Assorted Essays
by Hector of the Black Height (see "About the Author" for a biography)
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Social and Cultural:
Sex, Lies, and Old Newsletters: So want to write your group's history?. Co-written with Magistra Nicolaa for TI in 1996, and finally available on the web!
On Fealty and Other Relationships in the SCA (or, Are Waffles Period?)
On the Mechanics of the Bardic Arts within the SCA
On Peerage (nine parts--index)
Double Standards Are Colour-Blind
The Missing Clue: Four Case Studies In One
Ealdormerean Culture -- An Opinion
On Steel (including notes on how to run a point of honour)
Bread and Salt: another look at fundamental values
An Heraldic Trilogy: Peers and Patents; On Arms; On Achievements of Arms and Other Things
Sumptuary Laws: Then and Now, Here and There
Walking the Feudal Talk: the personal side to a momentous event
What I learned at Pennsic XXVII
Somewhat Historical:
SCA genealogy as a reflection of medieval practice
Scotland: an overview for the persona-challenged
Medieval Military Engineering (or "Have fun storming the castle")
Vaguely Useful:
The Practical Pilgrim (or, how to achieve NO border-crossing stories when travelling to and from Canada)
Martial:
On Cavalry: "Boots and Saddles" in SCA combat
Regional Units: The Ealdormeran Way of War
Tactical Lessons and Mass Combat
The Use of Military Models of SCA Combat
Why We Fight: One Opinion (including a response from Lord Grimwulf the Hairy)
On the Employment of Scouts: Part I ; Part II