Norman Sicily

I am passionately interested in all things connected to 12 C., Norman Sicily in particular. In addition to participating in list discussions, I would like to connect with other folk interested in 1100’s Sicily. ~ Isabeau du Lis Noire Kingdom of An Tir Message #1012, April 13, 2003 I have …

Help

I need help in making a bliaut kind of dress, or just really any dress present in the middle ages with bell sleeves that grabs under the bust. Please help me, I’ve got about a month to make it. Thanks. “snow_white2756” Message #955, March 25, 2003 A month should be …

Courtly Love Undressed

(original subject line: Book) I’d just like to recommend a fairly new book (2002). “Courtly love undressed. Reading through clothes in Medieval Fench culture” by E. Jane Burns. It is not a book on dress history but a book on how dress can be “read” to see how dress is …

Post-Conquest Cornwall

I am thinking about having a Cornish persona in post-Conquest England. I am at “ground zero” with costuming for this period … Any suggestions would be most gratefully accepted about where to start my research. ~ Esther Reese / Esther of Ennis Merth (aka Etain Karlsdottir) Message #830, February 23, …

Eric and Enide

Literary Sources Another thought on continuity – I have been reading a translation of Eric and Enide by Chretien de Troyes at: http://www.netserf.org/Literature/Authors/Chretien_de_Troyes/ and I am amazed at how similar the human experience is in terms of this romance. Poor girl from good family wins prince with her beauty and …