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Sep 17, 2015, 08:46 PM
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Sep 17, 2015, 08:52 PM
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Not that this is exactly important, but how did something about enjoying earthy mediaeval things end up being called renaissance? Does "mediaeval" have negative connotations in the US?
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Sep 17, 2015, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by
Der Amf
Not that this exactly important, but how did something about enjoying earthy mediaeval things end up being called renaissance? Does "mediaeval" have negative connotations in the US?
I have no idea, but they're pretty flexible in terms of chronology and geography.
Jeannie
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Sep 17, 2015, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by
Der Amf
Not that this is exactly important, but how did something about enjoying earthy mediaeval things end up being called renaissance? Does "mediaeval" have negative connotations in the US?
Maybe it's more of an an old English festival... I mean, wasn't England still in the dark ages while Brunelleschi was designing the dome of Florence? (And I duck behind a table to avoid the flying flagons of mead tossed in my direction.)
Too many watches, not enough wrists.
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Sep 17, 2015, 11:22 PM
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In defence of the English at this time: we invented what gets called Renaissance music (IMO the music that is actually related to artistic aims of The Renaissance was the Seconda Prattica of Monteverdi etc but nevermind) - that seamless style of Dunstable etc was called La Consonance Angloise (?sp) by the French and the basic rules held for the next half millennium (no parallel fifths, no parallel octaves, no second inversions, no unprepared dissonance) And in architecture I don't think anyone is *complaining* about our preoccupation with the thoroughly mediaeval Perpendicular style. Our Dark Ages did have a lot of light in them
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Sep 18, 2015, 12:13 AM
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It's bee a long time since I've been to a renaissance festival, but I did quite enjoy them.
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Sep 18, 2015, 03:03 AM
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Went the the PA Renn Fair twice as a schoolchild, both on field trips. Had a great time. Never got into the talking funny and dressing funny thing, though. I was never good at dressing up for Halloween, either.
I'd like to go again, but the timing always sucks for me.
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Sep 18, 2015, 10:01 PM
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The Dude Abides
Looks like alot of fun. Makes me wish I still had my codpiece..........
"Either He's Dead, Or My Watch Has Stopped....."
Groucho Marx
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Sep 18, 2015, 10:20 PM
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Nokie
Looks like alot of fun. Makes me wish I still had my codpiece..........
I miss mine too, but my son used it to replace the hood on his car.
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Sep 18, 2015, 11:12 PM
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The last Renaissance Festival I attended was ugly, my partners & I were escorted out by the MCSO (MaricopaCountySheriffOffice) for being HAMMERED on Mead.That stuff is NOTHING NICE, I'm hear to tell you.
It got UGLY quick....
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