Welcome to my Arts and Sciences blog! This where I intend to post all of my A&S projects ranging from persona development to sculpting to embroidery...in short, wherever the journey takes me. This will be a receptacle for keeping track of class notes, bibliographies, inspirations and all of my works in progress. It is meant to be a companion to my website, which you will find at The Imaginarium.
Suggestions, constructive criticism and questions are always welcome.
So to start, my major interest in the SCA Arts and Sciences is persona development. I am currently on my third persona, after who this blog is named. Philippe de St-Denis is a lawyer practicing civil and criminal law in English-occupied Paris in 1431. He lives in the Latin Quarter with his sister, Jehannette de Brie, who manages his household and supervises the servant girl, Collette, to ensure she doesn't get up to any funny business with the two young boarders attending the University of Paris. Being a staunch monarchist and Armagnac, Philippe has seen a slight decline in his law practice, so it is a good thing that he owns another rental property and a vineyard on the city's outskirts. Philippe was fortunate enough to witness several key events in the career of Joan of Arc, notably, her examination before the Dauphin's counselors in Chinon, her unsuccessful (if gallant!) attempt to rescue Paris, and her trial in Rouen.
Adopting this persona has permitted me the opportunity to explore my life-long interest in the life of Joan of Arc, as well as medieval law, especially as it concerned marginalized populations in medieval society, such as the poor, the crippled, prostitutes, the mentally ill, vagrants, and habitual criminals.
As Philippe is a keen player of games, I am also delving into the subject of medieval board games, especially backgammon. And while I do not sew myself, I am conversant with the clothing of the period and am currently tracking down images and information on what Philippe would have worn to court. The law courts, that is, as he did not have access to the Dauphin's court.
In short, the beauty of persona development is that it offers practitioners of same the opportunity to explore many, many aspects of medieval life. In addition to what he wore and what he did for a living, I can (and will!) explore what Philippe ate and drank, what songs he sang, how he told time, what his house looked liked, how the Hundred Years War affected his everyday life, what languages he spoke, what he thought of other countries. All this and more.
And with all that study necessarily comes a certain amount of material culture that has to be created. It is my hope to make a 15th century tables (backgammon) board, complete with tablemen and bone dice in time for Kingdom A&S next spring. I have never done woodworking before, however, let alone medieval woodworking, and am concerned that I have bitten off more than I can reasonably chew!
I will post updates on this once I get beyond the research stage to beginning the actual work.
As mentioned above, comments and questions are always welcome, and I hope to hear from many of you soon!
Philippe
Suggestions, constructive criticism and questions are always welcome.
So to start, my major interest in the SCA Arts and Sciences is persona development. I am currently on my third persona, after who this blog is named. Philippe de St-Denis is a lawyer practicing civil and criminal law in English-occupied Paris in 1431. He lives in the Latin Quarter with his sister, Jehannette de Brie, who manages his household and supervises the servant girl, Collette, to ensure she doesn't get up to any funny business with the two young boarders attending the University of Paris. Being a staunch monarchist and Armagnac, Philippe has seen a slight decline in his law practice, so it is a good thing that he owns another rental property and a vineyard on the city's outskirts. Philippe was fortunate enough to witness several key events in the career of Joan of Arc, notably, her examination before the Dauphin's counselors in Chinon, her unsuccessful (if gallant!) attempt to rescue Paris, and her trial in Rouen.
Adopting this persona has permitted me the opportunity to explore my life-long interest in the life of Joan of Arc, as well as medieval law, especially as it concerned marginalized populations in medieval society, such as the poor, the crippled, prostitutes, the mentally ill, vagrants, and habitual criminals.
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| Philippe de St-Denis |
In short, the beauty of persona development is that it offers practitioners of same the opportunity to explore many, many aspects of medieval life. In addition to what he wore and what he did for a living, I can (and will!) explore what Philippe ate and drank, what songs he sang, how he told time, what his house looked liked, how the Hundred Years War affected his everyday life, what languages he spoke, what he thought of other countries. All this and more.
And with all that study necessarily comes a certain amount of material culture that has to be created. It is my hope to make a 15th century tables (backgammon) board, complete with tablemen and bone dice in time for Kingdom A&S next spring. I have never done woodworking before, however, let alone medieval woodworking, and am concerned that I have bitten off more than I can reasonably chew!
I will post updates on this once I get beyond the research stage to beginning the actual work.
As mentioned above, comments and questions are always welcome, and I hope to hear from many of you soon!
Philippe
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