Nom, nom, nom: medieval leftovers edition
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duchessletitia properly installed as Princess of the Mists (oh, yeah, there was a guy involved somewhere in there too). It was a bit of an odd day. Being on court, I didn't want to bring or plan other stuff to do (too easy to get distracted) but there were plenty of courtiers and not that much to do, so I spent a lot of time just wandering around and chatting. And there wasn't much on the day's schedule other than the courts, a handful of competitions, and some fighting in the middle of the afternoon. On the one hand, it's good for an event not to be crazy-overscheduled, but I think that sometimes we lean a little too far to the other side. If I'm going to drive several hours and dress up in funny clothes, I'd like to focus on the otherworldly experience, not simply sit around and chat with my friends. I wrote a brief rant about this in comments elsewhere regarding A&S Tourney, where evidently lots of people have been saying they don't want to be bothered with having classes on Sunday -- they just want to laze around in camp and hang out with their friends. I love hanging out lazily with my friends but I can do that on my own time and my own dime. When I go to an SCA event, I want to do medieval (or at least SCA) things.
Getting back to Investiture, the feast was delicious, if a trifle drawn out. I brought home some of the leftovers and this morning's lazy brunch-on-the-deck was an omelette filled with mussels in bruet and aquapatys, followed by fruit rissoles.
I had some really lovely conversations withaureellia about the economics of medieval lawsuits over manure. Hmm. I just got a truly crazy whacked-out idea for an in-persona collegium presentation -- not for any particular topic, but just as a general structure for presenting information in an entertaining way. Enact a medieval lawsuit. Over whatever the topic of the class is. Have people present their claims and counterclaims before a presiding judge (or nobleman). Have lawyers chime in with precedents and recollections of similar cases. Have neighbors and such like as witnesses, whether of material fact or simply of character. The presentation could be educational not merely about the topic of the lawsuit, but also about the processes and nature of medieval law. And, of course, there are a variety of legal systems that could be used, depending on culture and era (and different likely topics for lawsuits). This could be a lot of fun. Shall have to think further.
duchessletitia properly installed as Princess of the Mists (oh, yeah, there was a guy involved somewhere in there too). It was a bit of an odd day. Being on court, I didn't want to bring or plan other stuff to do (too easy to get distracted) but there were plenty of courtiers and not that much to do, so I spent a lot of time just wandering around and chatting. And there wasn't much on the day's schedule other than the courts, a handful of competitions, and some fighting in the middle of the afternoon. On the one hand, it's good for an event not to be crazy-overscheduled, but I think that sometimes we lean a little too far to the other side. If I'm going to drive several hours and dress up in funny clothes, I'd like to focus on the otherworldly experience, not simply sit around and chat with my friends. I wrote a brief rant about this in comments elsewhere regarding A&S Tourney, where evidently lots of people have been saying they don't want to be bothered with having classes on Sunday -- they just want to laze around in camp and hang out with their friends. I love hanging out lazily with my friends but I can do that on my own time and my own dime. When I go to an SCA event, I want to do medieval (or at least SCA) things. Getting back to Investiture, the feast was delicious, if a trifle drawn out. I brought home some of the leftovers and this morning's lazy brunch-on-the-deck was an omelette filled with mussels in bruet and aquapatys, followed by fruit rissoles.
I had some really lovely conversations with
aureellia about the economics of medieval lawsuits over manure. Hmm. I just got a truly crazy whacked-out idea for an in-persona collegium presentation -- not for any particular topic, but just as a general structure for presenting information in an entertaining way. Enact a medieval lawsuit. Over whatever the topic of the class is. Have people present their claims and counterclaims before a presiding judge (or nobleman). Have lawyers chime in with precedents and recollections of similar cases. Have neighbors and such like as witnesses, whether of material fact or simply of character. The presentation could be educational not merely about the topic of the lawsuit, but also about the processes and nature of medieval law. And, of course, there are a variety of legal systems that could be used, depending on culture and era (and different likely topics for lawsuits). This could be a lot of fun. Shall have to think further.
