[Sca-cooks] quarterstaffs
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Jun 3 22:54:44 PDT 2005
Bear commented:
> > IIRC the Brits, during their foray into Ireland, criminalized the
> carrying
> > of staffs over a certain thickness and length. Anyone recall the
> > particulars?
> >
> > Daniel
>
> I don't recall seeing this but I can believe it. There is a tale
> about a
> French general who declared a company of Irishmen with shillelaghs to
> be
> against the rules of civilized warfare. And in the late 13th Century,
> the
> Lincolnshire court records showed that the most common implement of
> unlawful
> death was the quarterstaff.
Yes. I believe I've got somewhere comments that a good quarterstaff man
was the equal of a good swordsman in period. Use of the quarterstaff
was banned early on in SCA combat for safety reasons.
I thought a "shillelagh" was a sword. It is a staff?
For those interested in some more details:
quarterstaff-msg (18K) 1/ 7/00 Quarterstaffs and why they're not used
in
the SCA.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT/quarterstaff-msg.html
Stefan
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