Founder:
Joram van Essen

Date Founded:
January 2002

Group base:
Netherlands, Europe.

Point of Contact:
Joram van Essen joramvanessen@yahoo.com

URL: http://www.medievalproductions.nl/compagnie_de_ordonnance

Primary focus:
Military Garrison with Civilian Support.

Primary year or years:
1473

Details:
We are portraying the 4th chambre of the 1st Escadre of the 5th Company. Which was recruited from around Delft and s'Gravenhaag in Holland. Formed in 1471, it was subsequently involved in all of the main engagements of Charles the bold.

We are part of a larger Dutch reenactment society (Die Landen van Herwaerts Over) which covers the period 500-1500.

[ 07-18-2003: Message edited by: Joram van Essen ]

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Originally posted by Jeff Johnson:
Excellent period reference art on your Group's Homepage.

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Thanks, a few of the pictures I still need to get manuscript references for, got a lot more of stuff scanned on my computer I intend to put up once its referenced as well.

Cheers
Joram van Essen

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Ive been updating my re-enactment groups website
http://www.geocities.com/compagnie_de_ordonnance

Would be interested in any feedback, layout, content, accuracy, etc.

I have still got a lot of information Im going through sorting out and referencing to put up on the site.

Cheers
Joram

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http://www.medievalproductions.nl/compagnie_de_ordonnance/archeonphotos

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[Suffering from site envy] Wish we had a place like that, complete with animals to "drive off".

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I was wondering if somebody would ask about the oxen... Basically it is what the Archeon have to pull their cart, and my group currently only has 4 horses, so we would rather have our hommes des armes, coustilliers and mounted archer, on horses than strapping them to the cart. Hopefully in a couple of years we will be able to try it again with horses pulling the cart instead, also thinking of training one of our older horses as a pack animal for when we retire it from jousting and battle re-enactment. So if anyone has info on 15th C pack saddles let me know.

Cheers
Joram

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I don't think pack saddles have changed much over the last few centuries. I have some images somewhere in my pile of saddle info. I will try to track it down tonight and post what I have.

Jenn

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That would be appreciated. I have been looking through my manuscript image collection and have 1 decent picture showing a pack horse, the saddle looks a little bit like ones I saw being used a few years ago in africa. However the more information the better.

Thanks.

Cheers
Joram

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Jenn

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'Steintransport: Fuhrmann, 1464 (83r)'

which is not late 14th c./ early 15th c. but from 1464 and from Das Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwölfbrüderstiftung in Nürnberg

Admittedly I can not really be sure about the packsaddle because the pic is too small and because I am not familiar with horses and so do not know what a packsaddle is supposed to look like

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Nope, that's not the one I'm thinking of, it's similar artistic style. The one I am thinking of shows a person riding on a donkey's back.

No carts.

Thanks Bertus.

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Jenn

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