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<blockquote data-quote="aspqrz" data-source="post: 7259366" data-attributes="member: 19485"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">What is Orbis Mundi? Part 5 ...</span></strong></p><p>... so, while Aelfric is loafing around Town waiting for his new suit of clothes to be finished he decides to keep his hand in by doing some light pickpocketing ...</p><p></p><p>!BZZT!</p><p></p><p>No pockets to pick ... though I expect most everyone knew that already. Most people had pouches or purses hanging from their belts or pinned to their tunics or, for the really rustic types, held in a fold of their tunic under the belt at the front ... so Aelfric is really practising his cutpurse skills ...</p><p></p><p>Well, maybe not. </p><p></p><p>Depends on the period ... by the 14th century there is a trend towards the belt, and the money pouch, to be worn under an outer tunic or tabard and accessed through a slit (or slits) in said outer tunic ... eventually, way way later than this, some bright spark will come up with the idea of simply attaching the pouch to the slit, inventing the pocket.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, it makes the job harder ... especially if you haven't encountered it before ... and Aelfric hasn't ...</p><p></p><p>Oh dear! Aelfric has fluffed his cutpurse check! The mark is calling out for the Police!</p><p></p><p>!BZZT!</p><p></p><p>There. Are. NO. Police. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.</p><p></p><p>The mark will raise a Hue & Cry which is simply a shouted 'Stop! Thief' or 'Thief!' ... and everyone within hearing is supposed to take up the pursuit.</p><p></p><p>In rural areas, maybe easy ... if there's anyone nearby. In a Town? In the crowded marketplace or narrow streets? Not so much.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately for Aelfric his 'Streetwise' (Urban Survival? Local Knowledge?) check is good enough that he both loses the pursuit and isn't seen close up by any of them ... and, even better, he's to pick up his new clothes that afternoon, so when he's out in public next there'll be even less to recognise in his new scarlet (green) clothes!</p><p></p><p>Still, he decides that maybe he needs a nice vacation ... perhaps he can head to the nearest seaport and take passage to France where his friend Edgar the Black is making his fortune with loot and ransoms, or so he has heard from mutual acquaintances just returned ...</p><p></p><p>So he heads off the next morning with his goods in a backpack, down the Royal Highway and it's carefully paved roadbed towards ...</p><p></p><p>!BZZT!</p><p></p><p>ROTFL! The vast majority of roads in England, including the Royal Highways, were only rights of way ... within that they were merely meandering dirt tracks and wagon ruts that turned into quagmires when it rained (and for days thereafter). Potholes were so deep that there are recorded instances of porters carrying heavy loads stepping into what they thought was a mere puddle and drowning in a hole so deep the water was completely over their heads.</p><p></p><p>Still, the locals are supposed to keep the right of way (approx 120' across for a Royal Highway, at least in clear terrain) free of brush and, except in forests, most trees. If trees are left, the locals have to be extra careful to clear the brush away from them ... shade for a weary traveller is nice, but cover for bandits not so much.</p><p></p><p>In some places there were the remnants of Roman Roads ... which hadn't been properly maintained (if they'd been maintained at all) for 600 years by 1000 AD, but were still generally better than anything else. Unfortunately it has been estimated that they only served about 40% of the important destinations of the post-Roman era ... the rest of them were literally roads to nowhere ...</p><p></p><p>... more on Aelfric's journey in a later post ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aspqrz, post: 7259366, member: 19485"] [B][SIZE=3]What is Orbis Mundi? Part 5 ...[/SIZE][/B] ... so, while Aelfric is loafing around Town waiting for his new suit of clothes to be finished he decides to keep his hand in by doing some light pickpocketing ... !BZZT! No pockets to pick ... though I expect most everyone knew that already. Most people had pouches or purses hanging from their belts or pinned to their tunics or, for the really rustic types, held in a fold of their tunic under the belt at the front ... so Aelfric is really practising his cutpurse skills ... Well, maybe not. Depends on the period ... by the 14th century there is a trend towards the belt, and the money pouch, to be worn under an outer tunic or tabard and accessed through a slit (or slits) in said outer tunic ... eventually, way way later than this, some bright spark will come up with the idea of simply attaching the pouch to the slit, inventing the pocket. In the meantime, it makes the job harder ... especially if you haven't encountered it before ... and Aelfric hasn't ... Oh dear! Aelfric has fluffed his cutpurse check! The mark is calling out for the Police! !BZZT! There. Are. NO. Police. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. The mark will raise a Hue & Cry which is simply a shouted 'Stop! Thief' or 'Thief!' ... and everyone within hearing is supposed to take up the pursuit. In rural areas, maybe easy ... if there's anyone nearby. In a Town? In the crowded marketplace or narrow streets? Not so much. Fortunately for Aelfric his 'Streetwise' (Urban Survival? Local Knowledge?) check is good enough that he both loses the pursuit and isn't seen close up by any of them ... and, even better, he's to pick up his new clothes that afternoon, so when he's out in public next there'll be even less to recognise in his new scarlet (green) clothes! Still, he decides that maybe he needs a nice vacation ... perhaps he can head to the nearest seaport and take passage to France where his friend Edgar the Black is making his fortune with loot and ransoms, or so he has heard from mutual acquaintances just returned ... So he heads off the next morning with his goods in a backpack, down the Royal Highway and it's carefully paved roadbed towards ... !BZZT! ROTFL! The vast majority of roads in England, including the Royal Highways, were only rights of way ... within that they were merely meandering dirt tracks and wagon ruts that turned into quagmires when it rained (and for days thereafter). Potholes were so deep that there are recorded instances of porters carrying heavy loads stepping into what they thought was a mere puddle and drowning in a hole so deep the water was completely over their heads. Still, the locals are supposed to keep the right of way (approx 120' across for a Royal Highway, at least in clear terrain) free of brush and, except in forests, most trees. If trees are left, the locals have to be extra careful to clear the brush away from them ... shade for a weary traveller is nice, but cover for bandits not so much. In some places there were the remnants of Roman Roads ... which hadn't been properly maintained (if they'd been maintained at all) for 600 years by 1000 AD, but were still generally better than anything else. Unfortunately it has been estimated that they only served about 40% of the important destinations of the post-Roman era ... the rest of them were literally roads to nowhere ... ... more on Aelfric's journey in a later post ... [/QUOTE]
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