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Eadwynne, son of Eadward, son of Eadgar, was a Saxon born in Northumbria c. 1050. His father was a huscarl who fell at the Battle of Hastings. Eadwynne inherited his father's rank of Thegn and fought against the Normans in York which fell to the Normans in 1068. He joined with other Northmen and the Danes to briefly reclaim York which fell yet again. He went into exile during the "harrowing of the North" by William the Conqueror. He settled for a time in Norman Apulia, but then went East to Ionia and then to Micklegarth [Constantinople] where he joined the Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων (Varangian Guard) for the Byzantine Emperor, Nikephoros III Botaneiates. He fought with the Byzantines against the incursions of the Seljuk Turks, and then in Sicily against the hated Normans. He fell wounded in battle in Sicily and died shortly thereafter.
Eadwynne, son of Eadward, son of Eadgar, was a Saxon born in Northumbria c. 1050. His father was a huscarl who fell at the Battle of Hastings. Eadwynne inherited his father's rank of Thegn and fought against the Normans in York which fell to the Normans in 1068. He joined with other Northmen and the Danes to briefly reclaim York which fell yet again. He went into exile during the "harrowing of the North" by William the Conqueror. He settled for a time in Norman Apulia, but then went East to Ionia and then to Micklegarth [Constantinople] where he joined the Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων (Varangian Guard) for the Byzantine Emperor, Nikephoros III Botaneiates. He fought with the Byzantines against the incursions of the Seljuk Turks, and then in Sicily against the hated Normans. He fell wounded in battle in Sicily and died shortly thereafter.


Eadwynne's original interest in the SCA was hitting people with sticks. He developed other skills including Blacksmithing/leather work/armoring; ceramics; calligraphy and illumination; singing and storytelling; and brewing. His alternate (monkish) persona was Abbot Costello, which he quietly set aside.
Eadwynne's original interest in the SCA was hitting people with sticks. He developed other skills including Blacksmithing/leather work/armoring; ceramics; calligraphy and illumination; singing and storytelling; and brewing. He had a special interests in Period religious beliefs and practices. His alternate (monkish) persona was Abbot Costello, which he quietly set aside.


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Eadwynne of Runedun
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Preferred title: Not specified
Their Pronouns: Not specified
Resides: Dreiburgen
Status: Active Locally
Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
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Or, a chevron inverted cotised gules, in chief a dragon passant sable. I entered an art contest when I was really new and Lorissa du Griffin was Princess of the Principality of CAID. She was the judge and I won. I drew this dragon. I figured it was a sign and made it my arms. Alison was consulting herald. ~Eadwynne
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memento misericordiae (remember kindness).

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"I say, without irony or criticism, that the SCA is by definition a most Quixotic organization."

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Eadwynne, son of Eadward, son of Eadgar, was a Saxon born in Northumbria c. 1050. His father was a huscarl who fell at the Battle of Hastings. Eadwynne inherited his father's rank of Thegn and fought against the Normans in York which fell to the Normans in 1068. He joined with other Northmen and the Danes to briefly reclaim York which fell yet again. He went into exile during the "harrowing of the North" by William the Conqueror. He settled for a time in Norman Apulia, but then went East to Ionia and then to Micklegarth [Constantinople] where he joined the Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων (Varangian Guard) for the Byzantine Emperor, Nikephoros III Botaneiates. He fought with the Byzantines against the incursions of the Seljuk Turks, and then in Sicily against the hated Normans. He fell wounded in battle in Sicily and died shortly thereafter.

Eadwynne's original interest in the SCA was hitting people with sticks. He developed other skills including Blacksmithing/leather work/armoring; ceramics; calligraphy and illumination; singing and storytelling; and brewing. He had a special interests in Period religious beliefs and practices. His alternate (monkish) persona was Abbot Costello, which he quietly set aside.

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As I write this, the SCA seems to be re-writing itself, so I wanted to say a little something about what we were when I joined. We were considered, by ourselves and the outside world, as a kind of "counter-culture." We were eccentric. And we attracted a lot of people that the outside world would have definitely called, "fringe." I think the SCA would distance itself from some of those people today, and others would now be totally accepted by our prevalent culture. Culture changes. But the biggest takeaway from "who we were" is that these vastly different types of people came together as a society and dealt chivalrously with one another despite huge philosophical, political and cultural differences, and differences of out-side world social class. In a word, we were egalitarian and believed in an (admittedly flawed) awarded meritocracy. The "60s" ideal of who we were at the time was summed up as, The Society for Creative Anachronism is a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to the re-creation of the middle ages, not as it was but as it should have been. The idea was that people would take on a medieval(ish) persona, and, instead of killing each other, they would share their cultures, understand each others' cultures, and make a better one. Just for the record, we did host people who had real-world Royalist, Republican, Christian, Wiccan etc., etc. views. It didn't matter because the people were accepting of the differences and talked respectfully even when those views were in direct conflict. As a young man, I found this intellectually and culturally stimulating. I still do.

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How I Found the SCA (or the SCA Found Me)#Eadwynne of Runedun

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