Academic Conferences: A Primer . A guide for
SCA members interested in attending or presenting at academic conferences.
Sex, Lies, and Old Newsletters: So want to
write your group's history?. Co-written with Master Hector for TI in
1996, and finally available on the web! | A Statistical Survey of Given Names in Essex County, England, 1183-1272. This is the full version of my article on Anglo-Norman personal names. | Early Germanic Names for Primary Sources
| The Latinization of Names in the Middle Ages
| Christianity and Popular Practice in the Middle Ages | Part 2 of the Above Article Going to Confession in the Middle Ages. A discussion of the sacrament of penance, and the philosophy behind it.
| The Political Crusade....it's not just for infidels anymore,
| An Introduction to Palaeography. Palaeography is the study of the handwriting of the past--in this case, that of the Middle Ages.
| Using Local History for SCA Research....local histories are particularly good for persona research; find out how to use them.
| On the Inception of a University Master (my Laureling ceremony, which I researched and adapted from a period ceremony from the university of Cambridge.)
| A Question of Time....an article on the perception of time in the Middle Ages.
| Feast Days and the Yearly Cycle in Medieval England. A sequel to "A Question of Time...."
| The Wheel of Fortune. Buy a vowel and learn about this medieval concept.
| On Marriage in the Middle Ages (particularly England.)
| The True Meaning of Xmas An article on where the abbreviation really came from, and why.
| A Saint for the Festive Season. Meet the medieval St. Nicholas.
| Theoderic the Great. An early medieval ruler you should meet.
| The "Real" Meaning of "Ring Around the Rosie."....betcha it isn't what you think it is.....
| The Historical Context of Magna Carta. An introduction to the people and events behind Runnymede. | Part 2 of the above article. Going Home--have you ever visited your persona's hometown? I have.....
| On Critical Research and Documentation--an introductory guide to taking "the next step."
| Churches in the Middle Ages: An Introduction. An article on church architecture and iconography at the local level.
| How to be A Historian At Pennsic...The Middle Ages had historians--here's some hints for the Current Middle Ages.
| On the Writing of Articles in the SCA. ...yep, an article on how to write articles. Go figure....
| Handing Over Offices in the SCA. It isn't as easy as you might think. Read this for help.
| A Brief History of London
| Making Netted Hairnets....revised version of a handout from a class I taught at Pennsic XXVII.
| The Virtues and Vices in Medieval Society......all about the Seven Deadly Sins and how to avoid them...
| Narrowing the Focus: A Different Kind of Event...advice on organing and presenting events set in a single time and place.
| The Novgorod Handbook--articles I wrote for an Eoforwic limited focus event set in Russia in 1036.
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