Who am I in the Known World?

In the SCA I am known as Þóra Sharptooth, a tenth-century steader from the area near Jorvík in the Danelaw. We have a small stead: just my husband Dofinn-Hallr Morrisson, our daughter Ljómi, Dof's brother Tanna-Kórmakr Makansson the jarl, and our four adopted dependents (Danabren, Conchobar, Macsen, and Alistrina). When we travel, we call our encampment "Buðgarðr" (pronounced "booth-garth"); it means "tent village."

I have written several pieces concerning the Viking Age and the history of Western textiles. Here you will find links to some articles, bibliographies, and weaving drafts I have produced over the last several years. Some of them were originally printed in publications of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Others are pamphlets from classes I have taught or papers I have written for conferences or competitions. All of them are copyright © by me, Carolyn Priest-Dorman.

However, my SCA interests are hardly limited to Vikings and their contemporaries. Although I'm not in the business of posting huge piles of links for people to peruse, here is a list of some links I consider to be useful for SCA people.

• I highly recommend The Web as a Research Tool: Evaluation Techniques, an excellent tool for people who use the Web for research, courtesy of the Widener University Library.
• The Kingdom of Atlantia's arts and sciences links page is the best I've seen for SCA purposes.
• The Rolls Ethereal is a directory of SCA folks who are on-line
• People and Groups in the SCA offers more of a census style approach.
• Silverwing's Laws
• The Academy of Saint Gabriel, devoted to on-line heraldic consultations
• The Miscellany of Duke Cariadoc, without which no SCA participant should be
• The Slavic Interest Group
• Tablet Weaving Resources

Here are a few Viking clothing links.

• Sharra of Starwood sketched my apron-dress; here's a page she posted about it. It's not quite an accurate sketch of what I was wearing, but you can compare it with the next links.
• Here's Ellisif's article on the Viking apron-dress, which reaches many of the conclusions I have on the topic.
• Check out the Rus- style Viking outfit made by a fellow in the New Varangian Guard (an Australian re- enactment group). Although I disagree with some of his conclusions and decisions, it's more accurate than most, especially with respect to the metal accessories. His article on legwrappers is very good, too.
• And, of course, there's the Zathras link: Never go here! Many of the statements in this article directly contradict established scientific facts based on stratigraphic analysis of extant women's clothing of the Viking Age. It's a textbook example of the errors to which art- historical analysis of clothing is prone.

Oh yeah: in case you're interested, here's the alphabet soup/feudal lineage page.

This page was created on 5 October 1996 and last updated on 8 February 2000.