Jehan-Jacques Lavigne

Jehan-Jacques at his manor house, February 2009.

In Persona

Also known as "Jean-Jacques Lavigne", and simply "Jack Vine" in the English Court and "Johan Jakob Rebe" in the Holy Roman Empire courts, many English-speakers simply called him "J-J". It is believed their were two primary individuals of the same family named Jehan-Jacques that lived through the late 15th, entire 16th and very early 17th Centuries. Through surviving documentation its difficult to ascertain relationships between the two, however, it is believed there were an uncle and nephew: one born circa 1496 to circa 1550 and the other born circa 1526 to circa 1610. Both were members of the gentry class family of Le Poutré that resided in and around Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut in Habsburg Southern Netherlands. Both Jehan-Jacques were politically-driven being the model of a Northern European Renaissance man practicing renaissance dance, passtimes, partaking in music playing of the time as they engaged in the courts of England, France and the Holy Roman Empire. Simply they were courtiers, diplomats and officers of the greatest courts in Europe at the time.

SCA History

Jehan-Jacques first SCA exposure was about 1991 when his childhood friend Rafe Neuton told him about a grade school demo. His first event was a brief day trip to the Long and Short of It Tournament in 1996 and first camping event was An Tir-West War 2001, after which time he was very active in the society from 2001 to present with mundane life keeping him away for great periods in 2007-2008.

Jehan-Jacques was a Protege of Mistress Nadezhda Volynskaiia from July 2004 to June 2009.

Offices

• Grete Boke April 2002 to Present Terra Pomaria
• Herald August 2002 to April 2005 Terra Pomaria
• Minister of the Lists October 2007 to May 2008 Terra Pomaria
• Herald Interim April 2008 to June 2008 Terra Pomaria

Interests

Jehan-Jacques at Summits Fall Coronet 2007.

• Authenticity
• Persona development
• 16th Century Games and Passtimes
• 16th Century Encampments
• 16th Century Gardening
• 16th Century Dancing
• 16th Century Music - playing the lute
• 16th Century Costuming, specifically Henrican Tudor
• 16th Century Politics
• 16th Century Religion
• 16th Century Class lifestyle
• 16th Century Courthship
• 16th Century Sociology
• 16th Century History
• 16th Century Customs