Tent of Sir Geoffroy

The tent in gules and sable (red and black, the colours of my coat of arms) at Warkworth Castle in April 2017.

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David Tétard

David Tétard

A few pictures of my weapon rack in front of the tent:

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David Tétard

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Known Issues
  • Tent numbers for the knight

    An interesting article (in French) from Fief et Chevalerie on the tents that a knight would have when traveling can be found here and an English translation can be downloaded here. It would appear a knight would need at least four tents. For cost, logistics (transportation), storage and setup reasons, I can only have one tents that acts as sleeping tent and guarde-robe (French origin of the word).

  • Weapon Rack

    No evidence for the existence of weapon racks could be found in medieval illustrations. The logical conclusion is that they did not exist and this is a re-enactorism. Thinking about the matter makes this observation quite obvious. The medieval knights would not need to display their weapons to passers-by (servants, other knights, etc.). On the contrary, re-enactors need to show their weapons to the paying public as the show and tell (educational) aspect of our shows is important. To hsow that the tent belongs to a traveling knight going to a knights' tournament, it was decided that a weapon rack would be added to the display even if it's not historically accurate.

  • Awning

    No evidence could be found of the existence of awning in pavilion tents in the middle-ages. A few period illustrations showing tents were collected in a Pinterest folder and none seem to show any awning (see here). The awning allow the surface area of the coverage to be extended to store the weapon rack in case of bad weather and it allows the kit to be spread before being kitted up or dry without compromising "in-door" surface.

Dawn of Chivalry Camp at Various Events

Camp at Richmond Castle in 2016 for a Knights' Tournament. The white tents on the right are from the Knights Hospitallers. Ours are on the left up to and including the blue and white large burgundian tent (our armoury).

Camp at Beeston Castle in July 2016:

Camp at Warkworth Castle in May 2017:

Future Improvements

Make the inside of the tent fully historically authentic with the addition of an authentic bed and the use of wooden chests and boxes to hide the necessary modern equipment.

Authentic bed:

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