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

[sorren23 at nc.rr.com]

you are making these knights sound very hot!  No wonder the ladies wanted to 
give them colored ribbons and such.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glynis Gwynedd" <ylandra at gmail.com>
To: "M'lady Foxy" <angellfoxx at yahoo.com>
Cc: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500


> 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
> "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 8:50 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>.
>>
>> -- YIS,
>>
>> -- Britton
>>
>>
>>
>> end
>>
>>
>>
>>                 - - Roy B. Scherer
>>
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