https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=203.88.192.104&feedformat=atomCunnan - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:48:45ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.3https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Autocrat&diff=35685Autocrat2007-10-23T15:59:34Z<p>203.88.192.104: </p>
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<div>basacelde<br />
An '''Autocrat''' is the person in charge of organising and running an [[event]].<br />
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Also known by the more [[medieval]] terms of "[[Steward]]" or "Warden".<br />
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The duties of an Autocrat include:<br />
* arranging for a venue<br />
* handling event paperwork, finances and reporting<br />
* organizing and scheduling event activities<br />
* if [[food]] is to be served, arranging for a [[feastocrat]]<br />
* advertising the event<br />
* taking bookings<br />
* ensuring that everyone involved in the event is doing their job<br />
* and doing everything they can to ensure that the event runs smoothly.<br />
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If the event is small, the Autocrat may do everything her/himself; if the event is large, the Autocrat will recruit a team of deputy autocrats to assist them.<br />
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Want to become more involved? Offer to [[help the autocrat]].<br />
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At the first few events, there were apparently "Supreme Autocrats" who were acting sort of as the local rulers. As the winners of the tournaments came to be called [[king]]s (late in A.S. I), these kings supplanted the autocrats as rulers, while the autocrats remained in charge of specific events as event planners.<br />
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The suffix "-ocrat" is often tacked onto other types of activities to indicate the person in charge of that activity. For example, "[[Feastocrat]]" is the person in charge of a [[Feast]]. With larger events, one might even have an Autocratocrat, who is in charge of making sure that the Autocrat (and other staff) eats, sleeps, relaxes, etc. This sort of usage is not remotely period.<br />
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[[category:SCAism]]</div>203.88.192.104https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Scotland&diff=35684Scotland2007-10-23T15:37:14Z<p>203.88.192.104: </p>
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<div>lierzelelt<br />
'''Scotland''' is a country within the [[British Isles]] that shares a land border with [[England]]. The early inhabitants were the [[Pict]]s. It became a single [[kingdom]] in the [[9th century]]. It was invaded by the [[Roman]]s (who were unsuccessful), the [[Ireland|Irish]] and the [[Viking]]s (who settled in various areas), and the English (who became the new landlords). The first [[monarch]] of both England and Scotland was [[James VI]] (or [[James I]] of England).<br />
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The [[Scots Gaelic|language]] and the word "Scot" come from the Irish immigrants.<br />
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Other relevant articles<br />
* [[Scottish kings]]<br />
* [[Great-Kilt]]<br />
* [[tartan]]<br />
* [[claymore]]<br />
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==Scotland in the SCA==<br />
In the [[SCA]], '''Scotland''' is part of the [[Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis]] in the [[Kingdom of Drachenwald]].<br />
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<div>trrotroc<br />
'''Wool''' is the [[fiber]] derived from the hair of some animals, usually [[sheep]]. It has two qualities that distinguish it from [[hair]] or [[fur]]: it is scaled in such a way that helps the animal move out burrs and seeds that might embed themselves into its skin; and it is crimped, in some fleeces more than 20 bends for every few centimeters.<br />
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It is possible to spin and [[felt]] the fleece. They help the individual fibers "grab" each other so that they stay together. They also make the product retain heat, as they trap heat in their bends.<br />
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Wool is processed into [[clothing]], [[carpet]]ing, [[felt]], [[thread]], and padding. Wool was also used to make [[sail]]s and [[tent]]s. As the raw material has been readily available since the widespread domestication of sheep and similar animals, the use of wool for clothing and other fabrics dates back to some of the earliest civilizations. Wool against bare skin can be very itchy (causing some people to mistakenly believe that they are alergic to the cloth), and it often found in history with either an lining of [[linen]] or a second [[underwear|undergarment]] of [[linen]]. The further down the social spectrum and the earlier the time period, the less likely this is to occur. <br />
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Wool takes [[dye]] easily and the natural [[oil]]s found in [[sheep]]'s wool make such [[cloth]] quite water resistant. Even with the lanolin removed, wool sheds water easiliy and remains warm when wet as well as being an excellent insulator when dry. People who make [[cloak]]s and [[clothing]] from [[cotton]] rather than wool can usually be identified as the ones closest to the fire trying to keep warm.<br />
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[[category:materials (medieval)]]</div>203.88.192.104https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Garter&diff=35681Garter2007-10-23T13:11:44Z<p>203.88.192.104: </p>
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<div>orvidomdron<br />
A '''garter''' was a strap, typically of [[leather]] and sporting a [[buckle]] as a fastener that would be used to hold up [[stocking]]s , [[hose]] or the tops of very long [[boot]]s.<br />
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<div>chiergetlida<br />
Dag is a name often used in modern times to describe a dangling piece of fabric or trim. For example the edge of the sleeves of a [[houpelande]] may be dagged, that is cut into elaborate shapes, as a form of decoration. Dags may be shaped as simple circles, leaf shapes, [[crenulated]] or in a variety of other shapes. [[Fulled]] or [[felted]] [[wool]] lends itself best to dagging, as the dags prduced will not fray. Other gaments such as [[garter]]s, [[pouch]]es, and [[hood]]s were also dagged at specific historical times, especially in the [[14th century]].<br />
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