ES - SCA Resources (fwd)
Richard Culver
rbculver at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 13 06:18:59 PDT 2000
Wes þu Llywelyn hal!
>Since the SCA studies pre-17th century western Europe, I would not expect
>to
>find any information about Asian, African, or American cultures from SCA
>materials. If you are considering a non-European SCA persona, please
>reconsider.
With all do respect, Your Excellency, I would have to disagree with your
recommendation.
Even though they may not have moved, many cultures outside of Europe had
extensive histories, whether oral or written traditions, in much the same
manner as some early period European countries.
Europe in manner or another has had contact, for example, with Native
American at least since the settlement of Greenland (Inuit) and certainly in
Vinland (various tribes). I would hate to think, knowing the "viking"
mentality that a few select women might have made it at least to Iceland
from the "New World".
The Chinese and Japanese have much going on then too. Certainly a few
eastern European countries still benefited from and even traveled the
oriental trade routes long before Europeans decided to take the scenic route
and set sail.
There some people I am sure who think there should be time-line police
to enforce the 600 - 1600 period designation. Well if so that would rule my
lord-at-arms and myself out as well as Equiis Romanus I think. I was born
in 435 AD and was 14 at the time Hengest and Horsa were invited over the
Channel. My persona would have been 30 - 35 by the time Airaklee, that
whipper-snapper :), was born.
Even the time-line withstanding, some people do not do early periods
because they think the sources are not there. If one looks well enough
though they are abundant. What is lacking can be given over to conjecture.
Not to sound boastful, though it would be period for me, but I have a deep
persona story which other many not have thought of just based on the
available information.
I say if people can find the information on a different culture and that
said culture is at a level comparable to the European experience, at
whatever point, the better the SCA will be.
Godspeed,
Cyniric Cyniwarding Forscrunenu Hand
Airaklee Wolf his wæpnathegn
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