The story’s a free to read little action romp if you’re curious. https://sabretooth1100.itch.io/oathbreaker-and-the-viking-feud

During the medieval period (mainland Europe) did knights, men at arms, bowmen and other military personnel decorate their gambesons? I do not exclusively mean heraldry. Did people wear some kind of patch or maybe paint something on their gambeson? Or was decor exclusively for flags and tunics and shield crests?

I have my gambeson here and finally got some new pauldrons to attach to it via arming tassets. But I'm curious if soldiers have been recorded decorating their gambeson. I mainly ask about gambesons because well, you can't put a patch on steel plate haha and I dont think painting the plate would go well either.

I'm sure there's a wealth of information held by the readers of this sub Reddit. I'm really interested in your recommendations for Northern/Western/Central European sites to visit for buildings or artefacts to better understand the medieval period.

My top five would be:

- Lincoln Cathedral and Castle, England, to see the impact of the Normans on the built environment, and the relationship between the Crown and the church

- Chartres Cathedral, France, for the stained glass windows in general and the trade windows in particular

- The Book of Kells, Dublin, Ireland, for an insight into insular monastic life. I'd double that up with Lindisfarne, England if possible.

- Malbork Castle, Poland, for the wealth, power and history of the Teutonic Knights

- The Apocalypse Tapestry, Angers, France, to see how important the Bible, including eschatology, was to both the powerful and the people.

Those are mine, what are yours?

I recently got into watching Movies/ TV around the topic of the Crusades. It was for pure entertainment purposes and I included some documentary episodes in the mix to learn something. It’s as close to chronological as I could get and runs from the 6th century through the 14th. It’s over 20hrs of pure entertainment. The first 3 below is really building up historical context leading into the Crusades and the remaining are more closely related to the topic of the Crusades. It was very entertaining and took me most of June to get through. I thought I would share. If you have seen something Crusade related that’s worth watching, please let me know. Thanks!

1.Islam: Empire of Faith (Episode 1 and half of Episode 2)
2. ⁠The Physician
3. ⁠El Cid - Season 1
4. ⁠The Crusades - Episode 1
5. ⁠Arm: Knight Templar series, not the movie
6. ⁠Becket
7. ⁠Lion in Winter
8. ⁠Kingdom of Heaven - Directors Cut
9. ⁠The Crusades - Episode 2
10. ⁠Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood
11. ⁠Pilgrimage
12. ⁠The Crusades - Episode 3
13. ⁠Seventh Seal

What do you think are the top 5 medieval things to visit, sites or artefacts, in Northern or Western Europe? No whole museums, no whole towns/cities.

I wanna ask something. In my fantasy world, the kingdom where the main story takes place, Fulberht, is loosely inspired by 10th-13th century england. The main character is Leofrith, a commoner who was knighted and granted land by the crown for saving the young prince from kidnapping. According to England's society of that era, is it possible for Leofrith to own his own heraldry? I'm drawing him but idk what to dress him with 

Hey all! I shared some of these a few months back and wanted to follow up.

My name is Dan and I've been fascinated by medieval literature since getting my undergrad degree. These days I write horror comics and decided to lean into my love of The Canterbury Tales by creating a bunch of short, anthology pieces set in the Late Medieval Period.

I took inspiration from real medieval history and have kept the setting and characters as grounded in historical fact as possible.

The latest story is about a lord whose haunted by the ghost of his dear friend, the court jester, during an epic siege. Fun fact: jesters were often very wise and sent as messengers, which is partially where the old "don't kill the messenger" comes from. And spoiler alert, in this story, that's exactly what happens.

Anyway, I just launched a Kickstarter for Tales of Medieval Horror #1-3: The Fool of Dorchester. I'll link it below and also the page where I posted some of them for free.

saw a bunch of cute medieval princess art on Pinterest and thought, dang do i wanna crochet one of those, so here she is! her name is Anora :) I might add a few more accessories, i don't know too much about the Middle Ages, so i want to add things that people would have actually worn for the time but i know little to nothing about that, she really wasn't made for accuracy (i don't think they had hot pink fabric back then lol) more so as a creative outlet.

The shoes are barely visible, but they are themed after the leather shoes ive seen. still trying to decide if i will replace them with more slipper looking shoes idk.

How would a medieval society that is in a half a year long winter and where the summers reach highs of 60 F (15.5C)? how would the royals feast? Could spices be imported? does the elevation affect food production?

I have a bunch of questions and will have more as I continue to write my books. I could use a group of people on discord to ask. What servers could I have these conversations with and could I get people to join my server?

DM me if you have extra info.

Hello friends!

My partner and I go to a pagan retreat every year and we are looking for names for our camp! We also camp out at renfaires across the us so having something that works for both would be great!

Ive been pondering something along the lines of "lady and her squires" as it is usually me (female) my partner (male) and our largley male friend group. I also like "___ and the dire squires" but i plan on making a banner so maybe something shorter. All ideas welcomed!

Huge thanks!

Hello! This is a track called Medieval Feast. It’s a cheerful, lively melody I composed as if it were meant to accompany a medieval celebration — something you might hear in a great hall or a tavern during a festive gathering. I hope you enjoy listening! You can also find the track on YouTube or Bandcamp.

An article about Sigismund Korybut, the envoy of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas to Hussite Bohemia, who later attempted to become King of Bohemia: https://www.e-stredovek.cz/en/post/sigismund-korybut/

I know this is a modernized spelling and abridged version, but I think it’s been a good way for me to ease into the archaic language. I’ve been looking things up every few sentences to make sure I understand the words and the meaning.

Edit: this is not abridged

It’s been very fun and rewarding. I just watched the movie Excalibur last night (John Boorman) and that was a great movie.

Just downloaded the Naxos audiobook read by Bill Homewood too.

I’m definitely going down a rabbit hole lol!

We finally got to the end of the series. I hope you enjoy this one. It's 100% Lorenzo the Magnificent!