[NR] Dating the end of "Period" (was Northern Digest, Vol 59, Issue 21)

[Marc Carlson]

> From: toshirokoi at hotmail.com
> The dates have always been from 600 to 1600. However, I heard the date had been moved back to 1650 to 
> accomidate some of the rapier. Rapier happened toward the end of our period, it left very little time to 
> choose from.
 
I've been hearing about the folks trying to push the date back to the mid 17th century since I joined back in the
Ages of Dark -- it was the "places that England had contact with" part that I've never heard of.

M/D