You, the guys at The Art of Arms, are quite good at listing primary sources and providing citations. There's nothing wrong with approaching a post as a preprint (or parts of it) for a publication in an (historic or sports) academic journal. I think I saw a few for HEMA, and I'm happy to see that this is taking off as well. And you are clear about the speculative nature of today's post. So no worries.
On the other hand, I am (and plan to continue to be) very loose with my posts :), since I want my approach to be that of a pure hobby. And the last thing I want is to write more scientific papers when I want to relax.
Don't get me wrong, concrete evidence is great, but I think that a lot of people are ok with speculative investigations that result in compelling results, when it comes to trying to track details about the lives of the old masters.
Yeah, I figured as much, but I've tried pretty hard to be a primary source citing direct evidence baja blasting hey look yes this is 100% letsgoooo across so many previous articles (you'd better have them citations ready when pointing at Meyer's parents) that I get nervous being hypothetical for once. Hopefully publishing this helps me chill out a bit!
You, the guys at The Art of Arms, are quite good at listing primary sources and providing citations. There's nothing wrong with approaching a post as a preprint (or parts of it) for a publication in an (historic or sports) academic journal. I think I saw a few for HEMA, and I'm happy to see that this is taking off as well. And you are clear about the speculative nature of today's post. So no worries.
On the other hand, I am (and plan to continue to be) very loose with my posts :), since I want my approach to be that of a pure hobby. And the last thing I want is to write more scientific papers when I want to relax.
Don't get me wrong, concrete evidence is great, but I think that a lot of people are ok with speculative investigations that result in compelling results, when it comes to trying to track details about the lives of the old masters.
Yeah, I figured as much, but I've tried pretty hard to be a primary source citing direct evidence baja blasting hey look yes this is 100% letsgoooo across so many previous articles (you'd better have them citations ready when pointing at Meyer's parents) that I get nervous being hypothetical for once. Hopefully publishing this helps me chill out a bit!