SC - Full (up to here) Elizabethan

[Jeff Gedney]

Ras wrote about the Term "Full Elizabethan"
> The term is not a period term SFAIK.

Sigh...
So what?
The only period term for the Elizabethan Period was "now".
The Elizabethans never called themselves that. 
They called themselves "English".

We, living, as we do, in times far removed from that era, NEED LABELS 
to distinguish the culture of that period from other cultures.

"Elizabethan" is a "Term of Art" used by historians to refer to the time
and culture contemporaneous with the reign of Elizabeth I.

"Full Elizabethan" is a "Term of Art" used by Costumers (in and out 
of the SCA, regardless of who started it) to refer to the elaborate court 
garb worn in the time and culture contemporaneous with the reign 
of Elizabeth I.

It is only a label, a memnonic, and it does not matter ONE LITTLE 
BIT who came up with the term and when, so long as you know 
what I mean when I say it.  

Can we lose this thread? it is not the most unproductive thread we
have seen on this list, but it is coming damnably close.

Brandu