Things to do today...not use the arm..seriuosly.

So, I made it through a day of work...it was hard as my mind kept wandering and tasks seemed to flow around in a maze on my screen...but I got a couple of things done. After work I came home and snuggled up and got all of the pressure off of the arm. I slept for well over and hour and then woke up cold. Got some leftovers and then got the house finished being picked up. Mel was awesome had the house in good shape before I woke up. Thank you!

I knew I wouldn't be able to paint so I got the laptop out and worked on documentation for estrella. From yesterday's post I'm still looking for a a good general medieval history reference or rather a "life in the middle ages reference".

I have the following:
Life in Medieval Times by Marjorie Rowling
The Middle Ages (American Heritage Library)by Morris Bishop
Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages (Perennial Library)by Frances Gies
Making a living in the middle ages : the people of Britain 850-1520 by Christopher Dyer
Dawn of the Middle Ages by Michael Grant

Anybody got other suggestions??

Anybody own either of these? They both look like a good overview...
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes
The History of Medieval Europe (Penguin History) (Paperback) by Maurice Keen
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas) (Paperback)
by Colin McEvedy (Author), David Woodroffe (Illustrator)

btw, carloche do you have that book you mentioned? It got interesting reviews....

So, if today is the same as yesterday I will probably stay home from practice and heal in a warm(ish) house..I need to do some wash of fabric and attempt to get my studio cleaned up since it looks like it will be a sewing weekend with my arm not so good. Mel thinks that it will be at least a week before I can fight...not sure but its sure interesting colors.

The General History Book....and other updates

So,here is what I decided to put in my handout...(I'm putting average prices on things and I did put an alternate to Arms and Armour... since it is on average if you can find it about $90.

9. General Medieval History Book:
• George Holmes. The Oxford History of Medieval Europe. Oxford University Press, 2002. (≈$10-20)
• Morris Bishop. The Middle Ages Mariner Books, 2001 (≈$10-20)
• Maureen Keen. The History of Medieval Europe. Penguin, 1991. (≈$10-20)
• Colin McEvedy. The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition.Penguin,1992(≈$10-20)

Of, course, all of this searching made me realize that I needed to buy books...so I did. scribe_ari I got more on embroidery and specifically on goldwork...squee!

That just leaves one book left to put on the "general knowledge list" and I'm thinking that the Knowne World Handbook will probably be it. Its dated but it has such good information for lots of things. Anybody have any other suggestions?

I'm making myself move my arm...the swelling needs to go down...gah.