Following Orders

[Femme Falchion]

Welcome to the forums Knight of Ibelin.  As I'm sure you already know, you are amongst the most knowledgeable of Brothers when it comes to learning the history, habits and dress of the knights of Christ. 

Please allow me to also congratulate you on the blessings of such a talented wife.   

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Awesome! Although the world would never frown upon another Brother of the Temple, might I suggest you have her do the surcoat of a Hospitaller since you're already half way there with the cape. Less work for you and closer to a completed look over all.

Had never thought of that before really...excellent idea!  Something else to consider now.  You are wise, Brother.

Please allow me to also congratulate you on the blessings of such a talented wife.   

Thank, dear Lady.  I know how lucky I am, especially since she shares the historical costuming passion.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Brother, do you have a faire that you claim as home? We would like to identify your Priory.
From there it's up to you to bolster the weak of heart and faith with your visually powerful and Divinely ordained Hospitaller appearance.

[Brother Gregory]

Welcome to the forums Knight of Ibelin or Theoden. I'm know as Brother Gregory a man of the cloth. I play a monk but have done tons of research on the Knights Templar.

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Brother, do you have a faire that you claim as home? We would like to identify your Priory.
From there it's up to you to bolster the weak of heart and faith with your visually powerful and Divinely ordained Hospitaller appearance.

That I do.  3 actually!  I am fortunate enough to have 2 local, and one I road trip to every year.  My two local faires are the Nebraska Ren Faire and the Midwest Ren Fest, both in Omaha.  The third is the Kansas City Ren Faire which I attend at least one weekend a year.

Welcome to the forums Knight of Ibelin or Theoden. I'm know as Brother Gregory a man of the cloth. I play a monk but have done tons of research on the Knights Templar.

Pax Vobiscum, Brother Gregory.  Thank you for the welcome.  I look forward to learning more from you all.

The KoH items arrived today.  So once I have a chance I can actually get a pic taken in full Divine Glory.

As always, Deus lo Vult!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Good news indeed!
I plan to update this with markers of the faires we "influence", but as you can see....we're branching out.......

[Femme Falchion]

Warrior Monk....I know it's difficult to admit just how "widespread" my influence has become but in addition to the 2 locations in NC, GA, OTHER will take VA this spring as well.   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Actually Sister, I have yet to do the influence markers. Yours is the large marker, with Lady ASHley as the smaller marker, just as Confrere Jesse has a smaller marker, along with a Teutonic icon for his fallen Brother. They will grow as they double their efforts.

As for your statement about Virginia, I like your thinking!

I have yet to include the former Sleepyarcher's (Lord Fondlebottom) location of MN/WI
Brother Gregory or Hospitaller, although one is in TX with Frere Mikael.

Theoden ranks a large icon because he will be our Hospitaller effort in Nebraska. Brother William sports two icons, with the larger being his primary focus (of this the Almighty has no doubt)

[Lady Christina de Pond]

ohhhh i got a green one cool

[Sir William Marcus]

Outstanding brother Theoden!  A man of his word, as I see one has acquainted himself...most excellent.

My apologizes for the delayed response as I offered protection (aka chaperon) for the K-1 children of Mt Comfort Elementary as they embarked on a journey to our Children's Museum today, which happens to be the largest museum of its kind in the country.  I had to be on me toes, with all senses and reflexes dialed in.  It was grueling at times but prevailed victorious in the "having a great time category!"

So now, one must please excuse me, as I go make oneself horizontal for a wee bit 

[Lady Christina de Pond]

resist the urge to be bad... I'm being very very good this year

[Sir William Marcus]

Another arrangement for fortress jukebox..



Music Of The Crusades
Geoffrey Shaw (Performer), Anonymous (Composer), French Anonymous (Composer), Manuscrit du Roi Anonymous (Composer), Chastelain de Couci (Composer), Conon de Bethune (Composer), Guiot de Dijon (Composer), Gaucelm Faidit (Composer), Marcabru (Composer), Richard I Coeur-de-lion (Composer), King of Navarre Thibault IV (Composer), Walther von der Vogelweide (Composer), Charles Brett (Performer), James Bowman (Performer), Early Music Consort of London (Performer), Christopher Hogwood (Performer), James Tyler (Performer), Christina Clarke (Performer), Nigel Rogers (Performer)

Marvelous recreations of music from the time of the crusades
By Lawrance M. Bernabo

Of the "Music of the Crusades" collected on this very interesting album, several actually deal with the Crusades. I am always on the look out for interesting bits of music and film that can be used in history classes to bring the period alive for students and this certainly qualifies. This album contains examples of different types of songs, sung mostly in French and Latin. The lyrics alone are fascinating ("The French are degenerate if they refuse to support God, for I have warned them") and one song, "Ja nus hons pris," is attributed to Richard the Lion-Heart. Teachers covering the Middle Ages can certainly find a song or two to share with their students that will give them a sense of the times.

The liner notes by James Tyler explain that of the sixty-odd manuscripts surviving of troubadour and trouvere poetry, only a small number contain musical notion. Similar to the notation of Gregorian chant, these early notations give the performer a series of pitches to be sung without any indication of specific rhythmic values. Consequently, modern musical theories are used to develop these songs, taking into account the instruments of the period (lute, bells, harp, tabor, etc.) that we know existed from contemporary pictorial and literary evidence. So, I have to think that music students will find this album of interest as well. Performed by the Early Music Consort of London, I can certainly appreciate the effort made to achieve authenticity. Of course, we can never know how accurate these recreations are, but I certainly do not consider that a problem. I have been listening to several similar albums of music from this period, and this is the best I have heard so fa

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Theoden ranks a large icon because he will be our Hospitaller effort in Nebraska.

I will strive in every effort to do us justice, dear Brothers.

[Sir William Marcus]

 Deus lo Vult!

[Lord Clisto of York]

Another arrangement for fortress jukebox..



Music Of The Crusades
Geoffrey Shaw (Performer), Anonymous (Composer), French Anonymous (Composer), Manuscrit du Roi Anonymous (Composer), Chastelain de Couci (Composer), Conon de Bethune (Composer), Guiot de Dijon (Composer), Gaucelm Faidit (Composer), Marcabru (Composer), Richard I Coeur-de-lion (Composer), King of Navarre Thibault IV (Composer), Walther von der Vogelweide (Composer), Charles Brett (Performer), James Bowman (Performer), Early Music Consort of London (Performer), Christopher Hogwood (Performer), James Tyler (Performer), Christina Clarke (Performer), Nigel Rogers (Performer)

Marvelous recreations of music from the time of the crusades
By Lawrance M. Bernabo

Of the "Music of the Crusades" collected on this very interesting album, several actually deal with the Crusades. I am always on the look out for interesting bits of music and film that can be used in history classes to bring the period alive for students and this certainly qualifies. This album contains examples of different types of songs, sung mostly in French and Latin. The lyrics alone are fascinating ("The French are degenerate if they refuse to support God, for I have warned them") and one song, "Ja nus hons pris," is attributed to Richard the Lion-Heart. Teachers covering the Middle Ages can certainly find a song or two to share with their students that will give them a sense of the times.

The liner notes by James Tyler explain that of the sixty-odd manuscripts surviving of troubadour and trouvere poetry, only a small number contain musical notion. Similar to the notation of Gregorian chant, these early notations give the performer a series of pitches to be sung without any indication of specific rhythmic values. Consequently, modern musical theories are used to develop these songs, taking into account the instruments of the period (lute, bells, harp, tabor, etc.) that we know existed from contemporary pictorial and literary evidence. So, I have to think that music students will find this album of interest as well. Performed by the Early Music Consort of London, I can certainly appreciate the effort made to achieve authenticity. Of course, we can never know how accurate these recreations are, but I certainly do not consider that a problem. I have been listening to several similar albums of music from this period, and this is the best I have heard so fa

I have this along with several others. I will try and get a pic of some of them for here. Very good stuff.