really in the picture. I still have my garb, but I'm probably going to donate it all to the local group if there is one.

===Here's what's left/new:===

*[http://www.coastalfocusart.com Coastal Focus Art] - my gallery showcase of artwork [http://www.instagram.com/coastalfocusart instagram].
*[http://petebeckley.com The Blog of Beckley] - my personal blog
*[http://coastalfocusart.etsy.com My Etsy Shop]

User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2014-11-09T19:20:32Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: lnk cleanup

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the [[Shire of Seareach]] in the [[Kingdom of Atlantia]].

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Mundane: A lot has changed in my life since I last updated this page about four years ago. I'm getting ready to move to North Carolina ([[Kingdom of Atlantia|Atlantia]]) from Missouri ([[Kingdom of Calontir|Calontir]]), where I've spent almost the past four years after leaving Colorado ([[Kingdom of the Outlands|Outlands]]). There were no SCA groups even remotely close, as we opted for a very rural lifestyle.

I'm hoping that Seareach will provide an opportunity to get back into the SCA as it's been about six years since I've attended an event, and I miss it. Most of the other previous information about my mundane adventures is sorely out of date, but the history tab will show what I've been up to previously. The Rose and Crowne is, as is my wholesale business, and just about everything else.

===Here's what's left/new:===

*[http://peterbeckley.com The Art of Peter Beckley] - my gallery showcase of artwork [http://www.facebook.com/peterbeckleyartist facebook].
*[http://petebeckley.com The Blog of Beckley] - my personal blog
*[http://theartofpeterbeckley.etsy.com My Etsy Shop]

Also, if anyone wants/needs specific devices done in my style (see [[Outlands]],[[Barony of Dragonsspine]] and [[Shire of Aarquelle]] for examples), feel free to ask.

Kingdom of Atlantia

2014-04-09T15:11:04Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: update, Kingdom Standardisation

Past rulers of Atlantia

2014-04-09T15:10:24Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: +page, help with Kingdom Standardisation

The rulers of the [[Kingdom of Atlantia]] since its inception as a [[Principality]] of the [[Kingdom of the East]] have been:

==Rulers of the Principality of Atlantia==

Territorial [[Prince]]s and [[Princess]]es of Atlantia:
# Alaric and Yseult
# Laeghaire and Ysabeau, 9/24/77
# Michael and Carissa, 3/18/78
# Bryetor and Khirsten, 9/23/78
# Tojanerum and Deirde, 3/24/79
# Ragnarr and Gwenllian, 9/17/79
# Bertrand and Astarte, 4/12/80
# Bryetor and Kathryn, 10/11/80

==Rulers of the Kingdom of Atlantia==

[[King]]s are listed first in the entry, then [[Queen]]s. Dates and places of [[investiture]] are listed if known.

# [[Michael of Bedford]] and Carissa of Burgandy, 5/2/81, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# Bertrand de Flammepoing and Anya de Calais, 9/19/81, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Gyrth Oldcastle and Melisande de Belvoir, 04/03/82, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Jahn of Outman and Tuiren de Lisle, 10/09/82, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (2) and Carissa of Burgundy (2), 03/26/83, [[Canton of Falcon Cree]]
# Olaf Askoldsson and Aislinn Shattenwald, 10/01/83, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Richard Corwin and Anne Corwin, 04/07/84, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Knarlic Wulfherson and Alexis Ruthin of Wessex, 10/20/84, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Richard Corwin (2) and Anne Corwin (2), 04/27/85, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (2) and Aislinn Shattenwald (2), 10/12/85, [[Barony of Hidden Mountain]]
# Tsunetomi Tsuneo and Nyan-Nyan, 04/19/86, [[Barony of Black Diamond]]
# Klaus von Trollenberg and Arianwen Cyffaith of Caerlon, 10/18/86, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (3) and Judith von Gruenvald, 04/04/87, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Baudoin MacKenzie (2) aka: Tsunetomi Tsuneo and Caterina Leonora di Forza d'Argo (2) aka: Nyan-Nyan, 10/3/87, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Dafydd ap Gwystl and Elizabeth Beaufort, 3/12/88, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Barry McFadyen and Marie Simone de Barjavel'la Fildena, 09/24/88, [[Barony of Nottinghill Coill]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (3) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]], 04/08/89, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Barry McFadyen (2) and Marie Simone de Barjavel'la Fildena (2), 09/09/89, [[Barony of Hidden Mountain]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (4) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (2), 03/03/90, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (4) and Aislinn Shattenwald (3), 09/08/90, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Anton Tremayne and Luned of Snowden, 04/06/91, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson and Katharina von Straubing, 09/14/91, [[Barony of Dun Carraig]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (5) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (3), 03/07/92, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Steffan of Wulfshaven and Twila of Wulfshaven, 09/12/92, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Cuan MacDaige and Arianwen the Nimblefingered, 03/06/93, [[Canton of Hindscroft]]
# Black Kane O’Shannon and Muirgen of Caer Dubh, 09/04/93, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Anton Tremayne (2) and Luned of Snowden (2), 3/5/94
# Thorbrandr Olafsson and Eorann O'Connor, 09/10/94, [[Barony of Dun Carraig]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (6) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (4), 04/01/95, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Cuan MacDaige (2) and Brigit of Mercia, 09/09/95, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson (2) and Katharina von Straubing (2), 04/20/96, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] and [[Arielle the Golden]], 10/05/96, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Cuan MacDaige (3) and Bera Thorbjarnardottir, 4/5/97, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (2) and [[Arielle the Golden]] (2), 9/13/97, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]](7) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]](5), 3/21/98, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Anton Tremayne (3) and Luned of Snowden (3), 9/12/98, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Stephan of Bellatrix and Niobe Lais of Bellatrix, 3/20/99, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Amalric Blackhart and Caia of Snowden, 9/11/99, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer and Kyneburh Boithuile, 4/1/00, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Anton Tremayne (4) and Emer ny Reyly, 9/9/00, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Havordh AEttarbani and Mary-Grace of Gatland, 4/7/01, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson (3) and Aryanna Hawkins, 9/8/01
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (3) and Isabel Grimault, 4/3/02, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Cuan Macdaige (4) and Padraigin O'hEachach, 9/07/02
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (4) and Isabel Grimault (2), 4/5/03, [[Canton of Falcon Cree]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer (2) and Kyneburh Boithuile (2), 9/6/03, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Cuan Macdaige (5) and Padraigin O'hEachach (2), 4/03/04, [[Shire of Seareach]]
# Janos of Cyddlain Downs and Rachel Wallace, 9/04/04, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Robert DeRath and Denise Duvalier, 4/02/05, [[Barony of Lochmere]]
# Janos of Cyddlain Downs and Rachel Wallace, 9/03/05, [[Barony of Nottinghill Coill]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (8) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]], (6), 4/1/06, [[Canton of Rivers Point]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer (3) and Anneke Raudhe, 9/02/06, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Lucius Aurelius Valharic and [[Arielle the Golden]], (3), 4/7/07, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# [[Logan Blackwoulfe]] (5) and Rowan Berran McDowell, 9/1/07, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# [[Randal Sinclair Hawkins]] and [[Kari Kyst]], 4/5/08, [[Barony of Hawkwood]]
# Jason Kynslay and Gerhild the Willful, 9/13/08, [[Barony of Ponte Alto]]
# [[Logan Blackwoulfe]] (6) and Esa Kirkepatrike, 4/11/09, [[Barony of Black Diamond]]
# Vladimir Ivanovich Aleksandrov and Kalisa Aleksandrovna, 8/29/09, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Jason and Gerhild, 04/10/2010, [[Barony of Raven's Cove]]
# Bryan and Brianna Blacksburg, 10/02/2010, Kingdom of Atlantia
# Michael and Seonaid, 04/02/2011, [[Canton of Kapellenberg]]
# Cuan and Padraigin, 09/24/2011, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Bryan of Sacred Stone and Brianna O'Duinn, 04/14/2012, [[Barony of Raven's Cove]]
# Vladimir and Kalisa, 10/06/2012, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# Amos and Ysabella, 04/06/2013, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Ragnarr and Lynette, 10/05/2013, TBA
# William and Kára, 04/05/2014, unknown

Kingdom of Æthelmearc

2014-04-09T14:54:13Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: /* Awards */ updating a link redirect,

{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Æthelmearc|color = red|metal = yellow|device = [[Image:Aethelmearcarms.png|200px]] | caption = [[Gules]], an [[escarbuncle]] [[argent]] within a [[laurel wreath]] and [[in chief]] a [[coronet]] [[Or]]. | founded = A.S. XXXII | king = Maynard von dem Steine | queen = Liadain ni Dheirdre Chaomhanaigh | area = West Virginia, Western & Central Pennsylvania, and Western & Central New York.| parent = [[Kingdom of East|East]]}}

Having become a [[Kingdom]] in September [[A.S. XXXII]], '''Æthelmearc''' is the fifteenth oldest in the [[Known World]]. Geographically it consists of West Virginia, Western & Central Pennsylvania, and Western & Central New York.

==History==

As with other kingdoms that were formerly remote parts of other realms, there was much resentment in some parts of Æthelmearc that the royalty of the East Kingdom rarely visited. There was also a certain amount of heat around the idea of Æthelmearc becoming a kingdom, perhaps because Æthelmearc is the site of the [[Pennsic War]] between the [[East Kingdom]] and the [[Midrealm]]. Eventually, the [http://www.aethelmearc.org/pennsictreaty.shtml Pennsic Treaty] was signed; Æthelmearc agreed not to interfere in the running of the event and the East and Midrealm agreed that Æthelmearc would be kept informed.

Other events held in Æthelmearc which are familiar to non-residents include the Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon, which features an arts and sciences pentathlon competition, and [[Æthelmearc War Practice]], held on the same site as [[Pennsic]].

==Groups==
Æthelmearc is home to [[Myrkfaelinn]], the only Independent [[Dominion]] in the [[SCA]]. The [[Board of Directors]] ruled that they owed [[fealty]] to no [[king]], as their [[charter]] mentioned the then-king of the [[East Kingdom|East]] by name.

The [[barony|Baronies]] of Æthelmearc include: [[Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands]], [[Barony of the Rhydderich Hael]], [[Barony of Thescorre]], [[Barony of Blackstone Mountain]], [[Barony of St. Swithin's Bog]], [[Barony of Delftwood]], and [[Barony of the Endless Hills]].

* [[Groups of Æthelmearc]]

==Rulers==

The King and Queen of Æthelmearc are chosen biannually in either the [[Spring Crown Tourney (Æthelmearc)|Spring Crown Tourney]], held in May, or the [[Fall Crown Tourney (Æthelmearc)|Fall Crown Tourney]], held in October. They are then crowned some months later at the [[Fall Coronation (Æthelmearc)|Fall Coronation]] in September or the [[Spring Coronation (Æthelmearc)|Spring Coronation]] in April respectively. All entrants in the Crown Tournament must be at least 18 years of age and have been a subject of Æthelmearc for at least one year. The tourney is usually fought as a [[double elimination]] tournament, although the format may be altered if there are 16 or fewer fighters in the list.

The current King and Queen of Æthelmearc are Maynard von dem Steine and Liadain ni Dheirdre Chaomhanaigh.

* [[Past rulers of Æthelmearc]]

==Events==

Aside from crown tournaments and coronations, major events held by Æthelmearc are:

* [[Pennsic]]
* [[Twelfth Night (Æthelmearc)|Twelfth Night]]
* [[Æthelmearc Academy]]
* The Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon
* [[Æthelmearc War Practice]]

==Awards==

Aside from the standard [[Society level award]]s Æthelmearc has three tiers of awards. The Orders of High Merit, which convey a [[Grant of Arms]], the Orders of Merit, which convey an [[Award of Arms]] and the non-armigerous awards.

The [http://www.sca.org/awards/aten.html awards] given by Æthelmearc can be found on Mistress Jessa's excellent page.

==External Link==

* http://www.aethelmearc.org

{{SCA Kingdom}}
[[Category:Kingdoms (SCA)|Æthelmearc]]

User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2014-04-09T14:45:53Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: updating profile

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the [[Shire of Seareach]] in the [[Kingdom of Atlantia]].

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<center>[http://facebook.com/peter.beckley facebook] • [http://plus.google.com/101181503725035258073/ G+] • [http://twitter.com/PeterBeckley twitter]</center>

Mundane: A lot has changed in my life since I last updated this page about four years ago. I'm getting ready to move to North Carolina ([[Kingdom of Atlantia|Atlantia]]) from Missouri ([[Kingdom of Calontir|Calontir]]), where I've spent almost the past four years after leaving Colorado ([[Kingdom of the Outlands|Outlands]]). There were no SCA groups even remotely close, as we opted for a very rural lifestyle.

I'm hoping that Seareach will provide an opportunity to get back into the SCA as it's been about six years since I've attended an event, and I miss it. Most of the other previous information about my mundane adventures is sorely out of date, but the history tab will show what I've been up to previously. The Rose and Crowne is, as is my wholesale business, and just about everything else.

===Here's what's left/new:===

*[http://peterbeckley.com The Art of Peter Beckley] - my gallery showcase of artwork, photography, and embroidery patterns. [http://www.facebook.com/theartofpeterbeckley facebook] • [http://theartofpeterbeckley.etsy.com My Etsy Shop]
*[http://petebeckley.com The Blog of Beckley] - my personal blog
*[http://thatwitchyplace.com That Witchy Place] - my magickal, Pagan blog, which not only houses my discoveries on my spiritual path, but also commentary on happenings in the Pagan community.

Also, if anyone wants/needs specific devices done in my style (see [[Outlands]],[[Barony of Dragonsspine]] and [[Shire of Aarquelle]] for examples), feel free to ask.

Kingdom of Atlantia

2014-04-09T14:43:53Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: updating royalty information

{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Kingdom of Atlantia|color = blue|metal = white|device = [[Image:Atlantiadevice.png]] | caption = [[Per pale]] [[argent]] and [[azure]], on a [[fess]] [[wavy]], [[cotised]] and [[counterchanged]], a [[crown]] [[vallery]] [[Or]], [[environed]] of a [[laurel wreath]] [[proper]]. | founded = A.S. XVI | king = William | queen = Kára | area = Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and part of Georgia. | parent = [[Kingdom of the East]]}}

The '''Kingdom of Atlantia''' covers the [[U.S.|American]] states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia.

== History ==

Atlantia became a [[Principality]] of the [[Kingdom of the East]] in [[A.S. XII]]. Having gained the right to become an independent [[Kingdom]], the first [[Crown Tourney]] was won by [[Michael of Bedford]], who was at that time King of the East. Atlantia became a Kingdom in May, [[A.S. XVI]] (1981) and Michael was [[crown]]ed as Atlantia's first [[King]] by his successor to the Kingdom of the East, Sigfried.

== Baronies and Shires of Atlantia ==

Atlantia covers a great deal of territory, encompassing 26 [[Barony|Baronies]], [[Shire|Shires]], and [[Stronghold|Strongholds]], with an additional 24 [[Canton]]s and [[College]]s. A partial listing of the [[Groups of Atlantia|groups]] is available.

== Atlantian Royalty ==

Territorial [[Prince]]s and [[Princess]]es of Atlantia:
# Alaric and Yseult
# Laeghaire and Ysabeau, 9/24/77
# Michael and Carissa, 3/18/78
# Bryetor and Khirsten, 9/23/78
# Tojanerum and Deirde, 3/24/79
# Ragnarr and Gwenllian, 9/17/79
# Bertrand and Astarte, 4/12/80
# Bryetor and Kathryn, 10/11/80

[[King]]s are listed first in the entry, then [[Queen]]s. Dates and places of [[investiture]] are listed if known.

# [[Michael of Bedford]] and Carissa of Burgandy, 5/2/81, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# Bertrand de Flammepoing and Anya de Calais, 9/19/81, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Gyrth Oldcastle and Melisande de Belvoir, 04/03/82, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Jahn of Outman and Tuiren de Lisle, 10/09/82, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (2) and Carissa of Burgundy (2), 03/26/83, [[Canton of Falcon Cree]]
# Olaf Askoldsson and Aislinn Shattenwald, 10/01/83, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Richard Corwin and Anne Corwin, 04/07/84, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Knarlic Wulfherson and Alexis Ruthin of Wessex, 10/20/84, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Richard Corwin (2) and Anne Corwin (2), 04/27/85, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (2) and Aislinn Shattenwald (2), 10/12/85, [[Barony of Hidden Mountain]]
# Tsunetomi Tsuneo and Nyan-Nyan, 04/19/86, [[Barony of Black Diamond]]
# Klaus von Trollenberg and Arianwen Cyffaith of Caerlon, 10/18/86, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (3) and Judith von Gruenvald, 04/04/87, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Baudoin MacKenzie (2) aka: Tsunetomi Tsuneo and Caterina Leonora di Forza d'Argo (2) aka: Nyan-Nyan, 10/3/87, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Dafydd ap Gwystl and Elizabeth Beaufort, 3/12/88, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Barry McFadyen and Marie Simone de Barjavel'la Fildena, 09/24/88, [[Barony of Nottinghill Coill]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (3) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]], 04/08/89, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Barry McFadyen (2) and Marie Simone de Barjavel'la Fildena (2), 09/09/89, [[Barony of Hidden Mountain]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (4) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (2), 03/03/90, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Olaf Askoldsson (4) and Aislinn Shattenwald (3), 09/08/90, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Anton Tremayne and Luned of Snowden, 04/06/91, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson and Katharina von Straubing, 09/14/91, [[Barony of Dun Carraig]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (5) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (3), 03/07/92, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Steffan of Wulfshaven and Twila of Wulfshaven, 09/12/92, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# Cuan MacDaige and Arianwen the Nimblefingered, 03/06/93, [[Canton of Hindscroft]]
# Black Kane O’Shannon and Muirgen of Caer Dubh, 09/04/93, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Anton Tremayne (2) and Luned of Snowden (2), 3/5/94
# Thorbrandr Olafsson and Eorann O'Connor, 09/10/94, [[Barony of Dun Carraig]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (6) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]] (4), 04/01/95, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Cuan MacDaige (2) and Brigit of Mercia, 09/09/95, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson (2) and Katharina von Straubing (2), 04/20/96, [[Barony of Storvik]]
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] and [[Arielle the Golden]], 10/05/96, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Cuan MacDaige (3) and Bera Thorbjarnardottir, 4/5/97, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (2) and [[Arielle the Golden]] (2), 9/13/97, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]](7) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]](5), 3/21/98, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Anton Tremayne (3) and Luned of Snowden (3), 9/12/98, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Stephan of Bellatrix and Niobe Lais of Bellatrix, 3/20/99, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Amalric Blackhart and Caia of Snowden, 9/11/99, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer and Kyneburh Boithuile, 4/1/00, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Anton Tremayne (4) and Emer ny Reyly, 9/9/00, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Havordh AEttarbani and Mary-Grace of Gatland, 4/7/01, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Galmr Ingolfsson (3) and Aryanna Hawkins, 9/8/01
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (3) and Isabel Grimault, 4/3/02, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Cuan Macdaige (4) and Padraigin O'hEachach, 9/07/02
# [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]] (4) and Isabel Grimault (2), 4/5/03, [[Canton of Falcon Cree]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer (2) and Kyneburh Boithuile (2), 9/6/03, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Cuan Macdaige (5) and Padraigin O'hEachach (2), 4/03/04, [[Shire of Seareach]]
# Janos of Cyddlain Downs and Rachel Wallace, 9/04/04, [[Barony of Windmasters Hill]]
# Robert DeRath and Denise Duvalier, 4/02/05, [[Barony of Lochmere]]
# Janos of Cyddlain Downs and Rachel Wallace, 9/03/05, [[Barony of Nottinghill Coill]]
# [[Michael of Bedford]] (8) and [[Seonaid ni Fhionn]], (6), 4/1/06, [[Canton of Rivers Point]]
# Ragnarr Blackhammer (3) and Anneke Raudhe, 9/02/06, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# Lucius Aurelius Valharic and [[Arielle the Golden]], (3), 4/7/07, [[Barony of Sacred Stone]]
# [[Logan Blackwoulfe]] (5) and Rowan Berran McDowell, 9/1/07, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# [[Randal Sinclair Hawkins]] and [[Kari Kyst]], 4/5/08, [[Barony of Hawkwood]]
# Jason Kynslay and Gerhild the Willful, 9/13/08, [[Barony of Ponte Alto]]
# [[Logan Blackwoulfe]] (6) and Esa Kirkepatrike, 4/11/09, [[Barony of Black Diamond]]
# Vladimir Ivanovich Aleksandrov and Kalisa Aleksandrovna, 8/29/09, [[Barony of Stierbach]]
# Jason and Gerhild, 04/10/2010, [[Barony of Raven's Cove]]
# Bryan and Brianna Blacksburg, 10/02/2010, Kingdom of Atlantia
# Michael and Seonaid, 04/02/2011, [[Canton of Kapellenberg]]
# Cuan and Padraigin, 09/24/2011, [[Barony of Caer Mear]]
# Bryan of Sacred Stone and Brianna O'Duinn, 04/14/2012, [[Barony of Raven's Cove]]
# Vladimir and Kalisa, 10/06/2012, [[Barony of Tir-y-Don]]
# Amos and Ysabella, 04/06/2013, [[Barony of Marinus]]
# Ragnarr and Lynette, 10/05/2013, TBA
# William and Kára, 04/05/2014, unknown

== Events ==
* '''Kingdom Crusades''' is where the Kingdom of Atlantia battles the [[Kingdom of the East]]. Held in October in Maryland. More information can be found at http://crusades.eastkingdom.org/

* Atlantia (specifically the [[Barony of Lochmere]]) was the site of the 2005 [[Known World Academy of the Rapier]].

*In June 2011, Atlantia will host the Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium

== [[Award]]s and Honors ==

The Kingdom of Atlantia currently has twenty two awards and orders active, and a further three orders which have been closed. For the purposes of the [[Order of Precedence]] the current orders are split into three groups: Orders of High Merit, Orders of Merit and Kingdom Orders and Awards. Orders of High Merit bestow a ranking between that of Landed [[Baron]]age and a [[Grant of Arms]]. Orders of Merit bestow a ranking between that of a Grant of Arms and a Court Baronage. The remaining Kingdom Orders and Awards bestow no precedence.

* [[Awards and Orders of Atlantia]]

==Kingdom devices==
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|-
| Populace badge
| [[Image:Spike.jpg]]
|-
| Ensign
| [[Image:AtlantiaEnsign.jpg]]
|-

|}

==External Link==

* [http://www.atlantia.org/ Kingdom Homepage]

{{SCA Kingdom}}
[[category: Kingdoms (SCA)|Atlantia]]

Cunnan:Village pump

2011-06-07T01:17:28Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: /* Problems Uploading images */

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.
----

== 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]]

== Topics ==

===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)

===A Note on Vandals and Newcomers===
I despise vandals. Vandalism to Cunnan articles will be quickly corrected and the vandal's IP outright banned for a an appropriate length of time. Be aware that my definition of "an appropriate length of time" is ''inversely'' proportional to the amount of caffeine in my bloodstream.

I encourage anyone interested in making legitimate changes to Cunnan articles to make a user profile -- it's always nice to have new people in our community, and it makes it a lot easier to weed out the vandalism. [[user:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 09:51EDT 28 Sept 07

=== Registration is now required for edits ===
Hello all,
I've been away from Cunnan for a long time as I've been busy with uni. I've read everyone's comments regarding the vandals and have looked at the mess they've been making recently.

Anonymous edits are no longer allowed. Hopefully they can be enabled again later after I've looked at other possible solutions.

There will also be a software upgrade in the next few weeks.

[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 12:17, 25 November 2007 (EST)

:Thanks for that Tobin. It's a shame that this has been needed, but all that rolling back was getting quite tiresome, and I wasn't one of those who was doing most of the work. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 23:25, 25 November 2007 (EST)

: I concur: thank you for taking the (hard) decision -- it hurt me to the heart to see our good work mangled in this way. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 19:43, 26 November 2007 (EST)

::Putting in my 2 cents/pence, I noticed that on other wiki's that made this tough choice, those inspired enough to contribute didn't mind signing in, and that usually less than 10% of anonymous edits are valid. This may not have been the case here, but this step does greatly reduce the vandalism and, in my opinion at least, makes Cunan a better place. --[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 09:50, 16 December 2007 (EST)

:It's a shame this had to be done. I would think SCA folk would be better than that. [[User:CsikosLo|CsikosLo]] 00:59, 10 July 2008 (EST)

=== Personal details ===
Pages have been created for SCA Contacts for various areas of Europe. While I prefer the information to be on the country's or kingdom's page, I have concerns about the address and phone details being put anywhere on Cunnan. They are far less likely to be updated regularly and I would much prefer this sort of personal data to be on the group's homepage outside of Cunnan. What do you guys think?
- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:12, 6 June 2008 (EST)

:Good observation. I would think (knowing most of the people involved) that they posted it there themselves. If so, I have no problem with it. If not, that info should be deleted. Not sure how we can find out the truth though. [[User:CsikosLo|CsikosLo]] 01:01, 10 July 2008 (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)

=== 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)

=== Personas and households ===
This year has been a quiet one for [[Cunnan]] but an old issue has had to enforced by me as a moderator a few times - that Cunnan is not an archive of pages describing [[SCA]] [[persona]]s (see [http://cunnan.sca.org.au/wiki/Cunnan:Old_Village_pump_discussions_%28moved_2007%29#What_do_to_with_Category:people_.28SCA.29.3F Village Pump 2007]), but we do allow pages on SCA [[group]]s like [[household]]s. Unfortunately, sometimes the household pages contain a lot of details on their members and things that are more specific to the individual than the household.

Sorry to those whose pages I mention here but I need examples. Firstly, [[House Fettered Fleur]]. I have editted this page a few times to makes its format match those of other pages. It had a paragraph on one of the leading members which mainly discussed and promoted her SCA-related business interests. Since I could not see how this related to the household, I treated it as advertising and deleted the text. A page had also been created for another of the household's leaders Menken but I changed that to [[User:Menken|<nowiki>[[User:Menken]]</nowiki>]] since he was the one had just edited it.

More recently, a page was created for the [[Natt Sang]] household. This includes a descriptive paragraph for each member that mentions their general character, how they like to participate in the SCA and their musical skills, but no more. I have reformatted that but not deleted any content.

My question to the community (and especially the mods) is whether Natt Sang is saying too much. Small households sometimes say a little about the roles and habits of their members, but generally as appendages to a list, e.g. [[House Reverie]], like a standard SCA [[regnum]]. Sometimes little is said about memebers at all e.g. [[House Awesome]]. Bigger households have simply too many members to list them all.

So should Natt Sang's member details be abbreviated to something like the following?
: '''Lady Rhyslyn of Soundstream:'''
:* ''Instruments:'' celtic flute, Irish whistle, celtic harp, guitar, bass, singing.
:* ''Roles:'' Husmor, Emmisarian, seamstress.

If not, then should it be editted in any other way?

- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 18:25, 1 November 2009 (EST)

* Recent editting has brought to light two more persona pages that do not seem to qualify for inclusion: [[Randal Sinclair Hawkins]] and [[Kari Kyst]]. While they seem to have been great people and have been duly recognised in awards for their contribution to the SCA, nothing in their description indicates that they have played a extremely significant role in the development or history of the SCA or their kingdom. All edits so far have been done by [[User:Rohesia|Rohesia]] and [[User:Donngal|Donngal]] and I don't know whether these editors are also Randal and Kari. If so, then these descriptions should be moved to their User pages.

:If there are no objections in the coming weeks, I will delete those two pages.

: I have since also noted [[Logan Ebonwoulfe]]. He certainly seems moreso a person of great note if he is included in an outside publication, but I know nothing about this Warlords card game. What do others think about keeping a page active on him?

:- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:37, 20 November 2009 (EST)

* A new one to consider - [[Michael of Bedford]]. 10 times a [[king]], first King of [[Atlantia]], [[Laurel]], [[Pelican]], [[Knight]]. But is that enough to qualify him for inclusion? Did he introduce something that is widely used in the SCA? Is he known to all in the Society? Is he known outside of the society? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:18, 23 November 2009 (EST)

**I've been thinking on this subject a bit and trying to figure out a good rule of thumb. As a first pass: if the page consists of a simple list of awards, or even a few simple lists, that's probably not enough. An explanation ''should'' be needed. For example, the page for [[Cariadoc of the Bow]] doesn't list his awards, rather it gives his accomplishments with appropriate explanation and links. (Full disclosure - I created the page so I like the format, but I don't actually know His Grace.) With respect to Michael of Bedford's ''page'', it's just a list of awards, which I'd suggest is inadequate. There may be other information which could be added to the page to make it clear that the page should remain, but ''as written'' I don't think the page works. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 00:14, 24 November 2009 (EST)
*** That sounds fair enough. Then it would just be down to us to decide whether the accomplishments are sufficient. Anyone else have a view? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 10:13, 30 November 2009 (EST)
****Sorry about that, I did not realize till reading here today that general persons were not eligeable for inclusion in Cunnan, feel free to delete the page I created on Duke Valharic, just trying to add content [[User:Donngal|Donngal mac Ronain]]

=== 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.

=== Problems Uploading images ===
I'm trying to upload a .png image and keep getting an error message:
''The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver. ''
Is anyone aware of this issue and able to fix it?
-- [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 16:00EDT 29May11
: I also have the issue. After a 5 year absense in image uploads, I can't correct my Calontir one, lol. [[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 11:17, 7 June 2011 (EST)

Kingdom of Outlands

2011-06-07T00:54:28Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: /* Kings and Queens of the Outlands */ updating to match th tribute

{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Outlands|color = green|metal = yellow|device = [[Image:outlandsarms.png|200px]] | caption = [[Vert]], a [[stag]] [[argent]], [[attired]] and [[unguled]], [[salient]] from between the boughs of a [[laurel wreath]], in [[chief]] a [[Saxon]] [[crown]], all within a [[bordure]] [[embattled]] [[Or]]. | founded = A.S. XXI | king = Maelgwyn III| queen = Sabine| area = New Mexico, most of Colorado, parts of Wyoming and Nebraska, and El Paso and Hudspeth counties of Texas.| parent = [[Atenveldt]]}}

The [[Kingdom]] of the '''Outlands''' is the twelfth oldest in the [[Known World]].

==History of the Outlands==
The Outlands was founded as an entity when it became a [[Principality]] in the [[Kingdom of Atenveldt]] in AS XII. The first Prince and Princesss of the Outlands was Gunwaldt and Aislinn. 9 years later in AS XXI the Kingdom of the Outlands was born with Gunwaldt and AElflaed as King and Queen. During the early years of the Kingdom a war against Ansteorra the Outlands won control of the wild lands of Argonia where the King and Queen of the Outlands hold sway as Dread Lord and Lady. (Argonia isn't a serious thing; there is some history here: http://sandradodd.com/artan/argonia )

==Kingdom Devices==
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1"
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[King]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Queen]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Prince]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Princess]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Ensign]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[War Ensign]]
|-
|[[Image: Outlands_King.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Outlands_Queen.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Outlands_Prince.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Outlands_Princess.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Populace_Badge.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: War_Ensign.jpg|96px|center]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|Vert, a stag argent, attired and unguled, salient from between the boughs of a laurel wreath, in chief a Saxon crown, all within a bordure embattled Or.
|Vert, a hind salient argent, unguled and in chief a Saxon crown, all within a wreath of roses, lying as on a bordure, Or.
|Vert, a stag salient argent, attired, unguled and gorged with a Saxon crown, all within a bordure embattled Or, overall a label argent.
|Vert, a hind salient argent, unguled and gorged with a Saxon crown Or, between three doves rising, wings elevated and addorsed argent, beaked and membered, within an orle embattled on the inner edge Or.
|Vert, a stag salient argent, attired and unguled, within a bordure embattled Or.
|Pily bendy vert and Or, a stag's attire bendwise sinister gules.

|}

==Localities within the Kingdom==
*[[Shire of Aarquelle]]
*[[Barony of al-Barran]]
**[[College of Blaiddwyn]]
*[[Shire of Blackwater Keep]]-formerly Scorpions Hollow
*[[Barony of Caer Galen]]
*[[Barony of Caerthe]]
**[[Canton of Ravenhyrst]]
**[[College of Scola Metallorum]]
**[[Incipient College of Three Spires]]
**[[Canton of Hawks Hollow]]
**[[Canton of Readstan]]
*[[Barony of Citadel of the Southern Pass]]
*[[Barony of Dragonsspine]]
**[[College of Tygre's Keep]]
**[[The Bedes College]]
*[[Shire of Drygestan]]
*[[Shire of Duthaich Beinne Aird]]
*[[Barony of Fontaine dans Sable]]
*[[Shire of Gleann Medonach]]
*[[Shire of Hinterland]]
*[[Shire of Nahrun Kabirun]]
*[[Shire of Plattefordham]]
*[[Incipient]] [[College of Ram's Keep]]
*[[Shire of Rio de las Animas]]
*[[College of Saint Golias]]
*[[Barony of Unser Hafen]]
**[[Canton of Bofharrach]]
*[[Shire of White Mountain]]
*[[Shire of Windkeep]]

==Kingdom Awards==
===[[Grant of Arms]]===
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1"
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Flower of the Outlands]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Iron Hart of the Outlands]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Stag of the Outlands]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the White Scarf of the Outlands|Order of the White Scarf]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Sharparrow]]
|-
|[[Image: Flower.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Iron_Hart.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Stag.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: White_Scarf.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Sharparrow.png|96px|center]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[Arts and Sciences]]
|[[Heavy_combat|Armored Combat]]
|[[Service]]
|[[Fencing]]
|[[Archery]]
|}

===[[Award of Arms]]===
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1"
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Stag's Heart]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Trefoil]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Argent Hart]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Stag's Blood]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Golden Pheon]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Silver Tynes of the Outlands|Order of the Silver Tynes]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Silver Stirrup]]
|-
|[[Image: Stag's_Heart.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Trefoil.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Argent_Heart.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Stag's_Blood.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Golden_Pheon.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Silver_Tynes.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Silver_Stirrup.png|96px|center]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[Service]]
|[[Shire]] Level Achievement
|[[Arts and Sciences]]
|[[Heavy_combat|Armored Combat]]
|[[Archery]]
|[[Fencing]]
|[[Equestrian]]
|}
===Non-Armigerous Awards===
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1"
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Walker of the Way]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Venerable Guard]]
|-
|[[Image: Walker_of_the_Way.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Venerable_Guard.png|96px|center]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[Being an Exemplar]]
|[[Armored Combat]] Longevity
|}

===Youth Awards===
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1"
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Argent Rose of the Outlands|Order of the Argent Rose]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Promise of the Outlands]]
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Order of the Order of the Azure Mullet]]
|-
|[[Image: Argent_Rose.jpg|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Promise.png|96px|center]]
|[[Image: Azure_Mullet.jpg|96px|center]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[Youth]]
|[[Youth]]
|[[Youth]]
|}
===[[Equestrian]]===
*[[Order of the Silver Lance]] (OSL) is given for skill and leadership in the equestrian arts
===[[Combat | Martial Activities]]===
*[[Order of the Fallen Snow]] (CFS) is given for expertise at the art of dying well
====Longevity of Service====
*[[Order of the Knights Pensioners of the Venerable Guard]] (PVG) is given for 30 years as a fighter
===[[Service]]===
*[[Order of the Cordon Royal]] (BCR) is given for personal service to the King
*[[Order of the Queens Cypher]] (BQC) is given for personal service to the Queen
===[[Chivalry]] and [[Gentility]]===
*[[Order of the Legion of Gallantry of the Outlands]] (CLG) is given for ideals of gallantry and courtesy
*[[Outlands Royal Menagerie]] (ORM) is given for canines who greatly enhanced the ambience of events
*[[Order of the Queens Grace]] (CGG) is given for courtliness and gentility

==[[Royal]] Lineage==
===[[King|Kings]] and [[Queen|Queens]] of the Outlands===
*Gunwaldt and Aelflaed -- June 14, 1986
*Johann and Kathryn -- November 1, 1986
*Artan and Tara -- May 30, 1987
*Hagan and Beatrix -- November 7, 1987
*Christopher and Cymber -- April 9, 1988
*Artan II and Tara -- November 5, 1988
*Johann II and Layla -- May 6, 1989
*Leif and Ishtar -- November 4, 1989
*Artan III and Aziza -- May 3, 1990
*Johann III and Monika -- November 4, 1990
*Irel and Tess -- May 4, 1991
*Olaf and Jeanne -- November 3, 1991
*Cyrred and Morgana -- May 2, 1992
*Olaf II and Jeanne -- November 7, 1992
*Leif II and Elisheva -- May 1, 1993
*Cyrred II and Morgana -- November 6, 1993
*Artan IIII and Aziza -- May 7, 1994
*Vagn and Thora -- November 5, 1994
*Hrothger and Madigan -- May 13, 1995
*Artan V and Aziza -- November 11, 1995
*Irel II and Ileana -- May 11, 1996
*Torn and Elisheva -- November 9, 1996
*Lycurgus and Mikulina -- May 10, 1997
*Cameron and Anne Aliz -- November 8, 1997
*Hrothger II and Madigan -- May 9, 1998
*Maelgwn and Lillian -- November 14, 1998
*Lycurgus and Mikulina -- May 8, 1999
*Martino and Aindrea -- November 13, 1999
*Kynan and Eleanor -- May 13, 2000
*Ceasan and Vanna -- November 11, 2000
*Kynan II and Eleanor -- May 12, 2001
*Maelgwn II and Cainnleach -- November 10, 2001
*Bela and Elizabeth -- May 11, 2002
*Jaxarticus and Kathryn -- November 9, 2002
*Irel and Rosalind -- May 10, 2003
*Hoegaarden and Chiara -- November 8, 2003
*Giovanni and Cainnleach -- May 8, 2004
*Ibrahim and Illeana -- November 13, 2004
*Hoegaarden II and Chiara -- May 14, 2005
*Hrorek and Caoilfhionn -- November 12, 2005
*Bela and Claudia -- May 13, 2006
*Artan VI and Aziza -- November 11, 2006
*Mordygan and Madigan -- May 13, 2007
*Alrik and Slaine -- November 10, 2007
*Boleslav and Astridr -- May 10, 2008
*Alrik II and Salomea -- November 8, 2008
*Maelgwn III and Sabine -- May 9, 2009
*Béla III and Anna -- November 14, 2009
*Alrik III and Salomea II -- May 8, 2010
*Boleslav II and Cwene Astriðr II -- November 13, 2010
*Béla IV and Anna II -- May 14, 2011

===[[Prince|Princes]] and [[Princess|Princesses]] of the Outlands===
*Gunwaldt and Aislinn -- May 29, 1977
*Heinrich and Lorene -- December 17, 1977
*Wielhelm and Megan -- July 8, 1978
*Heinrich and Irminsul -- December 30, 1978
*Robin and Beau -- June 30, 1979
*Ronald and Andreah -- January 19, 1980
*Gunwaldt and Aelflaed -- July 5, 1980
*Kveldulf and Katlin -- January 17, 1981
*Stefan and Beau -- July 5, 1981
*Robert and Leah -- January 23, 1982
*William and Caryn -- July 25, 1982
*Montegar and Irminsul -- January 15, 1983
*Eldr and Angelica -- August 20, 1983
*Michael and Keridwen -- January 21, 1984
*Eldr and Angelica (regents) -- March 11, 1984
*Aelfgar and Bronwyn -- April 28, 1984
*Michael and Keridwen -- November 17, 1984
*Beryld and Allocen -- May 4, 1985
*Johann and Andreah -- December 14, 1985

===[[Lord|Lords]] and [[Lady|Ladies]] of the Outlands===
*Ton and Elizabeth -- May 26, 1974
*Ton and Elizabeth -- May 25, 1975
*Bren and Simonetta -- February 14, 1976
*Ulrich and Roxanne -- May 31, 1976
*Stephan and Penelope -- November 14, 1976

==External Links==
* http://www.outlands.org/
* http://outlandshistory.blogspot.com/ (details and personal accounts by month)

{{SCA Kingdom}}
[[Category:Kingdoms (SCA)|Outlands]]

User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2010-12-18T21:01:12Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: updating my profile...long overdue!

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the great Barony of Dragonsspine in the Kingdom of the Outlands.

I'm the owner of [http://www.thatwitchyplace.com That Witchy Place], an online Pagan/Metaphysical shop.

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Mundane: I work with computers and have a wiki related to paganism called [http://www.paganwiki.org PaganWiki] and thought an SCA wiki would be an excellent idea. I thought, "Before I register a domain name and get the software installed, I'd better search for existing SCA wikis", and found this wonderful place. I immediately searched for Dragonsspine and Outlands and was very disappointed with the results. Only one thing to do to correct it; Join and contribute!

I own several other online businesses, [http://www.roseandcrowne.com The Rose and Crowne] being one of the more popular with SCA members. I created [http://onawindingpath.net Winding Path Ltd. Co.] and [http://wholesalerguides.com WholesalersGuides.com] to provide new/potential business owners with the resources to increase their chances of success. Also, if anyone wants/needs specific devices done in my style (see [[Outlands]],[[Barony of Dragonsspine]] and [[Shire of Aarquelle]] for examples), feel free to ask. My heraldry work can been seen at my primary site, [http://www.peterbeckley.com PeterBeckley.com]...I must charge something for my time and effort, email for quote.

User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson

2008-09-01T04:36:22Z

ThorgrimrGunnarrsson:

SCA (inactive): I am a viking merchant who currently resides in the great Barony of Dragonsspine in the Kingdom of the Outlands.

I'm the owner of [http://www.paganshopping.com The Earth Spirit Emporium], an online Pagan/Metaphysical shop.

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Mundane: I work with computers and have a wiki related to paganism called [http://www.paganwiki.org PaganWiki] and thought an SCA wiki would be an excellent idea. I thought, "Before I register a domain name and get the software installed, I'd better search for existing SCA wikis", and found this wonderful place. I immediately searched for Dragonsspine and Outlands and was very disappointed with the results. Only one thing to do to correct it; Join and contribute!

My wife, Mary, and I are the owners of [http://www.roseandcrowne.com The Rose and Crowne]. Also, if anyone wants/needs specific devices done in my style (see [[Outlands]],[[Barony of Dragonsspine]] and [[Shire of Aarquelle]] for examples), feel free to ask. I must charge something for my time and effort, email for quote.

Raven

2008-01-01T02:15:49Z

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The '''raven''' is the ubiquitous jet-black [[bird]] of [[Europe]] and [[North America]], and are known throughout in history and lore. In [[Norse]] [[mythology]], ''Hugin'' and ''Munin'' are [[pet]]s and [[servant]]s of [[Odin]]. The success of the [[England|English]] [[monarchy]] has been tied to the presence of ravens at the [[Tower of London]], and you can see them there to this day. Because of their status in history and their modern [[goth]] connotations, ravens are a popular charge in [[SCA]] [[heraldry]].

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Owl

2008-01-01T02:15:02Z

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The '''owl''' is a nocturnal [[bird]] of prey, known for its silent flight, distinctive "whooo" call, and large, front-set eyes.

In [[medieval]] [[bestiary|bestiaries]] and [[literature]], the owl is often given an unkind treatment, associated with darkness, ruins, and [[grave]]s.

From [[Chaucer]], '''The Squire's Tale''':
:''In which were painted all these false fowls,''
:''As be these tidifes, tercelets, and owls;''

Owls get a more fair treatment in later [[period]]. From a [[17th century]] [[drinking]] [[song]] that is also a popular [[SCA]] [[madrigal]]:
:''Of all the birds that ever I see,''
:''The owl is the fairest in her degree.''
:''For all the day long she sits in a tree,''
:''And when the night comes away flies she.''

=== External links ===
*http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast245.htm
*http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/comment/35vbirdf.hti

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Rabbit

2008-01-01T02:07:05Z

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A '''rabbit''' is a small herbiverous quadruped, generally living under ground in burrowed tunnel-systems. Introduced to [[England]] by the [[Rome|Romans]], rabbits then died out after the Romans left England. They were then re-introduced from [[France]] after the [[Norman Conquest]], and the [[Domesday Book]] records established warrens of rabbits as a bankable resource of the [[king]]. They have always been seen as ready source of [[food]] and [[fur]], provided you can [[hunting|catch them]].

Commonly anthropomorphised, even in [[period]], as cunning little blighters always after people's food, they also have a reputation for rapid multiplication.
First rabbit: ''There are a pack of wolves coming''.
Second rabbit: ''Quick -- down this hole -- give it ten minutes and we can come out and surround them!''.

Commonly alluded to as "bunnies" or "coneys" (but, apparently, not as "cunnies") they are also supposed to be part of the inspiration behind the ''hobbit'' of recent [[legend]]s.

== External Links ==
* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1303 Atlantian A&S Links: Rabbits, Hares, & Cuniculture]

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Elephant

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The '''elephant''' is a large quadruped with a [[leather]]y hide and a prominent proboscis or ''trunk''. It exists in two species, one in [[Africa]], the other in [[Asia]].

In the [[classical]] period the Asian elephant was known only locally; the African, however, achieved fame and prominence when the Cathaginian adventurer [[Hannibal]] obtained a supply (presumably from trans-Saharan sources) with which he mounted an invasion of [[Roman]] [[Spain]], and then, via the Alps, of [[Italy]]. All but one of his elephants died, of swamp fever, before he attacked [[Rome]], but the "mighty Roman Republic" had learned of elephants, and of the reticence of [[cavalry]] to approach them, and Roman generals thereafter lusted for elephant troops with which to cow their foes.

In the [[medieval]] period, the elephant was at the same time a "familiar" shape from [[Roman Empire|Imperial Roman]] days, and an exotic luxury, given the difficulty of actually obtaining one. An elephant was supposed to be autopsied around the early-[[16th century]].

==Elephants in Heraldry==
The [[heraldic]] elephant was uncommon in period, and was often depicted supporting a [[tower]] on its back.
In [[SCA]] heraldry the presence or absence of the a tower does not constitute a [[point of difference]], even if specifically blazoned.

In the [[Kingdom of Ealdormere]] and especially the [[Barony of Rising Waters]] depictions of elephants are associated with the late Baroness [[Fionnadh Averylle O'Connor of Maidenhead]], and tend not to be used on arms, out of respect for that lady.

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Wolf

2008-01-01T02:02:23Z

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The '''wolf''' is a [[carnivore|carnivorous]] mammal that looks like a large [[dog]]. A wolf is a moderately common [[heraldic]] [[charge]].

Once common in [[medieval]] [[Europe]] they are now mostly gone. The last wolves disappeared from [[England|English]] lands since the [[medieval]] era and the last wolf in [[Scotland]] was shot in 1745.

Wolves [[hunt]] in small hierarchical 'packs', led generally by an "Alpha Male". Packs will establish their own territory and will normally only hunt outside this when in specific and immediate pursuit of a prey.

==See Also==

* [[Wolf (Maplet)|Wolf]] according to ''[[A Greene Forest]]''

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Animals (Heraldry)

2008-01-01T02:02:04Z

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In [[period]] [[heraldry]] '''animals''' were a frequent [[charge]]. Although some [[animal]]s, such as the [[lion]] were heavily favoured, there is still a huge number of animals, both real and imaginary, which were used.

''Note'': The depiction of some animals in heraldry differed from their natural forms. These and the fantastic creatures are known as [[heraldic beast]]s.

==Animals==
===Creatures of the sea===
* [[Dolphin]]
* [[Escallop]] : A rippled shell, like a scallop.
* [[Seahorse]]

===Land Animals===

* '''Heraldic antelope''' -- a stylised beast, body of a non-stripy tiger, feet of a deer, with two straight, backwards pointing serrated horns.
* [[Bear]] -- Generally the heraldic bear looks very like the real thing, as opposed to some beasts which are highly stylised.
* [[Dog]]
* [[Wolf]]
* [[Elephant]] -- traditionally carrying a [[tower]] on its back -- the "Elephant and Castle"
* [[Hare]]
* [[Heraldic lion]] -- which is sometimes also referred to as an ''[[leopard]]'', especially in the [[England|English]] [[royal]] [[arms]].
* [[Rabbit|Coney]] -- another name for rabbit.
* [[Sheep]] -- Which includes '''rams''', '''lambs''' (paschal and otherwise), and '''fleeces''' (a dead (or unconscious) sheep hung up by a band round its belly.
* [[Stag]] -- a deer with antlers, a male.

===Insects and reptiles===
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Moth]]
* [[Turtle]]

===Mythical beasts===
* [[Dragon]]
* [[Griffin]]
* [[Unicorn]]
* [[Wyvern]]
* [[Bonacon]]

===Humanoids===
===Airborne creatures===
* [[Eagle]]
* [[Falcon]]
* [[Martlet]]
* [[Owl]]
* [[Raven]]

<hr>

==Postures==

* [[affronte]] : Facing the viewer
* [[addorsed]] : Back to back (wings or multiple creatures)
* [[couchant]] : Lying down with head erect
* [[courant]] : Running.
* '''coward''' : (esp. of lions) Tail between hind legs
* [[displayed]] : spread eagle, usually birds
* [[dormant]] : Lying down with head lowered, as if sleeping.
* '''double-queued''' : (esp. of lions) having two distinct tails, as opposed to '''''queue-fourche''''', where the tail starts single, but forks in the middle to produce two end-pieces.
* [[embowed]]
* '''guardant''' : The animal has its head turned to face the spectator, whilst its body remains in profile
* [[hauriant]]
* [[naiant]] : Swimming
* [[passant]] : Walking, with one leg lifted
* [[rampant]] : standing on 1 leg with other 3 legs raised to one side
* '''regardant''' : body in prfile, head turned right round, looking backwards
* [[salient]] : Leaping up, hind legs on ground, fore-legs raised
* [[segreant]] : as rampant, but for birds
* [[sejant]] : Sitting down on hind legs, forelegs straight, head up.
* '''sejant erect''' : Squatting on hind paws, front paws raised.
* [[statant]] : standing on 4 legs
* '''tail-[[nowed]]''' : With its tail in a knot
* [[tergiant]]
* [[uluant]] : With head up, as if howling at the moon (generally only with a heraldic [[wolf]]). Generally the body is [[sejant]].
* [[urinant]]
* [[volant]]
* [[volant-en-arriere]]

===SCA Only Postures===

* [[pissant]] : Holding a beer mug ([[SCAism]])

<hr>

==Bits of animals==

[[Herald]]s also tended to introduce bits of animals into their designs (apparently without asking if this was natural, or acceptable to the animal involved). Thus one has heads ([[stag]]s and [[bear]]s were popular), paws (especially of bears), faces ([[leopard]]s especially, for some reason; some with [[fleur-de-lys]] in their mouths), and so on. One even comes across animals cut up into bits -- a torso, with limbs and head arranged round it -- presumably to make out how bold a [[hunting|hunter]] the bearer of the [[arms]] must have been.

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Animals (Heraldry)

2008-01-01T02:01:47Z

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In [[period]] [[heraldry]] '''animals''' were a frequent [[charge]]. Although some [[animal]]s, such as the [[lion]] were heavily favoured, there is still a huge number of animals, both real and imaginary, which were used.

''Note'': The depiction of some animals in heraldry differed from their natural forms. These and the fantastic creatures are known as [[heraldic beast]]s.

==Animals==
===Creatures of the sea===
* [[Dolphin]]
* [[Escallop]] : A rippled shell, like a scallop.
* [[Seahorse]]

===Land Animals===

* '''Heraldic antelope''' -- a stylised beast, body of a non-stripy tiger, feet of a deer, with two straight, backwards pointing serrated horns.
* [[Bear]] -- Generally the heraldic bear looks very like the real thing, as opposed to some beasts which are highly stylised.
* [[Dog]]
* [[Wolf]]
* [[Elephant]] -- traditionally carrying a [[tower]] on its back -- the "Elephant and Castle"
* [[Hare]]
* [[Heraldic lion]] -- which is sometimes also referred to as an ''[[leopard]]'', especially in the [[England|English]] [[royal]] [[arms]].
* [[Rabbit|Coney]] -- another name for rabbit.
* [[Sheep]] -- Which includes '''rams''', '''lambs''' (paschal and otherwise), and '''fleeces''' (a dead (or unconscious) sheep hung up by a band round its belly.
* [[Stag]] -- a deer with antlers, a male.

===Insects and reptiles===
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Moth]]
* [[Turtle]]

===Mythical beasts===
* [[Dragon]]
* [[Griffin]]
* [[Unicorn]]
* [[Wyvern]]
* [[Bonacon]]

===Humanoids===
===Airborne creatures===
* [[Eagle]]
* [[Falcon]]
* [[Martlet]]
* [[Owl]]
* [[Raven]]

<hr>

==Postures==

* [[affronte]] : Facing the viewer
* [[addorsed]] : Back to back (wings or multiple creatures)
* [[couchant]] : Lying down with head erect
* [[courant]] : Running.
* '''coward''' : (esp. of lions) Tail between hind legs
* [[displayed]] : spread eagle, usually birds
* [[dormant]] : Lying down with head lowered, as if sleeping.
* '''double-queued''' : (esp. of lions) having two distinct tails, as opposed to '''''queue-fourche''''', where the tail starts single, but forks in the middle to produce two end-pieces.
* [[embowed]]
* '''guardant''' : The animal has its head turned to face the spectator, whilst its body remains in profile
* [[hauriant]]
* [[naiant]] : Swimming
* [[passant]] : Walking, with one leg lifted
* [[rampant]] : standing on 1 leg with other 3 legs raised to one side
* '''regardant''' : body in prfile, head turned right round, looking backwards
* [[salient]] : Leaping up, hind legs on ground, fore-legs raised
* [[segreant]] : as rampant, but for birds
* [[sejant]] : Sitting down on hind legs, forelegs straight, head up.
* '''sejant erect''' : Squatting on hind paws, front paws raised.
* [[statant]] : standing on 4 legs
* '''tail-[[nowed]]''' : With its tail in a knot
* [[tergiant]]
* [[uluant]] : With head up, as if howling at the moon (generally only with a heraldic [[wolf]]). Generally the body is [[sejant]].
* [[urinant]]
* [[volant]]
* [[volant-en-arriere]]

===SCA Only Postures===

* [[pissant]] : Holding a beer mug ([[SCAism]])

<hr>

==Bits of animals==

[[Herald]]s also tended to introduce bits of animals into their designs (apparently without asking if this was natural, or acceptable to the animal involved). Thus one has heads ([[stag]]s and [[bear]]s were popular), paws (especially of bears), faces ([[leopard]]s especially, for some reason; some with [[fleur-de-lys]] in their mouths), and so on. One even comes across animals cut up into bits -- a torso, with limbs and head arranged round it -- presumably to make out how bold a [[hunting|hunter]] the bearer of the [[arms]] must have been.

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Escallop

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'''Escallop''' can refer to both the scallop, an edible shellfish, or the iconic scallop shell. The escallop is seen frequently through the [[Middle Ages]], both as a [[charge|heraldic charge]] and a religious symbol. The scallop shell is the [[pilgrimage|pilgrim]] [[badge]] given to those who visit the shrine of St. James of Compostella in [[Spain]].

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Dolphin

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A [[heraldic]] '''dolphin''' is considered a [[Heraldic_beast|monster]], not a [[fish]]. Its default posture is ''[[embowed]]-counterembowed'', with the body forming an 'S' shape.

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Phoenix

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The '''phoenix''' is a [[bird]] from Greek mythology, which was consumed in flames, but rose from its own ashes. 
They (or the Egyptians) believed that it lived for one hundred years, then laid an egg, which it then hatched by immolating itself. 
This is (probably) also the origin of the Russian firebird legend.

In [[heraldry]] the phoenix is [[emblazon]]ed as [[displayed]] and with flames by default. Modern heralds emblazon the phoenix as a demi-[[eagle]].

==See Also==

*[[phoenix (Maplet)|Entry in Maplet's ''A Greene Forest'']]

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Centaur

2008-01-01T01:45:42Z

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'''Centaurs''' are seen in [[classical]] [[Greek mythology]] as a half-man, half-[[horse]]. They are used as a [[heraldic beast]] that has the torso and head of a man and the body of a horse.
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Merman

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'''Mermen''' are [[heraldic beast]]s with the head and torso of a man with the tail of a [[fish]].
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Sea Dragon

2008-01-01T01:33:27Z

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A '''sea dragon''' is a wingless [[dragon]], also known as a sea [[serpent]].
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Yale

2008-01-01T01:28:05Z

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First mentioned by [[Pliny the Elder]], the Yale is a spotted antelope-like beast used in [[heraldry]]. It is about the size of a [[horse]], with tusks, long horns, and the tail of a [[lion]] or [[goat]]. The horns are able to swivel independently and are virtually always shown parted rather than parallel.

First granted as a device in the early 1950's, it was previously used as a supporter by the mother of [[Henry VII]].

==External links==
[http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/~donna/sca/yale/ Yale]

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Embowed

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'''Embowed''' in [[heraldry]] simply means ''bent''. For humans, this would indicate a bent arm or leg. For fish and [[dolphin]]s, this would be a posture where the body faces inward, forming a [[crescent]].

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Embowed

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'''Embowed''' in [[heraldry]] simply means ''bent''. For humans, this would indicate a bent arm or leg. For fish and [[dolphin]]s, this would be a posture where the body faces inward, forming a [[crescent]].

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College of St. Golias

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{{SCA Shire box|name = College of St. Golias|color = red|metal = gold|device = [[Image:stgoliasarms.png|151px]] | caption = [[Gules]], a [[goblet]] within [[laurel]] [[wreath]], in [[chief]] a bunch of [[grapes]], [[slipped]] and [[leaved]], all within a [[bordure]] Or | founded = A.S. XVI | seneschal = [[Lady]] Maria Theresa Sanchez Garcia | area = Socorro, NM | kingdom = Outlands}}

'''Saint Golias''' is an [[SCA]] [[College]] in the [[Kingdom of Outlands]], mundanely located on the campus of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (aka New Mexico Tech) in Socorro, NM. The registered name of the college is in fact "St. Golias", and it was [[grandfather clause|grandfathered]] to the college in 1987. College is commonly known as just "Golias" amongst the members (alumni and current residents). Unlike most SCA colleges, this College is not associated with a [[barony]], [[canton]], or [[shire]]. The local [[officers]] report directly to their Kingdom superiors, making them a [[Crown College]]. The College is additionally the oldest [[College]] in the [[Outlands]] and one of the oldest colleges in the [[Knowne World]].

==[[Event]]s==
The college organizes the [[Feast Day|Feast Day of Saint Golias]] and [[Southern War Practice (Outlands)|Southern War Practice]] each year. As they are a student club, they also hold two, smaller events annually; a welcome get-together near the beginning of the fall semester, and a farewell celebration towards the end of the spring semester. Historically, there has also been a [[Wassail]] event over the winter break for those students spending the break at the school.

==Goliard Guard==
The Goliard Guard is a pseudo-[[household]] comprised of the members of the college who have supported the martial activities of the college on the field at [[Estrella War]]. This counts [[Marshal]]s, [[Waterbearer]]s, along with [[heavy combat|Armoured]] and [[Rapier]] fighters. The Guard wear the [[badge]] ''[[Azure]], a [[sword]] [[bendwise]] [[sinister]] [[argent]] between two [[goblet|goblets]] [[Or]].''

==External Links==
*[http://www.nmt.edu/~golias/ Saint Golias webpage]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st_golias/ St. Golias Email Group]

{{Colleges of the Outlands}}

[[Category:Colleges (SCA)|Saint Golias]]

Renaissance

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The '''Renaissance''' was a [[cultural movement]] and time period in the [[History of Europe]], considered to mark the end of the [[Middle Ages]]. The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun in the [[14th century]] in Italy and the [[16th century]] in northern [[Europe]].
It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'''" (in Italian).

The following article discusses the '''Renaissance''' in its most traditional form, as a cultural and scientific rebirth that began in [[14th century]] [[Italy]], where one of its main centers was [[Florence, Italy]], and then spread throughout Europe. In [[science]], [[theology]], [[literature]] and [[art]], the Renaissance began with a rediscovery of and focus on older Greek texts which had disappeared from the West in the latter years of the [[Roman Empire]].

"Renaissance" is a [[French]] word that literally means ''rebirth''. This name has been historically used in contrast to the '''[[Dark Ages]]''', a term coined by [[Petrarch]] to refer to what we now call the Middle Ages. Following Petrarch's lead, the term had long been considered appropriate because during the Renaissance, the [[literature]] and culture of the ancient civilizations of [[Greece]] and [[Rome]] were adopted by scholars and artists in Italy, and widely disseminated through [[printing]].

The term '''renaissance''' was probably first applied to this period of history by the Florentine painter [[Vasari]] in around 1550. [[Vasari]] used the term ''Renaissance'' to describe the changes in the world of [[art]] that occurred during that time. Many people today still make the mistake of identifying the renaissance as purely an artistic movement.

More properly, the '''renaissance''' was a movement that embodied both culture, thought, and especially learning. The '''renaissance''' itself can be identified with the rise of [[Humanism]] which began in Italy with authors such as [[Boccaccio]] and [[Petrarch]] in the [[14th century]] and ran through the [[15th century]] with [[Erasmus]] and many others, and into the [[High Renaissance]] period of the [[16th century]] when [[Mannerism]] became prevalent.

Towards the end of the Renaissance, scientists increasingly began to reject [[Greek]] (and biblical) sources in favor of new discoveries. Theologians continued to focus on the [[Greek]], as well as on the relatively new study [[Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]]. The second half of the Renaissance is also the period of the [[Reformation]], although it could be argued that the conflict between [[Humanism]] and [[Scholasticism]], which was very much the footprint of the Renaissance, was also the starting point for the [[Reformation]]. In any case, the Renaissance and [[Reformation]] overlapped fairly heavily if you were to take a strict time-period viewpoint.

Rinascimento is also considered as a sort of natural evolution of italian [[Umanesimo]].

During the last quarter of the 20th century, however, more and more scholars began to take a view that the '''Renaissance''' was perhaps only one of many such movements. This was in large part due to the work of historians like [[Charles H. Haskins]], who made convincing cases for a "Renaissance of the 12th century," as well as by historians arguing for a "[[Carolingian renaissance]]." Both of these concepts are now accepted by the scholarly community at large; as a result, the present trend among historians is to discuss each so-called renaissance in more particular terms, e.g., the ''Italian Renaissance'', the ''English Renaissance'', etc. This terminology is particularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The renaissance" into a chronology that previously held that it was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the [[Reformation]], which was sometimes patently false. The entire period is now more often replaced by the term 'Early Modern' in the practice of historians. See [[periodization]].

== [[Life in the Renaissance]] ==

Although the Renaissance was a time of significant change in comparison to the [[Middle Ages]], there were times of both peace and prosperity, and war, disease and famine. For the average man in the street (or [[village]]) daily life had changed little since the [[Middle Ages]]. Diet was similar, life was short (an average life expectancy of 30 - 35 years in most parts of [[Europe]], with perhaps a 50% child mortality rate within the first year of life), and war and disease were commonplace.

In comparison to the [[14th century]], however, the [[15th century]] and the [[16th century]] were both times of population growth, economic growth, and relative prosperity, especially for the town people and those of privilege.

=== [[Religion in the Renaissance]] ===

[[Religion in the Renaissance]] can be best summed up by saying that the '''Renaissance''' was a period of huge [[religious]] turmoil. The studies and teachings of the [[Humanists]] eventually lead to the [[Reformation]], and many of the religious debates can be broadly (and as inaccurately as broad generalisations usually are) categorised as a battle between the establishment and the new blood.

Undoubtedly one of the major threads was forged by [[Henry VIII]] of [[England]] when he declared his realm independant of Rome, establishing his own [[Church of England]], and thereby beginning the trend whereby the [[Catholic Church]] ceased to be able to provide a supra-national force of unification.

== [[Learning in the Renaissance]] ==

Perhaps the most significant invention of the Renaissance was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press printing press]. Apart from allowing many copies of the [[Bible]] to be distributed much more easily and cheaply than copying by hand, the new technology allowed wide distribution of [[political]] information, [[Renaissance Music]] works, [[Renaissance Dance]] texts, [[heresy|heresies]], and many other works.

=== [[Renaissance Authors]] ===

* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Alciato Andrea Alciato]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Bruni Leonardo Bruni]
* [[Giovanni Boccaccio]]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_of_Rotterdam Erasmus of Rotterdam]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne Michel de Montaigne]
* [[Petrarch]], Francesco Petrarca
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castiglione Castiglione]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluccio_Salutati Coluccio Salutati]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_Rabelais Francois Rabelais]
* [[William Shakespeare]]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More Thomas More]

=== [[Science and Technology in the Renaissance]] ===

[[Science and Technology in the Renaissance]] was focussed around the major sciences of [[astrology]] and [[geometry]], as well as [[medicine]], [[magic]] and [[alchemy]]. Although [[astronomy]] was a major emerging science, it did not truly come into its own until after the end of the [[16th century]]. Until [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler Johannes Kepler], [[astronomy]] was a science that was studied purely to enable better understanding of [[astrology]].

For example, [[Copernicus]], probably the man most recognisably a [[scientist]] of his day, studied [[medicine]], [[canon law]] and [[philosophy]] and earned a living as a [[secretary]] and a [[doctor]].

Nonetheless, the advent of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press printing press] did allow for much wider distribution of scientific thought during the Renaissance than had been possible in the [[Middle Ages]] and so [[scientist]]s throughout [[Europe]] were able to collaborate on works and exchange [[theories]] in a way that was not previously possible. Everyone knew what everyone else was working on, even if it was completely wrong.

=== [[Philosophy in the Renaissance]] ===

* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Cusa Nicholas of Cusa]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilio_Ficino Marsilio Ficino]
* [[Niccolo Machiavelli]]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Guicciardini Francesco Guicciardini]

== [[The Arts in the Renaissance]] ==

=== [[Renaissance Painting and Sculpture]] ===

* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Angelico Fra Angelico]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giotto_di_Bondone Giotto di Bondone]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch Hieronymus Bosch]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder Pieter Brueghel the Elder]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Younger Pieter Brueghel the Younger]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder Jan Brueghel the Elder]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brueghel_the_Younger Jan Brueghel the Younger]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello Donatello]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli Sandro Botticelli]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Durer Albrecht Durer]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo Michelangelo]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaello_Santi Raphael], Raffaello Sanzio
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo da Vinci]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck Jan van Eyck]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogier_van_der_Weyden Rogier van der Weyden]

=== [[Renaissance Music]] ===

The advent of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press printing press] in the Renaissance allowed the wide distribution of printed music. This allowed composers to sell their work more widely and obtain a better living. Important Renaissance composers and arrangers of music include [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josquin_Des_Prez Josquin Des Prez] and [[Tielman Susato]].

=== [[Renaissance Dance]] ===

Although dance as an art form was well known in the [[middle ages]], the first recorded dance instructions and [[choreography]] date from the middle of the [[15th century]].

Early Italian dancemasters include [[Domenico da Piacenza]] and his students [[Antonio Cornazano]] and [[Guglielmo Ebreo]] (Guglielmo the [[Jew]]).

Dance masters of the late [[16th century]] include the Italians [[Fabritio Caroso]] and [[Cesare Negri]] as well as the frenchmen [[Thoinot Arbeau]] and [[Antoine Arena]].

=== Renaissance Jokes ===
Various jokes written by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in his notebooks have survived to us, such as the following:

It was asked of a [[painting|painter]] why, since he made such beautiful figures, which were but dead things, his children were so ugly; to which the painter replied that he made his pictures by day, and his children by night.

Reference: See below (External Links)

== External Links ==

* [http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html Renaissance Virtual Tour]
* [http://www.leonardo-history.com/humorist.htm Jokes by Leonardo da Vinci]
[[category:periods]]

Merovingian

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The term '''Merovingian''' refers to a line of [[Frank]]ish [[king]]s who ruled central [[Europe]] in the [[6th century|6th]], [[7th century|7th]], and [[8th century|8th]] centuries. They occupy almost a transitional role from earlier [[Germanic]] tribal rule to the [[feudal]] system and [[Roman]]-influenced [[medieval]] law.
The dynastic successors to the Merovingians were the [[Carolingian]]s.

Famous Merovingian kings include:
* ''Clovis'' - founder of the Merovingian dynasty
* ''Charles Martel'' - legendary leader who is credited with halting Muslin expansion in Europe
* ''Dagobert I'' - one of the last powerful Merovingian kings, and the first king buried in the royal tombs at St. Denis.

Cunnan:Village pump

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ThorgrimrGunnarrsson: /* Page of the Month */

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.
----

== 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]]

== Topics ==

=== Spam flood ===
As anyone who looked at [[Special:Recentchanges]] today probably noticed Cunnan was the target of a group of spam bots who touched a large number of pages. The domain the bots were spamming has now been added to the antispam filter.

I've been through all the touched pages and have edited and saved the most recent useable version of each. Unfortunately, the spam bots unwittingly hit a bug in the software which means that the the page revisions before each of their edits have most probably been corrupted. If anyone feels like spending an hour helping to cleanup then they should go through my edits for the day and check that the page revision I restored each article to was optimal (i.e. the second most recent revision in most cases).

Cunnan's software has been upgraded so that the database corruption wont occur again even if the spam bots return.
[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 23:35, 8 Oct 2005 (CDT)

* Hmm, it just happened again. I believe I have got rid of the spam, but it was done using multiple "machines" so it wasn't worth my time blocking everyone. Also some pages were hit multiple times. Rollback only works for the last action on the page, including rollbacks, so some of the fixes had to be edits. Nasty! I understand Tobin's problems the first time. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:53, 22 Oct 2005 (CDT)
** Three cheers for Cian! Thanks for doing the dirty work Cian, the fact that you and Tobin have done this is much appreciated. Given that this is the second time this has happened maybe it's time that we adopted a policy of only allowing editing for people who have logged in. It's not a foolproof defence I know, and it makes us feel less welcoming, but it would save a lot of aggravation. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 20:55, 22 Oct 2005 (CDT)
*** The most nasty wiki spam bots use a mixture of accounts and anonymous edits (the attack today and the first major attack are both examples of this). Forcing people to register only inconveniences humans. I've updated the anti spam filter to include the <nowiki><div></nowiki> id that the recent spam attacks have all included. Hopefully this will catch future attacks from this bot. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 04:57, 5 Nov 2005 (CST)
*** The two attacks I have "cleaned up" today all targetted the same files but the second one created blank pages. I wonder if they were doing so for a purpose? I blocked the repeating URLs which sometimes actually used a username. [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 19:40, 11 Dec 2005 (CST)
**** I've added some things from today's spam flood to the anti spam filter. If things stop working someone should tell me. -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 05:51, 12 Dec 2005 (CST)

*FYI the [[France]] page is currently showing up as uneditable due to the spam filter --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 02:41, 8 Dec 2005 (CST)
** I know, I'll remove ''that site'' from the anti spam filter when I've got time to do a general cleanup -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 05:51, 12 Dec 2005 (CST)

*I'm getting sick of not being able to properly use the word special-ist (without the hyphen) because it includes cial-is (without the hyphen). I seem to use the word (and it's relatives) quite a bit. Is there any way we can still exclude the pharaceutical (because that trick is working nicely thankyou), but allow certain words that contain it? special-ist special-ism, special-ists, special-istic etc. [[User:Tiff|Tiff]]
** Oops, my bad. I'll change the anti spam filter to require a non-letter character on either side for a match. Should happen after I'm back from work today. Have people noticed any other false positives? -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:15, 12 Jan 2006 (CST)
*** Should be fixed now. The new rule for c*alis is '''<nowiki>[^A-Za-z]c*alis[^A-Za-z]</nowiki>''' (with the * replaced by the appropriate letter of course). -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 01:43, 13 Jan 2006 (CST)

* I was unable to add a link to the Bordescros website hosted by www . freewebs . com / bordescros because of the spam filter. Can this be made an exception please.--[[User:MasterWill|MasterWill]] 06:49, 16 Mar 2006 (CST)
** I've removed freewebs from the spam filter. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 00:15, 24 Mar 2006 (CST)

* Not quite a flood this time, but the same pages have been attacked by the same sort of spam from various different "users". Is there anyway we can combat that sort of spam (other than the manual power of moderator's fingers) ? I have been banning the users for 2 weeks, but it really is pointless if they just come back with a new "name" the next day. Is it possible to prevent people/bots using usernames that are in the format of URLs (eg. 218.53.104.2)? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 08:49, 23 Jun 2006 (EST)

* I've just enabled two things that should help reduce the amount of spam we're getting. The first is proxy blocking using [http://www.au.sorbs.net/ SORBS]. This may catch a few legitimate users but that's unlikely (and if it does, well, they shouldn't be accessing the internet via an open proxy anyway). The second is [[wikipedia:Captcha|Captcha]]s for any edit which adds a URL to a page or changes an existing URL. For the time being the captchas are simple maths problems, e.g. "38 - 6 =" or "12 + 0 =". I'm going to e-mail [[User:Del|Del]] about the possibility of having the software required for image captchas installed on chiara (Cunnan's server). There may still be a few spammers which get through but this will stop the stupider bots and most non-humans. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 19:39, 22 July 2006 (EST)

===Protected Pages===

*I have just protected a couple of pages that have been repeatedly hiit by a spambot. These pages are [[woman]] and [[convent]]. I will try to remember to remove the protection once that particular spambot has given up. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:22, 25 Jun 2006 (EST)

===Branle Dance Broken===

I've found that the page for the Branle dance is broken, both from searching for it and from the link for the dance page.

:[[branle]] looks fine to me. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:17, 25 Jun 2006 (EST)

I have tried it again and it's still not working. Specifically, I'm getting this error:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last
attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff:_doquery". MySQL returned error "1062: Duplicate entry
'cunnan:messages:Currentevents' for key 1 (localhost)".

I am using Mozilla Firefox, the latest version (if that might make a difference).

*I can't interpret the technical stuff (I'll leave that to others, who i hope will log in soon), but it's working fine for me too, on a recent version of firefox. Maybe this is a timing issue - [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] and I are in the same timezone, and may be logging in a quieter time of day than you useage-wise. Have you checked 10 minutes, or even an hour later? We've had occasional errors related to server overuse.[[User:Tiff|Tiff]] 19:15, 27 Jun 2006 (EST)

=== Software Upgrade ===
Cunnan has been upgrade to version 1.6.8 of the Mediawiki software. If anything appears broken or acts weirdly mention it here so that someone can look at it. It's worth noting that there have been major changes to the database including conversion to UTF-8 encoding. This should have worked but some special characters may be messed up. You can help Cunnan by fixing them as you find them. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 19:12, 12 July 2006 (EST)

:All the unusual characters are out. I know that you've changed a couple of the AE ligatures on AEthelmearc, but there are lots of other characters such as the Forme of Cury recipes, and the Exeter Book riddles. I seem to recall last time this happened you were able to do a fix without editing every single item. Any chance of doing that again? [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:46, 12 July 2006 (EST)
::No, sadly, the newer version of the software requires the database to be in UTF-8. I'm at a loss as to why the conversion didn't work. I'm going to have another look at it in the morning but I'm not sure if it can be easily fixed. If it can't be then will just have to bite the bullet and fix problem pages manually. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 23:21, 12 July 2006 (EST)
:::Congrats on the upgrade! I hope you'll now be able to implement some of the extensions that help to address the wikispam issues. At mine, we ended up simply having to force a confirmed email address before editing, which unfortunately meant no anon edit at all, but since they only account for 1% of our contributions (besides spam) we went ahead with the plan. As far as you UTF-8 issue, I think it either has to do with PHP or with going from an early 1.4 version all the way to 1.6 in a single jump. I'm also working on the rest of the kingdom devices and their populace badges where I can. --[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 11:11, 13 July 2006 (EST)
: Why don't we just change them all to the accented letters etc to the &; forms, e.g. Æ and è They are charset independent. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 16:34, 13 July 2006 (EST)

=== Navigation links ===
The links in the sidebar to [[Current events]] and [[Cunnan:Site support]] aren't used for much at present. Does anyone have a suggestion for something they might be replaced with? I might send Del an e-mail asking if collecting donations to go towards the cost of hosting is possible. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:49, 13 July 2006 (EST)

=== weird characters ===
Hiya after a long time. I noticed on two pages, I was getting something weird - black diamonds with question marks in them. I believe in both cases they took the place of special charchters, like an e with an accent mark on top of it. I am using Firefox. [[User:Sabine|Sabine]] 06:19, 28 July 2006 (EST)
:Known problem. The database should have been converted to UTF-8 during the most recent upgrade but something went wrong. I haven't had time to try and fix it yet. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 11:41, 28 July 2006 (EST)

=== Content police :^) ===
I believe that one of the [[Cunnan:What isn't Cunnan|policies]] for [[Cunnan]] is that it is not to be used by groups as an archive that their own webpages/newsgroups can't manage. Therefore I am watching the pages for [[Bloodstone Keep Origins Ch 1]] and [[Bloodstone Keep Origins Ch 2]]. If too many of these sort of pages occur, we might have to make a policy edict about them. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:46, 10 August 2006 (EST)
:As they currently read the Bloodstone pages are OK, in my opinion. As long as they are only documenting events that have happened I don't think it's an issue. Planning events or using Cunnan as a genreal archive would be out though. The articles should probably be merged under a better title though. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:48, 14 August 2006 (EST)
:I'm not sure about these articles. They don't strike me as conforming to either the style or the content standards we should have in place here. I respectfully suggest that "Bloodstone Keep Origins" should more appropriately be an off-site webpage with links from the [[Bloodstone Keep]] article. [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 09:57. 21 August 2006 (EST).

===Page of the Month===
You know, I think we could do with a new pages of the month.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 14:30, 7 October 2006 (EST)
:I agree, but what one?--[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 23:41, 7 October 2006 (EST)

Old English alternate titles

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In the [[SCA]] people with an [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[persona]] may choose to use one of the following [[alternate titles]].

<table border cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0>
<tr align=center>
<th>[[SCA]]</th>
<th>[[Old English]]</th>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[King]]</td>
<td>Cyning/Kyng</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Queen]]</td>
<td>Cwene</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Prince]]</td>
<td>Ætheling</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Princess]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Duke]]</td>
<td>Eorl</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Duchess]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Count]]</td>
<td>Eorl</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Countess]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Viscount]]</td>
<td>Thegn</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Viscountess]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Master]]</td>
<td>Magister</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Mistress]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Knight]]</td>
<td>Cniht/Ridda</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Baron]]</td>
<td>Thegn</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Baroness]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Lord]]</td>
<td>Hlaford</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center>
<td>[[Lady]]</td>
<td>Hlaefdige</td>
</tr>
</table>

[[Category:alternate titles]]
[[category:Old English]]

Past rulers of Æthelmearc

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The rulers of the [[Kingdom of Æthelmearc]] since its inception as a [[Principality]] of the [[East]] have been:

== Lady Protector ==

# Cassadoria Finiala, July '89 to Dec '89

== Rulers of the Principality of Æthelmearc ==
# Tarbold Celerius and Cainder of Loch Suili, Dec '89 to June '90
# Yngvar the Dismal and Hodierna Miriglee of Lincludin, June '90 to Dec '90
# Alexander Caithness and Rannveigr Haakonardottir, Dec '90 to June '91
# Lucan von Drachenklaue and Jana von Drachenklaue, June '91 to Dec '91
# Ariel of Alon and Angharad of the Sleeping Lion, Dec '91 to June '92
# Bear the Wallsbane and Akiley du Remier, June '92 to Sep '92
# Christopher of York and Maurya Etain Sableswan, Sep '92 to Mar '93
# Bear the Wallsbane and Judith of Kirtland, Mar '93 to Sep '93
# Haakon Oaktall and Eleanor of Walgren, Sep '93 to Mar '94
# Morguhn Sheridan and Meirwen uerch Owein, Mar '94 to Sep '94
# Robin Wallace and Isabeau Elisabette de l'Isle, Sep '94 to Mar '95
# Edmund Dracatorr and Rosalind Ashworth, Mar '95 to Sep '95
# Morguhn Sheridan and Meirwen uerch Owein, Sep '95 to Mar '96
# Yngvar the Dismal and Caryl Olesdattir, Mar '96 to Sep '96
# Rurik Longsword and Elspeth Turnbull, Sep '96 to Mar '97
# Kyl the Wild and Susan of Fox Meadow, Mar '97 to Sep '97 (last principality royalty)

== Rulers of the Kingdom ofÆthelmearc ==
# Yngvar the Dismal and Caryl Olesdattir, Sep '97 to Mar '98
# Christopher of York and Maurya Etain Sableswan, Mar '98 to Sep '98
# Morguhn Sheridan and Meirwen uerch Owein, Sep '98 to Mar '99
# Cygnus the Blissful and Dorinda Courtenay, Mar '99 to Sep '99
# Christopher of York and Maurya Etain Sableswan, Sep '99 to Apr '00
# James Ahearn and Elina Einarsdottir, Apr '00 to Sep '00
# Cygnus the Blissful and Dorinda Courtenay, Sep '00 to Apr '01
# Morguhn Sheridan and Meirwen uerch Owein, Apr '01 to Sep '01
# Andrew MacFarlan of Wigan and Alexandra of Clan Donald, Sep '01 to Apr '02
# James Ahearn and Elina Einarsdottir, Apr '02 to Sep '02
# Rurik Longsword and Elspeth Turnbull, Sep '02 to Apr '03
# Christopher of York and Maurya Etain Sableswan, Apr '03 to Sep '03
# Henri d'Artois, Sep '03 to Apr '04
# Maynard von dem Steine and Christina de la Rose, Apr '04 to Sep '04
# Rurik Longsword and Angelik Chastellain de Beauvais, Sep '04 to Apr '05
# Malcolm MacEoghain and Tessa the Huntress, Apr '05 to Sep '05
# Robin Wallace and Isabeau de l'Isle, Sep '05 to Apr '06
# Malcolm MacEoghain and Tessa the Huntress, Apr '06 to

The current heirs are Prince Christopher Rawlyns and Princess Morgen of Rye.
[[category:SCA]]

Kingdom of Æthelmearc

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{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Æthelmearc|color = red|metal = yellow|device = [[Image:Aethelmearcarms.png|200px]] | caption = Gules, an escarbuncle argent within a laurel wreath and in chief a coronet Or. | founded = A.S. XXXII | king = Malcolm MacEoghainn | queen = Tessa the Huntress | area = West Virginia, Western & Central Pennsylvania, and Western & Central New York.| parent = [[Kingdom of East|East]]}}

Having become a [[Kingdom]] in September [[A.S. XXXII]], '''Æthelmearc''' is the fifteenth oldest in the [[Known World]]. Geographically it consists of West Virginia, Western & Central Pennsylvania, and Western & Central New York.

==History==

As with other kingdoms that were formerly remote parts of other realms, there was much resentment in some parts of Æthelmearc that the royalty of the East Kingdom rarely visited. There was also a certain amount of heat around the idea of Æthelmearc becoming a kingdom, perhaps because Æthelmearc is the site of the [[Pennsic War]] between the [[East Kingdom]] and the [[Midrealm]]. Eventually, the [http://www.aethelmearc.org/pennsictreaty.shtml Pennsic Treaty] was signed; Æthelmearc agreed not to interfere in the running of the event and the East and Midrealm agreed that Æthelmearc would be kept informed.

Other events held in Æthelmearc which are familiar to non-residents include the Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon, which features an arts and sciences pentathlon competition, and [[Æthelmearc War Practice]], held on the same site as [[Pennsic]].

==Groups==
Æthelmearc is home to [http://www.lightlink.com/myrkies/ Myrkfaelinn], the only Independent Dominion in the SCA. The Board of Directors ruled that they owed fealty to no king, as their charter mentioned the then-king of the [[East]] by name.

The Baronies of Æthelmearc include: [[Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands]], [[Barony of the Rhydderich Hael]], [[Barony of Thescorre]], [[Barony of Blackstone Mountain]], [[Barony of St. Swithin's Bog]], [[Barony of Delftwood]], and [[Barony of the Endless Hills]].

* [[Groups of Æthelmearc]]

==Rulers==

The King and Queen of Æthelmearc are chosen biannually in either the [[Spring Crown Tourney (Æthelmearc)|Spring Crown Tourney]], held in May, or the [[Fall Crown Tourney (Æthelmearc)|Fall Crown Tourney]], held in October. They are then crowned some months later at the [[Fall Coronation (Æthelmearc)|Fall Coronation]] in September or the [[Spring Coronation (Æthelmearc)|Spring Coronation]] in April respectively. All entrants in the Crown Tournament must be at least 21 years of age and have been a subject of Æthelmearc for at least one year. The tourney is usually fought as a [[double elimination]] tournament, although the format may be altered if there are 16 or fewer fighters in the list.

The current King and Queen of Æthelmearc are Malcolm MacEoghain and Tessa the Huntress.

* [[Past rulers of Æthelmearc]]

==Events==

Aside from crown tournaments and coronations, major events held by Æthelmearc are:

* [[Pennsic]]
* [[Twelfth Night (Æthelmearc)|Twelfth Night]]
* [[Æthelmearc Academy]]
* The Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon
* [[Æthelmearc War Practice]]

==Awards==

Aside from the standard [[Society level award]]s Æthelmearc has three tiers of awards. The Orders of High Merit, which convey a [[Grant of Arms]], the Orders of Merit, which convey an [[Award of Arms]] and the non-armigerous awards.

The [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/jessa/aethelmearc.html awards] given by Æthelmearc can be found on Mistress Jessa's excellent page. At the present time, her list does not include the as-yet-unnamed Order of Merit for Martial Authenticity, which is given for having an authentic appearance in fencing or heavy fighting lists, or on the archery range.

==External Link==

* http://www.aethelmearc.org

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University

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The word '''University''' is derived from the [[Latin]] word for "[[guild]]". The church established schools with the purpose of educating people in a particular profession (a non-trade profession), and then universities arose purely for "higher education". In the [[Middle Ages]], it was mostly [[church]]es or courts who had the better [[book]] collections of the times, so therefore those involved with these institutions (who were mostly those with lots of [[money]], or those who could obtain patronage from the same) therefore had access to higher education.

== Universities in [[Europe]] ==

The first university, [[Al-Azhar]], was founded in Cairo, [[Egypt]] in 970AD.

The first university founded in [[Europe]] was the one in [[Bologna]], in 1088AD, which was followed up with more being founded predominently in [[Italy]], [[France]], [[England]] and [[Spain]] (during the [[1100]]s) and later in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] ([[1300]]s). They had various faculties, as they do today. Note that the age of a university does not necessarily reflect on its status.

The premiere theology university of medieval Europe was the [[University of Paris]] at [[Notre Dame]], but [[Bologna]] was the place to go for [[Law]], and Palermo for [[Medicine]]. In [[England]], [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]] weren't bad. Most medieval universities, and students at them, were supported by the [[Catholic Church]], or by bequests from the rich and the pious. University students had a fair amount of control over the faculty and started to organise themselves as [[nation]]s (people of like cultural origin or [[language]]). Brawls between local townspeople and students were not unknown. A successful university career was often a stepping-stone to important positions at [[Court]] or in the [[Church]].

See also: "[[wikipedia:Medieval university|medieval university]]" in [[Wikipedia]].

== Universities in the SCA ==

[[SCA]] [[group]]s may be based at modern universities and are referred to as a [[college]]. These are often a popular recruitment base for the [[Shire]] or [[Barony]] in which the College lies. In the [[East Kingdom]], these groups are often referred to as [[Borough|Boroughs]].

The word "university" can also be used in the [[SCA]] to refer to an institution offering semi-structured courses of learning about medieval facts or crafts.

However, sometimes [[mundane]] [[laws]] take precedance on calling anything a university. In [[New Zealand]] the use of the word "University" is reserved for actual [[government]]-acredited institutions approved to use that in their [[name]], and therefore the [[Kingdom of Lochac]] does not use the word "University" to describe any of its internal institutions.

* [[University of Ithra]] ([[Kingdom of An Tir]])
* [[East Kingdom]] - runs Universities as focused [[event|events]] which specifically emphasize scholarly learning.
* [http://www.aecademy.org Æcademies of Æthelmearc] - offer classes in the martial and gentle arts at twice-yearly
* [http://university.atlantia.sca.org/ University of Atlantia] - offers degrees to those who meet its qualification for teaching and attending classes at its sessions, which are held two or three times per year.
* [http://www.royalu.org/Welcome.html Royal University of Meridies] (RUM) - holds class and offers degrees
* [http:///www.midrealm.org/rum/ Royal University of the Midrealm] (RUM)- held annually or semi-annually depending on interest.
* [[Royal University of Scir Havoc]] (RUSH) - educational group in [[Calontir]].
=== External Links ===
* [http://www.kateryndedevelyn.org/royal1.htm Information about Royal Colleges and Universities]