Brion Thornbird ap Rhys
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Count Brion Thornbird ap Rhys, KSCA, OL
He was elevated to the Order of the Laurel for Armoring on 11/22/1986 by TRM Edward and Ilaria. On September 6, 1987 by TRM Hanno and Cassaundra knighted him at Baja Wars 1987 in Calafia.
Persona
Offices & Positions
- Twenty-first King of Caid with Alysandra the Whyte Moor, 06/04/1988-11/19/1988
Event Staff
Projects & Publications
Principal, Thornbird Arms (1984-1993)
Co-founder, Schola Saint George (school of chivalric martial arts anchored on Fiore dei Liberi's Fior di Battaglia (branches across the U.S.)
Co-founder, Company of Saint George
Publisher, Chivalry Bookshelf (1996 - 2011)
Owner, Revival Enterprises, Ltd. (2001 - 2011)
Editor, Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry (1993-1998)
Monographs
Historical Forms of the Medieval Tournament, 1996
Introduction to Swordsmanship, 1997
Books
Book of the Tournament, Chivalry Bookshelf, 1996
Two chapters: Facets of Knighthood, 1998
Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction, Paladin Press, 1999
Ramon Lull's Book of Knighthood & Chivalry, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2003
Editor: Teaching & Interpreting Historical Swordsmanship, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2004
Contributor: Teaching & Interpreting Historical Swordsmanship, 2004
Sword in Two Hands: A Full Color Training Guide for Fiore dei Liberi's Fior di Battaglia, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2007
Chapter: in King Arthur in Popular Culture, Routledge, 1998
Chapter: “The Technology of Personal Combat: Arms, Armour and Fighting Techniques During the Hundred Years’ War,”
Dankeschrift for John Francis Guilmartin, (Forthcoming, Brill, 2018)
Dissertation
The Martial Arts of Medieval Europe, University of North Texas, Dept. of History, 2011
Articles
"Yron e Stele: Chivalric Ethos, Martial Pedagogy, Arms, Armour & Combat Technique in the Early Fourteenth Century Middle English Version of Guy of Warwick,”
Journal of Medieval Military History, issue #16, 2018)
“A Fifteenth Century Manual of War: Conrad Kyeser’s Bellifortis,” 2500-word article for Medieval Warfare, Oct. 2016
“Honor” in the Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science & War, Oct. 2016
“The Wars of Medieval Europe” in the Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science & War, Oct. 2016
“The Poleaxe and the Changing Nature of War,” Medieval Warfare, June 2015
“A Proposed Methodology for the Validation of Historical European Martial Arts,” Initial: The Journal of Medieval Studies #3, (June 2015)
Reviews
“Armour of the English Knight: 1400-1450,” Tobias Capwell, Journal of Arms & Armour Studies (Royal Armouries at Leeds, Aug. 2016)
“John Wyclif on War and Peace ” Rory Cox, the Journal of Military History (Jan. 2016)
“Ecclesiastical Knights: The Military Orders of Castile: 1100-1300,” Sam Zeno Conodera, Journal of Military History, (forthcoming)
“Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France During the Hundred Years’ War, by Christopher Taylor, The Journal of Military History, April 2015
“De Itinere Navali: A German Third Crusader’s Chronicle of his Voyage and the Siege of Almohad Silves, 1189 AD / Muwahid Xelb, 585 AH,” by Dana Cushing,
The Journal of Military History, (Oct 2014)
“Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500 - 1700,” ed. Brian L. Davies (Brill, 2012), The Journal of Military History, (April 2013)
Seminars, Lectures & Talks
Entering with the Sword in One Hand, Kawaii-Kon, Honolulu (8 Apr. 2017)
Take that Weapon Away! Disarms in Fiore dei Liberi’s L’Arte d’Armizare, Kawaii-Kon, Honolulu (8 Apr. 2017)
The Technology of Personal Combat: Arms, Armour and Fighting Techniques During the Hundred Years’ War, Dankeschrift for John Francis Guilmartin, Ohio State University, 23 Sept. 2016
Fiore dei Liberi’s L’Arte d’Armizare, Lawton, OK (June 2016)
Medieval Armour & Armoured Combat: Kawaii-Kon, Honolulu, HI (Apr. 2016)
Current Research: Military Culture – USAF Post Vietnam and Medieval Chivalric Culture, Think Tech TV, Honolulu, (10 Sept. 2015)
Building Sparring Skill: Combat decision-making exercised through dynamic entry drills. SSG Summer Symposium, Atlanta, GA (Aug 2015)
Medieval Feats of Arms: A brief history of the forms, mechanisms and their use for students of the chivalric martial arts. SSG Summer Symposium, Atlanta, GA (Aug 2015)
Aristotle and the Martial Arts of Medieval Europe: The Idea of “arte”, pedagical method, and the historical context of the surviving medieval fechtbüchen, Martial Arts Conference, University of Cardiff, UK, (May 2015)
Medieval Combat: Sources & Experiences. Kawaii-Kon, Honolulu, HI (Mar. 2015)
Percussive Combatives, Afghan National Army 3/3 kandak officers, FOB Nijrab, Afghanistan, Nov. 2011. French Foreign Legion officers, Dec. 2011
Bastard Sword of Fiore dei Liberi, SCA Centurian Collegium, Austin, TX Jan. 2010
Historical and Modern Pedagogies in Historical Martial Arts, Scientific Congress for Martial Arts and Combat Sports, Viseau, Portugal, June 2009
From Iudicum Dei to Combat d'honneur: Morphology of Trial by Combat in the Middle Ages, International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, April 2008
Spear Combat in the German Treatises, Lewisville, TX, June 2007
Zhogo Largo as Tactics in Fiore dei Liberi's Fior di Battaglia, Lewisville, TX June 2007
Ramifications of the Zhogo Largo in Fiore dei Liberi, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Dallas, 2006
Exchanging the Point: Fiore's Method of Handling a Thrust, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Dallas, 2006
Birds of a Feather: Chivalry in the Medieval Fechtbucher. Rattan College, Lawrence, 2005
Survey of Medieval Arms and Armour, International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2005
Introduction to the Medieval Poleaxe, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Racine, 2004
Zhogo Largo as Tactics, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Racine, 2004
What are the Fechtbucher? SCA's regional Collegium, March, 2004
Medieval Spear & Poleaxe, Helsinki, Finland, February 2004
Research for Reenactors, SCA regional Collegium, Houston, 2003
Ponderous, Cruel & Mortal: The Medieval Poleaxe, International Congress for Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 2003
The Hundred Year's War, regional SCA Collegium, Slippery Rock, 2002
Forms of the Medieval Tournament, regional SCA Collegium, Berkeley, 2002
The Medieval Fighting Treatises, International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2002
Introduction to Medieval Poleaxe, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Racine, 2002
Chivalry as a Safety Mechanism, Western Martial Arts Workshop, Toronto, Oct. 2001
Contemporary Chivalry: The Internet & Modern Tournament Societies, Arthurian Society session at the Popular Culture Conference, Orlando, 1998
Stanford University Lecture (Engineeering Dept.): Quality & Craftsmanship series, 1995-6
Introduction to Medieval Combat Arts, special weekend seminar, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1988
Memories
Photos
Hanno and Cassaundra knighting Brion. Duke Armand de Sevigny (standing) and Jarl Guy de Coldrake kneeling behind Brion. Lady Christine Ariadne of Gwynedd in green tunic.
