East Kingdom Gazette

Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA

Volunteers Needed for SCA Demo at the Great Falls Balloon Festival

by East Kingdom Gazette

3387267627_200cddf141Home from Pennsic and feeling like you want to help promote the SCA to even more people? Or just haven’t had quite enough camping, fencing, fighting, and fun?
Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August 23 the Incipient Riding of Ravensbridge will be hosting a weekend-long demo and medieval encampment at the Great Falls Balloon Festival in Auburn, Maine. This festival draws over 100,000 people annually to view the hot air balloons and learn about and support a variety of local nonprofit organizations — this year, including the SCA! (more…)

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How to Join Polling and Discussion Lists

by East Kingdom Gazette

The following message is from the Duchess Katherine Stanhope, who is the Polling Clerk for the East Kingdom.
Greetings all,
Many, many new awards have been bestowed recently, so there are many people to be added to polling and discussion lists. The link to join these lists is:
http://lists.eastkingdom.org/EmailLists.html
Note that the polling and discussion lists are SEPARATE. You receive the polls on the polling list ONLY, and all discussion takes place on the discussion lists. (more…)

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Pennsic: Archery Champions Results

by East Kingdom Gazette

Aethelmearc & Allies took this war point today winning 2 of the 3 parts: In the 10 station course, the East/Mid team earned 1078 points but the Allies tallied 1185. The East/Mid team took the Friend & Foe shoot, 191 to 185. On the long distance Walk-Up shoot, the Allies prevailed with 209 to 200. …

Tuesday War Point Update From Pennsic

by East Kingdom Gazette

  There were 5 Pennsic war points decided on Tuesday. 3 points: Armored Bridge battles 1 point: Rapier Village battle 1 point: Seige weapon and combat archery battle. Aethelmearc and it’s allies won all 5 points. The weather continues to be fine.

A&S Research Paper #2. Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household

by mollyeskridge

Our second A&S Research Paper comes to us from Mistress Aildreda de Tamworthe, of the Barony of Carolingia, and is drawn from her study of the management of medieval households in England. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household

An early Tudor family sitting in their hall.
The Four Conditions of Society: Nobility (vellum), Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521)

How did medieval people run their households? Those quotidian concerns – of provisions and repairs, staffing and expenses – are always with us, but they are not always easy to tease out of the historical record in detail. Happily, some of the records of larger noble households have survived, at least in the form of yearly accounts, and these accounts can provide us some fascinating glimpses into the day-to-day concerns of households that are both deeply familiar and deeply apart.
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Pennsic 44 Archery Champions Announced

by East Kingdom Gazette

The archers selected for the East Kingdom’s half of the Champions Team have just been announced by the Captain General of Archers, Baroness Jehannine de Flandres. The 15 team members are: Colin Ursell Godric of Hamtun Jehannine de Flandres Kieran Bren of Bannockburn Kusunoki Yoshimoto Li Kung Lo Mark Squirrelsbane Miles Boweman Nathaniel Wyatt Phillip …

In Memoriam: Baroness Lucia Francesca de Valencia, OP

by East Kingdom Gazette

Editor’s Note: Due to an error, this piece was not posted at the time it was originally written.  We deeply regret this and apologize for any effects of the delayed post.  Her Excellency, Mistress Lucia Francesca de Valencia, third baroness of Concordia of the Snows, passed away on Thursday, July 30th following a long illness.  …

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ABC News at Pennsic!

by East Kingdom Gazette

ABC News’ Charli James spent August 3rd livestreaming from Pennsic! There are X videos so far, covering everything from a general introduction to Pennsic, fighting, dancing, and the marketplace. The Pennsic Wars Begin http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/gostream-pennsic-wars-begin-32849773 Castle Battle at the Pennsic Wars http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/gostream-castle-battle-pennsic-wars-32851469 Inside the Pennsic Wars http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/gostream-inside-pennsic-wars-32852110 Inside the Village Marketplace http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/gostream-inside-village-marketplace-32855747 Pennsic Wars Combat Rules …

Pennsic War Points Update

by East Kingdom Gazette

Yesterday the Pennsic War continued with four more war points decided in three separate events. The Thrown Weapons Tourney of Champions war point was won by Aethelmearc and its allies. The armored fighters met over the walls of the fort in the Castle Battle with both points going to Aethelmearc. The rapier fighters clashed at …