A 13th c. Northumbrian lady
This is an older piece of persona research dating from 2008. What is your name and how did you get it? My name is Caitlin Christiana Wintour, born in the village of Sharperton in northern England. My mother had thought to be a nun when she was young. She married my father instead but sought… Continue Reading Background
I wrote this fictional journal piece for Caid Pentathlon 2007. It is a series of letters, accounts, and journal entries that follow an Elizabethan gentlewoman’s life for about 3 years. Its “plot” centers around both her daily life and the religious struggles of the day. You can read it here.
A famous treatise on early medieval French costuming is now webbed thanks to the indefatigable efforts of a group of SCA’ers. The book — or rather the doctoral dissertation — is Women’s Costume in French Texts of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. It has been out of print and copyright for some time and nearly… Continue Reading Classic Medieval French Costuming Text
This is my “Dramatic Storyteller in the SCA” class handout.
With thanks to photographer Allan Barton of Medieval Ecclesiastical Art, here is a lovely 11th century sculpture of Madonna and Child.