[Regia-NA] Hello

[Hrolf Douglasson]

the dressing and feeding sounds like my job too...group mother to the orkney
lads
vara
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Rice" <vmaa2 at cox.net>
To: "'list-Regia-NA'" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Hello


> Thank You, Hrolf- that was very, very helpful!
>
> FWIW, we've set our camp to be between 1000 and 1025, roughly. We could
> tweak that if necessary, but that's our base plan. I'm glad that you
> guys are here to ask manly-man questions of, since I'm about clueless
> when it comes to who-killed-who and all that. ;-)
> I can dress them and feed them, though!
>
> ::Linda::
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Hrolf Douglasson
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:08 PM
> To: list-Regia-NA
> Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Hello
>
> Here I am, home again :-)
> Huscarls? Hmm. Sigurd? Which one? If you accept that a Huscarl (ie,
> retainer
> to a member of the nobility, heavily armoured, carries a gurt big axe)
> is a
> fairly late period invention, then if you're talking Sigurd Eystiensson,
> he
> fought with Harald Finehair, so he's waaay too early. Sigurd the Stout
> (Hlodvisson) gets killed at Clontarf in 1014, so he's heading into the
> right
> sort of time, but it would be questionable, in my mind, whether Orkney
> would
> support such a new idea in any great numbers at that time- there's no
> iron
> in Orkney's soil (only archaeology, ha ha), and practically everything-
> even
> timber- had to be imported. So equipping a Huscarl unit would be an
> expensive proposition, and in these early days, I reckon it would only
> be
> kings or their equivalents who could afford it. <snip>
> To my knowledge, there have been no finds of armour in Orkney- only the
> usual spread of grave- goods weaponry. The Scar sword is rather nice,
> though
> :-)
> Hope this helps clarify things- but remember, it's only my opinion! Feel
> free to ignore it all and mail out all you want :-)))
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Hrolf (Orkney)
>
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