I’m looking for the middle of the period around 1200-1400, how the supply chains worked, transportation, currency exchange and such.
Id like to make different clothing of 100% wool, including a viking style wool tunic (knee length), pants, gloves, hood etc. I will using these out in the wilderness for camping and want them to be practical against the elements (not just for show).
What fabric weight would be suitable for such garments? Sites such as fabrics.com have "Medium Weight (7.8 oz/yd²)" as one of their thickest, and others thinner. Would this weight suitable for clothing or is it too thin? If not, what weight would be better suited and where is the best source online?
I can only find tweeds and tartan, no plain fabric!
I found the desert colony a pain because of how much dyed wool and string it needed. Lots of dyed wool was eventually easy to get with a high level shepherd, but the string was always tricker (so many floating carpets).
Does medieval spruce require any odd materials? Can they be automated outside of the colony (like redstone or other passive farms)?
Similar to how Er Navir and the ogres can change with event the trade good with a random pick. Like e.g. if you would be a nation allied to mithril dwarves for a long period you could have the chance to spawn mithril in a province of your own, depicting trade relations like in "silk road".
Hi, fellow worldbuilders!
In my world, a medieval fantasy setting, there are elves, although they're not immortal, but live several centuries, the average lifespan being 500 years. This means that they have plenty of time to hone their skills and become complete masters in one or several fields. This is actually one of the things that really sets them appart in my world: elves might be stubborn and terrible at adapting changes, but they are extremely skilled in whichever field they chose to specialize.
Now, the majority of my world is populated by humans, even though there are some elven-controlled and dwarven-controlled countries. But there are several "human countries" where you can find important elven communities. And it is inevitable that some of these elves will work as artisans, using their superior skills to craft high quality items.
The problem though is that, the presence of such high-skilled artisans, who can craft, with the same amount of time and material, superior quality of products, is a threat to the activity of human artisans, who don't have the luxury of having several centuries to perfect their skills like elves do. I can easily imagine that without any form of control, the elven artisans could take over the craft market of a city.
Of course, in an elven society, this wouldn't be a problem. But in a human society, I can totally imagine that some kind of policies would be implemented to control and limit the activity of elven artisans.
However, I'm not really super familiar with trade regulation policies, guilds, and stuff like that, especially in a medieval environment.
So, what kind of policies would be likely to be implemented? Who would implement such policies? How would the relationship between human and elven artisans work? Other relevant tips?
Do you have some examples of this kind of things in your own world? :)
Basically, how did people track trade and commerce before the Venetians came up with double entry accounting
We have the image of the walled town on a river, surrounded by wheat fields. And no doubt grains were the workhorse of everyone’s diet but how self sufficient and “sustainable” were these towns fed by their surrounding farmlands for a balanced diet? Or was vitamin deficiency a problem for a mostly grain diet?
I’m thinking about the High-Late medieval timeline.
I've been planning to make (or order, since making a set of hose is probably well beyond my skill level) a pair of footed joint hosen, from the 15th century or so. I'm wondering what the best wool to use would be.
I'm in Texas, and during event season it can get up to the upper 80s or even 90s (26-32c). My current hose are a fairly thick, coarse wool and get a little warm.
What I'm looking for is a fairly light weight (or medium weight) wool that is relatively soft and smooth, and somewhat stretchy so it stays tight (I've read that cutting/sewing them on the bias increases stretchiness, but I'm below an amateur so I have no idea).
Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
Post Norman Conquest to the reign of Henry VII. Alas, the poll only allows six options and there are others that I think should be on here, namely: Henry VII and perhaps Edward IV. If you would choose either of those, or another, say so in the comments and he or she will be noted.
Anglo-Saxon, Renaissance, and Early Modern polls to follow soon, culminating in a grand poll for the champion’s crown…
working on a cover of this 90s classic, who wants to help with lyrics?! :)
https://clockify.me/working-hours
Above are my references on how I got these numbers.
Medieval peasants were able to survive off only 1200 hours a year with inferior technology and yet the modern American peasant needs to work 1757 hours a year to survive even after 3 industrial revolutions, the invention of mass production, the internet, robotics, the assembly line, mechanization, standardized parts, plastics...
Maybe we're not just being lazy and instead, the rich in this country have grown too greedy and all of those extra hours and increases in technological productivity were spent subsidizing another person's extravagant lifestyle?
So yes, please go work more than 40 hours a week. Do your part so that Mr. Musk can get that new Lambo to add into his collection. Do your part to fuel the creeping moral and ethical rot thats destroying this country and the world from the inside out.
It’s time for all of us to become part of the solution. To realize that the only people we have to help us is ourselves, that power is bought and paid for by the rich and that change will only come from the bottom up rather than the top down.
It is time to finally say… NO!
Interested in hearing more about fur trappers and hunters in medieval Europe up to 1600s. I haven’t been able to find much online about it.
We’re there fur trappers in medieval England and France like there was in North America in the 1600-1800s?
I’ve seen that there were trappers in Russia and Siberia. And that Europeans would trade for furs. But what about folks actually making a living as fur trappers during this time?
Did they actually use traps or more bows and muskets? Was the primary quarry sable, hares, and harts? Or were there others?
We’re the primary buyers tailors or royalty?
I really want to learn more about this. Stuff like the city states of Venice, Genoa, Geneva, etc. I want to learn about their naval ventures and their impact in crusades even.
But most especially I really want to learn about them during the Renaissance and Italian Wars. I know virtually nothing about either topic but they sound extremely interesting.
These wars raged on for seemingly have a century and had tons of warfare and players from Scotland to the HRE to Spain. It seemed to dominate European wars for ages, and yet I hardly ever hear anything about it and don’t know anything about it either.
Thoughts?
Obviously, that wouldn't completely alleviate the demand for the quantity of black cloth demanded; but I'm curious about black sheep wool use in places like monasteries that were nominally supposed to be self sufficient.
Platform: PC
Genre: Puzzle (maybe RPG?)
Estimated year of release: 2000~ish
Graphics: 2d top down view, pixel art
Notable characters: the protagonist was red haired? The last boss’ sprite kinda looked like Golbez from ff4?
Notable gameplay mechanics: It’s a game (almost sure it was japanese in origin, but the text was in english) where you scale the floors of a “dark lord”’s tower as a medieval hero (red headed if I’m not mistaken), the mechanics are puzzle like: you can walk in 4 directions and decide how to move through each floor. You interact with static things (pick up items, fight enemies, open chests) by walking up to their spot, and you have to calculate if you’ll be able to defeat an enemy before engaging it, since the battle is automatic (taking into account your HP, damage, shields and the enemies’)
Other details: it came in a brazilian PC magazine which had a CD with hundreds of free games in it. I’m almost sure you began with good equipment, but then you were humiliated by the last boss and sent into the bottom of the tower, and had to climb while leveling up and getting items (you probably could move between floors and return to where you had been)
I'm planning to make a Bocksten Man style cloak in the next few weeks, and was hoping for some advice on wool weave.
I made a preliminary attempt late last year using linen, to make sure I had the steps figured out. It turned out rather nice, but had the unsurprising problem of not staying put at all, given how smooth linen. When I threw it over my shoulder, it would just slide back down as I moved. Worse still, even if I didn't throw it over my shoulder, it would eventually work its way forward and hanging from the back of my neck, rather than my shoulders, or hanging from my throat if I kept throwing it over my shoulder and it slid backwards.
I'm hoping this second attempt, with wool, will avoid those issues, but I want to make sure I don't get a wool that's too smooth. Ideally, I'd like something of a medium weight (I'll be wearing it in spring and fall in the southern US) that is coarse enough to grip a bit to materials its laying on. Does anyone have any idea what the best wool for this might be?
Thanks very much in advance.
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Id like to make different clothing of 100% wool, including a viking style wool tunic (knee length), pants, gloves, hood etc. I will using these out in the wilderness for camping and want them to be practical against the elements (not just for show).
What fabric weight would be suitable for such garments? Sites such as fabrics.com have "Medium Weight (7.8 oz/yd²)" as one of their thickest, and others thinner. Would this weight suitable for clothing or is it too thin? If not, what weight would be better suited and where is the best source online?
Interested in hearing more about fur trappers and hunters in medieval Europe up to 1600s. I haven’t been able to find much online about it.
We’re there fur trappers in medieval England and France like there was in North America in the 1600-1800s?
I’ve seen that there were trappers in Russia and Siberia. And that Europeans would trade for furs. But what about folks actually making a living as fur trappers during this time?
Did they actually use traps or more bows and muskets? Was the primary quarry sable, hares, and harts? Or were there others?
We’re the primary buyers tailors or royalty?
