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Sir William:
Might also want to iterate, then reiterate that armor did not make one invincible, it only gave the wearer a better chance at surviving the battle or fight ahead.  Explain each piece, what its purpose was, how it was made or whatever (seeing as these are your contemporaries, they may or may not want that much data) - but above all, make it fun.

You might even show some clips from some YT videos, or select scenes from movies like Arn, or Kingdom of Heaven...something or someone they may recognize (at least for KoH) that will help make the correlation between what they see in their hands and how it was used.  Just a thought.

Aiden of Oreland:

--- Quote from: Sir William on 2014-06-19, 19:24:41 ---Might also want to iterate, then reiterate that armor did not make one invincible, it only gave the wearer a better chance at surviving the battle or fight ahead.  Explain each piece, what its purpose was, how it was made or whatever (seeing as these are your contemporaries, they may or may not want that much data) - but above all, make it fun.

You might even show some clips from some YT videos, or select scenes from movies like Arn, or Kingdom of Heaven...something or someone they may recognize (at least for KoH) that will help make the correlation between what they see in their hands and how it was used.  Just a thought.

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Hmm... That's not a bad idea actually. I'm going to have to figure out the time I have, or even ask for extended time. Maybe even have it broken up into a 2 day presentation.
 It would be cool if I could do a part of it outside, that would allow me to possibly demonstrate on water melons the effectiveness of some weapon. But, I don't want to over do the presentation. Unless it gets me to come back next year.

Sir Brian:
IMO you should find out the timeframe they want to allocate for your demonstration/presentation then decide how best to fill that time. Oh and DO NOT reiterate any of the fanciful BS that has been heavily disseminated by some semi-modern, quasi-historians and ignorantly propagated with a plethora of Hollywood films or computer games. I would stick with reputable source information and ask for some others with solid subject knowledge to review your data before incorporating it into your presentation.

Depending upon your allotted time, instead of focusing so much upon the armor and weapons of knights, you could expand upon the simple origins of a knight up to the social and economical role knights fulfilled in the later middle ages.

Sir Edward:

--- Quote from: Sir Brian on 2014-06-21, 11:12:40 ---Oh and DO NOT reiterate any of the fanciful BS that has been heavily disseminated by some semi-modern, quasi-historians and ignorantly propagated with a plethora of Hollywood films or computer games. I would stick with reputable source information and ask for some others with solid subject knowledge to review your data before incorporating it into your presentation.

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This is a really good point. We see a lot of this "bad data" even at modern renaissance festivals. Sometimes from actual reenactors, who technically should know better.

Ian:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2014-06-21, 12:53:35 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Brian on 2014-06-21, 11:12:40 ---Oh and DO NOT reiterate any of the fanciful BS that has been heavily disseminated by some semi-modern, quasi-historians and ignorantly propagated with a plethora of Hollywood films or computer games. I would stick with reputable source information and ask for some others with solid subject knowledge to review your data before incorporating it into your presentation.

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This is a really good point. We see a lot of this "bad data" even especially at modern renaissance festivals. Sometimes from actual reenactors, who technically should know better.

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/fixed :)

But yes, they are 100% right on the money here Aiden.  Always seek to be part of the solution, not the problem.  I would say that Sir Brian is particularly wise in suggesting that you bounce your data off of someone else who is learned on the subject before finalizing anything in your presentation.

He is also giving you excellent advice when he suggests you get the guidelines for your presentation regarding time allotted and space allotted from your teachers before trying to plan it out.  Then you will have a specific framework to build upon.

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