(monday) history in your game

[alsih2o]

my "strange meetings" website collapsed, so you get baths and sewers. AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!

environmental timeline, with some bits about sewage- http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/hist1/timeline.new.html

bedrooms, bathing and indoor plumbing(stay for the rest of the site)- http://www.medieval-castles.net/castle_architecture/garderobes.htm

baths and bathing in art (warning, some mild nudity)- http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/baths.htm

some more bathing news- http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castleze.htm

an abbey sewer (great site, check out the whole thing, maps and all)- http://www.aduard.demon.nl/history/history4.htm

sewer history- http://www.sewerhistory.org/articles/whregion/1940_as201/article1.pdf

water supply in estonia- http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/projects/enviro/articles/Hanni.pdf

sewer history, fascinating site- http://www.sewerhistory.org/grfx/pub_bath/pubbath1.htm

the history of toilets- http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/pg02.htm

weddings and hygeine- http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa042202c.htm

the evolution of sewage treatment- http://www.cet.nau.edu/Projects/WDP/resources/History/History.htm

aqueducts, of course- http://www.crystalinks.com/romeaqueducts.html

 

[alsih2o]

boomp

 

[alsih2o]

ker-bump

 

[johnsemlak]

bump because I didn't take a bath on Monday

 

[francisca]

Here is a good interview with the man responsible for the quote in my .sig.

There is some pretty good discussion of Errol Flynn "parry-parry, whack-whack" style of fighting, and the reality of it all.


Oakeshott Interview

 

[CCamfield]

There is some pretty good discussion of Errol Flynn "parry-parry, whack-whack" style of fighting, and the reality of it all.
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Interesting, but I didn't think that the style was necessarily supposed to be accurate. Do his comments (re Flynn) refer to other films than The Adventures of Robin Hood? It's my impression that most of his swashbucklers were set in the 17th century or later, using rapiers and other fencing weapons.

(edit: The Sea Hawk was 16th century, I guess. But there were rapiers in use then, I believe.)

 

[francisca]

Interesting, but I didn't think that the style was necessarily supposed to be accurate. Do his comments (re Flynn) refer to other films than The Adventures of Robin Hood? It's my impression that most of his swashbucklers were set in the 17th century or later, using rapiers and other fencing weapons.

(edit: The Sea Hawk was 16th century, I guess. But there were rapiers in use then, I believe.)

Well, he specifically mentioned Ivanhoe. I don't think they were using rapiers then.

And of course, I don't think for a second that 40s/50s Hollywood gave a spit about historical accuracy, so no argument there. However, most people see those movies and assume they are historically correct (my own assumption, how ironic ).

It doesn't really matter, I guess, unless you happen to care about things like that. I'm betting several people on this board do.

 

[johnsemlak]

Interesting, but I didn't think that the style was necessarily supposed to be accurate. Do his comments (re Flynn) refer to other films than The Adventures of Robin Hood? It's my impression that most of his swashbucklers were set in the 17th century or later, using rapiers and other fencing weapons.

(edit: The Sea Hawk was 16th century, I guess. But there were rapiers in use then, I believe.)

There were LOTS of Errol Flynn swashbuckler movies. Two more properly in the genre were Captain Blood (set in the 16th century, with full pirate decor) and The Adventures of Don Juan (not really historically based at all). Of course, all such films had not intention of being historical and shoudln't be held to such a standard.