[Ansteorra] Fwd: [Elfsea] Pirates, and Parrots, and Cannon--O h My!

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

Morick Towain asked:
> Greetings. I'm fairly new to the SCA, and my curiousity has gotten the
> better of me, where might these Pirates be invading from, and
> where are they
> invading? My persona is a privateer, whom I'm trying to
> develop to the best
> of my knowledge of the time period.

Ah, "legalized" piracy.

You might find these files in the Florilegium useful to you.
pirates-msg       (35K)  5/31/01    Pirates throughout the Middle Ages.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CULTURES/pirates-msg.html

Francis-Drake-art (20K)  6/ 3/01    "Sir Francis Drake" by Lord Simon fitz
                                       Tomas.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PEOPLE/Francis-Drake-art.html

Since you are new to the Society, you might also want to go
to the top of the Florilegium using: http://www.florilegium.org

and check out some of the files in the NEWCOMERS or the
PERSONAS section.

I hope this helps.

THLord Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net