Comments | glenheather: I'm a goob

glenheather

I'm a goob

Nov 18, 2009 15:44

I should know this, but I'm drawing a blank: What is the cut-off date for the SCA?

I need to know if some of my sources are out of period, specifically The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby and Gervase Markham's The English Housewife.

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cairech November 18 2009, 21:58:48 UTC

What I understood from my early days in the SCA was 1600 AD, or the death of Elizabeth I of England (1603.)

pinkpelican1 November 18 2009, 22:05:48 UTC

1600 is the end date. No start date.

pinkpelican1 November 18 2009, 22:06:57 UTC

Depending on how far after 1600 your source is, you may be able to make a case for using it, in conjunction with other sources, or if there is a reasonable supposition that things wouldn't have changed between 1600 and whenever your reference is dated.

cairech November 19 2009, 17:30:57 UTC

It USED to start with the Fall of Rome (circa 530 AD or thereabouts?) I for one was glad when that start date was eliminated. So much fascinating ancient history to explore. :)