It’s finally time to register your class for the event!
We are very excited for this falls upcoming event, and welcome all sorts of topics for you to share. Weither it is in a workshop-form, lecture, Q & A, or whatever you think might inspire others. The same goes for the actual topics of course! Maybe you’ve been really into the making of fake beads lately, secret messages, dancing in 1479, or you wish to share your knowledge about tactics in the listfield… Well, don’t be a stranger, join the nerdsquad!
Link to the form for registration – Teaching at Drachenwald Kingdom University 2022.
Name of class: Secret messages in period times
Class description: Ever wondered how messages were encrypted and hidden in period times? It’s time to let the secrets of hidden knowledge be revealed! Learn how the military and secret agents of the time kept their information safe, and how they were cracked.
What to bring: A curious mind.
Held by: Jarl Æríkr inn Hárfagri
Name of class: The Viking Age Woman – Valkyries, politicians or oppressed housewives?
Class description: This will be a lecture from me about what we actually know about women’s position in life during Scandinavian late Iron Age. Where there Viking warrior women? How equal to the men where they?
What to bring: Bad humor and a healthy dose of disdain for The Patriarchy.
Held by: Countess Agnes Odygd
Name of class: Get started with a period instrument
Class description: Do you love early music, would love to play but don’t know where to start? In this class we will talk about what to consider before buying, talk about where you can buy period instruments as well as how you can find teaching materials and courses.
What to bring: Pen and paper for note taking.
Held by: Honorable Lady Anna de Byxe
Name of class: A period pilgrimage
Class description: In this class I will share stories of my experience walking the camino frances from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago in Spain. I will go through what 15th century clothing I had with me and how it worked while walking around 800 km. And lots of pictures of course!
What to bring: You!
Held by: Duchessa Isabetta del Verde
Name of class: Preparing for Pennsic 50 – Friday evening
Class description: A get together for everyone who is planing yo go or curious about going to pennsic 50 next summer. We will talk about practicals of travelling, living in the Drachenwald camp, what to eat and what to do. Lots of time to answer questions.
What to bring: You!
Held by: Isabetta del Verde and William of Richwood
Name of class: Reconstructing knotted hairnets
Class description: There are many fantastic extant silk hairnets from our period. But very little written information and that’s why I have used the last ten years to try to figure out how they were made. In this class I will present and share my findings in construction and technique. First, a look at my reconstructed hairnets, details and materials. Then a short introduction to basic netting and some advanced knotting according to the wishes of the class.
What to bring: Scissors, glasses if you wear them.
Held by: Wiljalempi Talventytär
Name of class: O Fortuna: The Times They Are A-Changin’
Class description: 395 – 568: Late Antiquity and the End of the Western Roman Empire. Let’s find out what happened during the last decades of the Western Roman Empire. You’ll learn about politics, migration, the “birth” of King Arthur, the Nibelungen and what connects all these things.
What to bring: Curiosity!
Held by: Anna Syveken
Name of class: The use of sprang in the 15th century
Class description: The use of sprang were common in the German speaking countries in the 15th century, yet we talk so little about it. So lets hear about how it was worn, how its beeing made and see the garments themselfs.
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Held by: Meisterinne Renike Tucher and The honourable lady Marlein Eberlin
Name of class: Social Graces in the Renaissance
Class description: Possessing the social skills and graces that marked you as a person of consequence was a necessity at any Renaissance court. This class discusses what such skills were but also how they helped people advance in life.
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Held by: Dame Celemon Gwynedd
Name of class: Iron age bronze spirals
Class description: Basic facts about finnish Iron age bronze decoration and an opportunity to make a small, blingy decoration.
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Held by: Donna Alienor de Florentia
Name of class: Popular dances in Drachenwald
Class description: Ready for some fun evening dancing at upcoming events? In this class I will teach some of the most popular dances that are usually danced at events. For example Petit vriens, petit rose, orange, Green gynger, different branles etc.
What to bring:
Held by: Elisabeth Nilsdotter
Name of class: Keeping it hot: Soapstone cooking vessels and other useful objects in the Viking Age
Class description: A survey of soapstone artefacts and a discussion of why this material was so popular for making a variety of different useful objects, ranging from cooking vessels to textile tools.
What to bring:
Held by: Kareina Talventytär
Name of class: Some Like it Hotter: a Survey of Forge Welding in the Viking Age
Class description: A survey of how/what/where/when/why forge welding was used in this time period.
What to bring: Leather gloves if you want to participate hands on.
Held by: Keldor
Name of class: Does your Head-Game Suck? 6 psychological tools to cut nerves, reduce tourney freak, build motivation, and enhance performance.
Class description: Very often we hear people say “my head wasn’t in it”. Whether it’s “Tourney-freak”, a bardic presentation, heralding, or holding back from an A&S display or class, fear often gets in the way.
This class will teach modern Performance Psychology skills to reduce bad feeling, increase ability to perform, and build motivation.
It will focus on spotting any negative state before performing and how to implement a set of 6 core psychological skills to deliver better results.
It will cover:
• Spotting and understanding any sabotaging reaction
• Reducing unhelpful emotions and reactions
• Changing into positive cognitive and emotional states
• Enhancing mind and body abilities to deliver higher performance results
• and how to build motivation into continual improvement.
The same skillsets are used daily with professional martial artists, members of national sporting teams, entrepreneurs and executives seeking peak performance, as well as performers in the arts and entertainment world. Here they will be tailored to the needs of our SCA community.
The teacher of the class specialises mundanely in human fear response systems and has clients from professional sports, national amateur teams, and performers who are in the top 10 in the world at what they do. With thousands of hours of experience in these skills and over 30 years SCA experience, this class is a rare crossing between mundane and SCA interest to deliver better results for those who wish for greater mastery of the mental game in SCA combat, performance, and competitions of any kind.
If your head-game has let you down in the past, this is where we change it!
What to bring:
Held by: Etienne Fevre
Name of class: Planning a scroll
Class description: Beginners guide to how to produce a scroll, including text, decorated letters, illumination, gilding, etc. Note that due to difficulties of transporting materials, this will be about the theory of what to do, and will not include hands-on activity.
What to bring: Enthusiasm
Held by: The Honourable Lord Richard of Salesberie
Name of class: What’s that on her head? An introduction to early 16th century womens headware in England
Class description: Hedadwear is often the thing that defines fashion in a region and during this class we will discuss the different parts the makes up different types of headware in England in the early 16th century.
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Held by: Mistress Ragnell Caxtone
Name of class: Make that Scroll Sparkle – Easy Gold Leaf
Class description: Gold leaf adds that extra sparkle to a scroll and doen’t need to be scary. We will talk about the various kinds of gilding and do some hands-on practise with gold leaf. You get to take some glue home with you.
What to bring: fine brushes and scissors would be helpful, I’ll bring a few
Held by: Mistress Oriane d’Avallon
Name of class: Scrolls – get the Look Right
Class description: Most of our award scrolls are based on medieval books. In this class we will talk about lots of tips and tricks to get the look of pages of medieval books, from preparing your writing materials and tools to the finishing touches.
What to bring: something to take notes?
Held by: Mistress Oriane d’Avallon
Name of class: Down the Rabbit Hole: Trichinopoly!?
Class description: Trichinopoly is NOT Viking Knit, though the chains made in this technique look similar. I’d like to share my trip down this rabbit hole and the few extant pieces of knitted tubes and the mystery of the 14th century belt.
What to bring:
Held by: Mistress Oriane d’Avallon
Name of class: Tablet Woven Brocade in the 12-16th centuries
Class description: We’ll look at the usage, trends, and making of brocade card or tablet woven bands in the 12th-16th centuries in Europe. Depending on time/interest we can expand into other techniques as well.
What to bring: If you want to participate in a workshop after the lecture then a loom and cards if you have them
Held by: Maestra Ellisif Gydasdottir
Name of class: Introductory workshop – reading period music notation
Class description: Where did C go? Are we going up or down? Wait, is this a note at all? Let’s sit down together and have a look at period sheet music and what it tells us.
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Held by: Kaarina Eerikintytär