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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5600536" data-attributes="member: 6669384"><p>As a note, though I'm not an historian, I do know that most others aren't either. I've seen people at Renaissance Faire dressed as anything from Robin Hood to Xena, with Crusaders and King Arthur and a lot of plate and chain maiile tossed in to fill the gaps.</p><p></p><p>Robin Hood was definitely "early middle ages", having ostensibly fought the "Evil Prince John", who in real life eventually became the highly unpopular King John I. That places ol' Robin Hood in the late 1100s to early 1200s.</p><p></p><p>Xena, who is just as real as Robin Hood, seems to date from somewhere pre-Christian. (In the series, at least, she faced Julius Ceasar, who died 44 BCE.)</p><p></p><p>King Arthur is another mythical figure who, if he existed, was probably a Roman, which places him 4th or 5th century at the latest.</p><p></p><p>During the English Renaissance (mid 1500s to early 1600s), plate and chain armor were showpieces, seldom used in actual combat, being instead reserved for tournaments. Essentially, sporting events.</p><p></p><p>As for institutions like serfdom? The Czar of Russia officially freed the serfs in 1860, or 1861 (I forget which). So that aspect of the "medieval" period carried well into and beyond the Renaissance and into the age of the Industrial Revolution.</p><p></p><p>The Renaissance hit different countries at different times. The Italian Renaissance took off in the early 1400s, while the English Renaissance ran a century and a half late. </p><p></p><p>So lets ask: Does your game world have the printing press? Is gunpowder making armor obsolete? Are there land owners without titles? Are the average people held in serfdom? </p><p></p><p>Most game worlds I've seen are set in what's best described as "The Time of Legends", which corresponds socially and technologically with the early, mid, late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and a number of 1950s Errol Flynn movies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5600536, member: 6669384"] As a note, though I'm not an historian, I do know that most others aren't either. I've seen people at Renaissance Faire dressed as anything from Robin Hood to Xena, with Crusaders and King Arthur and a lot of plate and chain maiile tossed in to fill the gaps. Robin Hood was definitely "early middle ages", having ostensibly fought the "Evil Prince John", who in real life eventually became the highly unpopular King John I. That places ol' Robin Hood in the late 1100s to early 1200s. Xena, who is just as real as Robin Hood, seems to date from somewhere pre-Christian. (In the series, at least, she faced Julius Ceasar, who died 44 BCE.) King Arthur is another mythical figure who, if he existed, was probably a Roman, which places him 4th or 5th century at the latest. During the English Renaissance (mid 1500s to early 1600s), plate and chain armor were showpieces, seldom used in actual combat, being instead reserved for tournaments. Essentially, sporting events. As for institutions like serfdom? The Czar of Russia officially freed the serfs in 1860, or 1861 (I forget which). So that aspect of the "medieval" period carried well into and beyond the Renaissance and into the age of the Industrial Revolution. The Renaissance hit different countries at different times. The Italian Renaissance took off in the early 1400s, while the English Renaissance ran a century and a half late. So lets ask: Does your game world have the printing press? Is gunpowder making armor obsolete? Are there land owners without titles? Are the average people held in serfdom? Most game worlds I've seen are set in what's best described as "The Time of Legends", which corresponds socially and technologically with the early, mid, late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and a number of 1950s Errol Flynn movies. [/QUOTE]
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