[MR] History buff killed by lance as he re-enacts medieval joust for TV’s Time Team

[Jacqueline Lee]

There is something to be said for a country where the coroner actually realizes 
that a man was wearing the wrong style of helmet and holding his shield 
improperly.

Megara



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From: J. C. Smith Ispán <jsmithcsa at yahoo.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>; Adlersburg Federation List 
<Adlersburg at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 7:26:09 AM
Subject: [MR] History buff killed by lance as he re-enacts medieval joust for 
TV’s Time Team

This is what happens when you reenact without studying history:

"A HISTORY buff died after being speared as he re-enacted a joust for TV’s Time 
Team.
 
"Paul Allen, 54, was struck in the eye by a splinter of lance that pierced a 
slit in his helmet. An inquest heard yesterday that he was not holding his 
shield properly and his headgear was unsuitable for the C4 show’s stunt."

Read more: 
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/28/history-buff-killed-by-lance-as-he-re-enacts-medieval-joust-for-tv-s-time-team-115875-22880583/#ixzz1CKd3ZyBW 



Compare that with this story from history: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France#Death
 
Barcsi Janos
 
 
JEFFREY C. SMITH 
 
"Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are 
unauthoritative, void, and of no force."  --Thomas Jefferson
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