[Regia-NA] Fritton Dateline

[Hrolf Douglasson]

I ahve fine photos of a couple of regia members in full female viking
kit...unfortunatly the beards give away the fact that they are men:)
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tate William T Jr TSgt 352 OSS/SCSC" <william.tate@mildenhall.af.mil>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Fritton Dateline


> Sir, as ever, you are a font of knowledge.
>
> You never know, I might just appear in one...Dave Cartmel has been known
to
> wear one around the Lith wic.  The sarcastic part of me asks, if women can
> dress as men, why can't men dress as women?  :o)  But actually it is
because
> I am getting up kit for my daughter who will finally get to be attend a
> show.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> WILLIAM T. TATE, JR., TSgt, USAF
> Security Manager
> 352 OSS/SCSC
> DSN 238-4827 (non-secure)
> "France's position will change if Iraq uses chemical or biological
weapons."
> Jean-David Levitte, French ambassador.
> They'll drop their hands from overhead, fall to the ground and curl into a
> fetal position.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Etheridge [mailto:seibhyrt@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:15 AM
> To: list-regia-na@lig.net
> Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Fritton Dateline
>
>
> >From: Tate William>
> >Serious question: so are hangerocs out of fashion by this time? [1066]
> >
>
> Damn good question.  The received wisdom is yes, as the oval brooches that
> are used as indicators of them dry up in the archeological record.  They
are
>
> getting rarer at the start of Regia's period in Scandanavia, and were not
> common in Britain.  (IIRC there were only 3 found in England, one in a
male
> grave.  More in Scotland and Ireland, of course.)
>
> One problem with this is that the introduction of Christianity there is a
> drop in finds due to grave deposition.  Thus it is impossible to say
> definitly wether there was a change in style in womens clothing that came
in
>
> with new ideas for the continent.
>
> So all told, I would say no - that for Norfolk in 1066 there would have
been
>
> no hangerocks present.  The question is one of context - what would a
woman
> from Scandanavia have been doing in Norfolk in 1066?  I know that the area
> had strong ties to scandanavia, but I just don't think that such an
> old-fashioned garment would be in use.
>
> Why do you ask, Bill?  Are we going to see you in one ;-)
>
> Steve
>
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