SCA and Period Rapier Combat
This is a collection of files that I have assembled from various sourcessince I first joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) in 1989.The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca),the old fidonet medieval echo conferance area, various mail lists and articlessubmitted to me by their authors.Several types of files are available:
-msg (or no suffix) These files are composed of a variety of short messages from a variety of authors having a common subject . -art A stand-alone article written by a single author.Some are off of the networks while some were submitted to me by the author.-bib A bibliography of book and article titleson a single subject.-FAQ An article file that follows a FrequentlyAsked Questions format. All text files are available in three formats, HTML, text and RTF. If the text and RTF formats are not mentioned explicitly in this index, they are available from within the HTML file.
THLord Stefan li Rous (Mark S. Harris, ).
- filelist-list The complete list of these Florilegium files. (also text, rtf.)
- 16C-Rap-Shirt-art "How to make a late 16c shirt with puncture resistant gussets for rapier combat" by Lady Alisandre de la Chapelle. Includes photos for each step.
- ATFRCGuide "An Tir Fiberglass Rapier Construction Guide" by Esteban el Barbarosa de Curvo del Rio.
- bucklers-msg Bucklers. (small shields) in period and SCA.
- Elizab-Rapier-art "The Rapier in Elizabethan Society - As seen through the works of William Shakespeare" by Lady Elysabeth Underhill.
- fencing-art Review of Edgar Castle's fencing books.
- fencing-msg SCA rapier combat.
- merch-rapier-msg Merchants who sell rapier and fencing gear.
- p-rapier-msg Period rapiers and tactics
- paintg-f-msks-msg Discussions on whether to paint designs on fencing masks for SCA rapier combat.
- Pnt-o-Measure-art "The Point of Measure - Using measure to defeat your opponent" by Lord Ian the Green.
- Ren-o-t-Sword-art "The Styles of Swordplay" by Lord Simon fitz Tomas.
- Rap-Cbt-S-Hst-art "Rapier Combat: A Social History" by Don Henry Fox.
- r-tourn-ideas-msg Rapier tournament ideas.
- Rapier-Armor-art "A Few Practical Notes on the Construction of Rapier Armour" by Mistress Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester, O.L.
- rapier-armor-msg Construction of armor for rapier combat..
- rapier-books-msg Period and modern books on rapier combat.
- Rapier-Fak-It-art "Fencing - How to fake it until you make it in 3 (not so) easy steps" by Amos Ironbeard.
- Silver-1-man "Paradoxes Of Defence". Period rapier manual.
- Silver-2-man "Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence". Period rapier manual.
- SPD-msg Silly Parrying Devices for SCA rapier.
- Square-Bucklr-art "To make a Square Target In the Style of Marozzo or DiGrassi" by Don Tivar Moodragon.
- Styles-Swrdpl-art "The Styles of Swordplay" by Lord Simon fitz Tomas.
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