[Ansteorra] Start/end of Period

Jay Yeates jyeates at realtime.net
Thu Sep 21 13:28:02 PDT 2006


go back and look at the beginings here - principality and kingdom.  you'll
find a predominance of "early period" celts and norse.  the late period
trend developed much later.  looks like the pendulum is swinging back ...
maybe it will get interesting again.



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Subject: [Ansteorra] Start/end of Period

> > It may be a good piece of Interkingdom Anthropology to study 
> > differences that people believe the SCA covers.
> > Brendan

I'm gonna say, just for anthropology's sake, that Ansteorra does not appear
to confine itself to the period typically labeled "after the fall of Rome".


We've always had the occasional Roman persona, but in recent years there has
been a definite trend towards people adopting a Roman mode of dress and
naming practices.

I think, perhaps, Ansteorra isn't alone in this.  As I recall, the Grand
Council's discussions were generated from concerns about similar trends
elsewhere - the idea that the SCA time period might be edging earlier and
earlier, away from the true middle ages and more towards "late antiquity."
Some believed it to be counter to our purpose of recreating the middle ages,
hence the reason we were asked to discuss the possibility of setting a
definite start date for the period covered by the SCA.  As Brendan said, the
idea wasn't popular.

> there are a lot older folks out there!
> Alden

And I'm convinced that a fair number of them participate in Grand Council
discussions.  At almost 20 years in the Society, I'm usually still
considered a newcomer. :)

Kat MacLochlainn
(GC member, at-large)

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