This past weekend mia_mcdavid and I were part of colgaffneyis group at the Scottish Ramble, held at the Landmark Center in St. Paul.
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I had a delightful and informative e-mail discussion with smuzikant, mia_mcdavid, and S from colgaffneyis over lunch hour today and trailing off into the afternoon. We talked about how 17th century Scottish Highlanders would have reacted when sent into war on the European continent, and about cost, skill, and labor in making clothes in the era. This may seem utterly trivial, ( Read more... )

See Princely Splendour: The Dresden Court 1580~1620. Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and see


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From 400-year-old Scots ready to reveal their battle secrets:
"A MASS grave of soldiers, including Scots, slaughtered during Europe's bloody Thirty Years War is yielding up valuable information on how they had lived."

Via Archaeology in Europe.

I have been reading Confederate Catholics at War: 1641-49, by Pádraig Lenihan. It is about the Irish part of the British Civil Wars. Quite a number of interesting points.( Read more... )

This was the weekend of what colgaffneyis calls "Muster"--a reenactment training event for members. It was held on a lovely farm site just south of Mankato.

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