[Ravensfort] viking garb

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>From: rachel luce <rachel_luce1975 at yahoo.com>
>I'm all for being as hositorically accurate as you can be and doing the 
>research is IMHO  a vital part of the SCA. But "approving" garb is going 
>too far. Jacinth, please tell me that wasn't from an SCa group! Please!

Many living history organizations and groups (as opposed to re-enactment 
societies) have very exacting standards for the equipment and garb that is 
worn due to the direct tie-in between living history and archeology. The 
purpose of the SCA is, at it's core, to have fun studying history by 
re-enacting elements of it. Living history groups, of which I have been and 
am a part of various types, are VERY hardcore in the accuracy because their 
purpose, at their core, is to research through direct living and hands-on 
experience accurate reproductions of historical lives in conjunction with 
university archeological studies, digs, etc. I don't know if this was from a 
living history group or not, but it sounds like the kind of demanding 
standards involved. However, I have known of some SCA households that have 
similar standards of required accuracy, so ya never know :-)

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