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Living History Stuff
Sir Wolf:
nothing beats laying out under the stars in a trench with 1 wool blanket. lol
Sir Nate:
what is living history exactly?
Sir Edward:
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It's an attempt to make everything as historically accurate as possible, including clothing, accessories, camp supplies, and so on... right down to the types of stitching, fabric, buttons, and so on.
Ian:
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It's just re-enactment of any era, where the general goal is education not theater with an emphasis on detailed historical accuracy. So we strive to be as historically accurate as we can possibly be in dress, armor, camping equipment, mundane equipment etc. and we do this in order to provide an educational platform for the public to try to get across what our chosen time period would have really been like and what type of equipment they would have really used. This would be in contrast to a Renaissance Fair, where it's more a theatrical presentation with historically 'themed' fantasy elements.
Days of Knights is an event some of the members of the Order of the Marshal attend, and it's a living history event. It's held in Kentucky in October each year. We camp in period appropriate tents and dress, eat, don armor, and do demonstrations accurate to various points in time during the medieval era.
Sir James A:
In addition to what Sir Edward and Sir Ian have said, another important aspect is that it is an attempt to keep OUT things that are blatantly fantasy; no elves, no dragons, no fairies, etc.
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