Kingdom of Atlantia Royal Forestry Guild

Forestry and outdoor skills with a focus on pre-1600 time periods


Newsletters

These are the issues of Hurst & Horn, a publication of the Atlantia Royal Forestry Guild within the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.  Subscriptions are free as all publications are available electronically. These newsletters are not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and do not delineate SCA policies. (c) Copyright 2021, Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.  For information on reprinting letters and artwork from these publications, please contact the High Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors.​

  • Spring 2021, Vol. 1 Issue 1.  ​
    • ​Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • The founding of the Guild
    • Meet the Guild officers
    • Trail review: Stafford Civil War Park
    • Stierbach’s Sauntering Shepard
    • Wrapping up in a wool blanket
    • Were insects part of the medieval diet?
  • Summer 2021, Vol. 1 Issue 2.
    • Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • Spring ’21 Moot Recap
    • ​Quarantine Challenge
    • Plant Amulets
    • To carry water (if you have no ale): Canteens
  • Autumn 2021, Vol. 1 Issue 3.
    • ​Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • Summer ’21 Moot Recap
    • Demo Day: Shire of Spiaggia Levantina demo at Furnace Town, Snow Hill, Maryland
    • Making a Forester Hood after the Skjoldehamn find (11th c.)
    • Woodman’s Tools Skill Day at Master Mors’ Workshop
    • Spinning Chicken and other campfire cooking fun
    • Wood fired sourdough experiments
    • Dutch oven cobbler recipe
  • ​Winter 2021-2022, Vol. 1 Issue 4.
    • Rechate: ​Missive from the Warden
    • Fall ’21 Moot Recap
    • Essential Background Knowledge: A Review of Eric Sloan’s “A Reverence for Wood” (1965)
    • Màire’s Tablet Weave
    • On Lettuce
    • Labors of the Year: Winter
    • “They Cabbins make of powles, and thinne greene bowes”: Simple Shelters in Medieval Europe
    • A survey of 14th century hoods
  • Spring 2022, Vol. 2 Issue 1.
    • ​​Rechate: Missive from the High Preceptor
    • Winter ’21 Moot Recap
    • Good Wood and Cooking
    • Charcloth or Charred Cloth? A tale of two tinders
    • Labors of the Year: Spring
    • Making a Forestry Guild Banner
    • Book Review – “Basic & Primitive Navigation: A Waterproof Folding Guide to Wilderness Skills & Techniques”
  • ​Summer 2022, Vol. 2 Issue 2.
    • ​​​Rechate: Missive from the Chronicler, Working Together at Gardens of Thyme & Oakwood
    • Spring ’22 Moot Recap
    • Forestis Personae: Ideas for Roman impressions in the Forestry Guild
    • What to look for in buying a used axe
    • Labors of the Year: Summer 
  • Autumn 2022, Vol. 2 Issue 3.
    • Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • Harvesting and preparing arrow bamboo
    • Forestis Personae: Ideas for Classical Era Ottoman impressions in the Forestry Guild
    • Labors of the Year: Autumn
    • Creepy crawlies love me
  • Winter 2022-2023, Vol. 2 Issue 4.
    • Rechate: Missive from the Chronicler
    • Annual Moot at War of the Wings ’22 Recap
    • War of the Wings
    • Atlantia Persona Development Challenge Item Summary
    • Quarantine Challenge Tokens
    • Book Review: Raymond Grant’s “The Royal Forests of England”
  • Summer 2023, Vol. 3 Issue 1
    • Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • Spring ’23 Moot recap
    • Gifts for the Royals
    • Medieval Surveying
    • The Forester’s Tale Challenge
    • Making a fire-making kit bag
    • A first foray into savory pies
  • Winter 2023-2024, Vol. 3 Issue 2
    • Rechate: Missive from the Warden
    • Campfire quick bread, three ways
    • Fire, Fruit, and Feasting
    • Book Review: Paula Marcoux’s “Cooking with Fire”
    • Stanback Ecological Preserve Saunter
  • Summer 2024, Vol. 4 Issue 1
    • Rechate: Missive from the Deputy of Science
    • Guild display at KASF
    • Gifts from the Guild
    • Carrying gear
    • Fire making class