[MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500

[M'lady Foxy]

I was thinking same .. imagine to the higher the rank/family name the beter the spoils as they would say.I so hope tha one day this show may come to dc...would be amazing to see in person would love to exam the engraving


--- On Sun, 4/26/09, Glynis Gwynedd <ylandra at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Glynis Gwynedd <ylandra at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500
To: "M'lady Foxy" <angellfoxx at yahoo.com>
Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 6:54 AM

But wouldn't they have been housed in the palaces and manors? They'd get the first choice of the harvest and hunt, so they'd be less likely to become too thin from not having enough food. Not to mention that once you've put that muscle on it tends to stay there - if you're perfectly fit you don't tend to get thinner. And if your armor was too big, you could maybe put padding on it, or wear more layers?


Mind you, all this is conjecture, but it makes sense.

~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
Barony of Highland Foorde
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"To this end should a truly chivalrous man know something of arts and courtesies as befits the quality of his character, else the world shall think him nothing but a knuckle-dragging troglodyte in vambraces." -Lady Swannoc




On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:50 AM, M'lady Foxy <angellfoxx at yahoo.com> wrote:

that also brings up question of amour being to big .. ie in times where crops were bad or meat not plentiful .. with exercise  and lack of some items in diet they would drop pounds I'd think ....then be in need of smaller armour.I'm also thinking that there would of been some recycling of armour either from fallen knights or in times of battle.The horse armour pictured is amazing btw..




--- On Sun, 4/26/09, Glynis Gwynedd <ylandra at gmail.com> wrote:



From: Glynis Gwynedd <ylandra at gmail.com>

Subject: Re: [MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500

To: "M'lady Foxy" <angellfoxx at yahoo.com>

Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 6:45 AM



Easy. They didn't have high fructose corn syrup or the excess of gluttony that we have in this day and age. The obesity epidemic didn't really start until the last century.



For exercise - they'd have practiced. Much like our fighters do. Only they did it every day, most of the day.





I have no documentation to support my claim other than what I've read - but I couldn't tell you where I read it, so take it for what it's worth.



~Lady Glynis Gwynedd

Barony of Highland Foorde



"Have you hugged a harp today?"

--

"To this end should a truly chivalrous man know something of arts and courtesies as befits the quality of his character, else the world shall think him nothing but a knuckle-dragging troglodyte in vambraces." -Lady Swannoc










On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:38 AM, M'lady Foxy <angellfoxx at yahoo.com> wrote:



wow reading first acticle it kind of makes you wonder if you average low rank knight exercised much like we do.With armour being expensive you would need a way to stay fit.. be inreasting o find document of *period* exercise...










--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Roy B. Scherer <rscherer at infionline.net> wrote:







From: Roy B. Scherer <rscherer at infionline.net>



Subject: [MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500



To: "The Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, SCA-atlantia-marinus at yahoogroups.com



Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:48 AM







Greetings all within the Tavern -



        I found these articles and pictures on the armour (and amours) of Henry VIII to be



very interesting.  You may agree.  (It's his 500th anniversary.)  Online at



<http://tinyurl.com/cwr2rq> and <http://tinyurl.com/cyudgb>.



        For many other links to His Majesty, and discussion, you may look, if you wish,



where I first found these, at



<http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514730>.



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