Armour Advice for the Apprentice


 

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Instructions:

Print this page out and then cut off one advice item at a time to give to each team of apprentices when they come to you during the designated week for pieces of advice for the apprentice. REMEMBER: Only hand out each advice item once.
 

 Armour Advice: Book
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Design Your Own Coat of Arms: An Introduction to Heraldry.

References:

Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Design Your Own Coat of Arms : An Introduction to Heraldry. Dover Publications, New York, 1987.


 Armour Advice: Website with Graphics

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at

gopher://unix5.nysed.gov/11/K-12%20Resources/Social%20Studies/Global%20Studies/The%20Armory
It is called
Armor Gopher and it containeth many images of armor and weapons.


 Armour Advice: Website
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at http://darkstar.swsc.k12.ar.us/~davidc/glossary.html called Glossary of Armour Terms. It containeth definitions of armour terms thy will need to knoweth.


 Armour Advice: Website with Graphics

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at

gopher://unix5.nysed.gov/11/K-12%20Resources/Social%20Studies/Global%20Studies/The%20Armory
It is called
Armor Gopher and it containeth many images of armor and weapons.


 Armour Advice: Email Address
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is another master from far away. Remind me before thou goest to giveth thee his address.


 Armour Advice: Directions on How to Make Chain Mail
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website entitled: The Apprentice Armorer's Illustrated Handbook for Making Mail.


 Armour Advice: Book

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: The Soldier Through the Ages: The Medieval Knight

This resource develops the privileges (and dangers) of knighthood from the concept's beginnings in the 12th century to what eventually caused the demise of it all. Excellent illustrations of equipment.

References:

Windrow, Martin and Richard Hook (illustrator). The Soldier Through the Ages:
The Medieval Knight
. Franklin Watts. London, 1985.


 Armour Advice: Book

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Knight

Outstanding collection of photographs and text on knights, equipment, methods of
warfare and siege; chivalry, the feudal system, and heraldry; how and why the concept of knights, knighthood, and chivalry declined. Excellent informative notations with photos.

References:

Gravett, Christopher and Geoff Dann (photographer). Knight . Alfred A. Knopf.
New York, 1993.


 Armour Advice: CD-ROM Game

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a CD-ROM game entitled: Castle Explorer

A medieval learning adventure featuring the acclaimed illustrations of Stephen Biesty. What was it like to live, work, eat, sleep, fight, and play in the mighty feudal fortresses that loomed over the landscape of 14th century Europe? Find out by completing a dangerous secret mission inside the stone walls of Baron Mortimer's castle. 10 scrolling panoramas, 4 fully rendered 3D environments, 5 full-motion-video live-action characters, 30,000 words of text, more than 3 hours of audio, and more than 80 3D objects. A true "trip"!

References:

Biesty, Stephen. Castle Explorer. Dorling Kindersley, New York, N.Y. 1996
0-7894-0891-0 CD-ROM


 Armour Advice: Book

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a CD-ROM game entitled: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections: Castle.

If you haven't read any of Biesty's non-fiction books that detail historical structures of particular time periods, you must! In Castle "Biesty's amazingly detailed artworks reveal every nook and cranny of the castle, from the turrets where banners flap in the breeze and men shout orders, to the dank dungeons where forgotten prisoners rot away, and from the manorial court where harsh local justice is meted out, to the huge kitchen where whole animals roast on spits. You'll meet an extraordinary array of characters . . . Richard Platt's accompanying text is crammed with amazing facts and stories and provides a wealth of detail about life in a medieval castle."

References:

Biesty, Stephen. Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections: Castle. New York, New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1994. ISBN 1-56458-467-4