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Bee Myths and Medieval Magic<\/strong>
Michael Russ<\/em>
Friday, 10:15am-12:15pm
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nThroughout the medieval period, the humble bee was far more than a producer of honey and wax\u2014it was a living emblem of divine order, mystical transformation, and the eternal interplay between nature and the sacred. Medieval scholars and religious writers alike imbued bees with layered symbolism: their regimented social structure became a metaphor for the ideal human community, while their mysterious methods of reproduction and the phenomenon of bugonia (the spontaneous generation of bees from decaying matter) were read as signs of divine or magical intervention. This class is 2 hours long<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Working Sheep: An All Things Title<\/strong>
Lady Rignach of Argyll<\/em>
Friday, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn this course, we will explore the role of sheep in the lives of medieval societies, sheep keeping, and the husbandry throughout the year. We will have a brief section on the uses of sheep for meat, tools, and fiber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Maryland Gardens c 1535<\/strong>
Lady Melissa of Highland Foorde<\/em>
Saturday, 9:00am-10:00am
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nCome see what the garden behind your house might have looked like in the early to mid 1500’s. This class will include a handout and sample seeds for you to try at home plus recipes for what you might get. Main discussion: Atlantia range gardens of the 1500’s or First peoples gardening on the East Coast between New York and North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Animal Turn in the SCA<\/strong>
aka Examining the Modern\/Medieval World through the Lens of the Role of Animals<\/strong>
Landsgrafin Else Hunrvogt<\/em>
Saturday, 9:00am-10:00am
Forestry Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic Health Officials recognize the importance of including the impact of domestic and wild animals on disease in human populations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mental Health Professionals recognize the crucial role that the Human-Animal Bond plays in mental and physical health of human populations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthropologists, Sociologists, and Art Historians consider the impacts of animals on the establishment of culture and what they leave behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come join a discussion of all the areas we can incorporate animals into the context of period practices as well as extending that reference frame to our weekly activities in the SCA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instructor Background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The instructor LOVES animals and has experience working with cooks, scribes, wood workers, leather workers, fiber artists, fighters and many more populations on incorporating animals and animal knowledge into historic study and SCA practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Flocks of Gold: The Spanish Wool Industry to 1700<\/strong>
Magistra Beatriz Aluares de la Oya<\/em>
Saturday, 10:15am-11:15am
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nSpanish merino wool was regarded throughout medieval and renaissance Europe as the finest wool fabric on the market. What sets the Spanish sheep and wool industry apart from others, and why did the once-prized global market for Spanish wool collapse in the 17th century? Class is limited to 25 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Creating Static Displays for Non-Static Arts<\/strong>
aka Sharing Your Passion When Confined to a Table Top<\/strong>
Landsgrafin Else Hunrvogt<\/em>
Saturday, 10:15am-11:15am
Equestrian Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt’s hard when your art doesn’t fit on a table and isn’t well understood by John Q Populace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come join in a discussion of how to make connections with those who share your passions and more importantly how to create niche-art-apprecitors from arts display viewers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instructor Back-ground: The instuctor LOVES arts displays and has experienced them as displayer, event steward, and royal patron. More importantly, the instructor has 40 years of experience in extending agricultural education to the urban population and 20 years of experience explaning how equids are documentable and how riding is art to the West Kingdom’s largely urban populace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Iron Age Central European Brewing with Grain<\/strong>
Lady Anubh de Mona<\/em>
Saturday, 11:30am-12:30am
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow do you recreate a prehistoric brew without a historical recipe you can redact? In this class, after a brief overview of all-grain malting and beer brewing, we will discuss how we know about prehistoric brews, including evidence from textual sources, archaeological evidence, and chemical residue analysis. Then we will lay out ways to recreate Iron Age brews from West Central Europe. We will discuss methods for small-scale malting, wild yeast capture, campfire brewing, and open ferments. Malting and wild Yeast cultivation both involve growing living organisms, so can be considered agricultural–on a very tiny scale!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Raising Poultry in Classical and Early Modern Europe<\/strong>
Landsgrafin Else Hunrvogt<\/em>
Saturday, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis class will cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- an overview of poultry species and types in Europe prior to 1601<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- some common prodution practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- best readily available modern analogues for food and fiber purposes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Ideal Students:
Are you a cook looking for the best fit ingredients? This Class is for you
Are you a poultry fan curious about the period breeds? This Class is for you
Do you like doing obscure research? This class is for you
Have you heard about my poultry classes and are frustrated that I don’t allow them to be put up on YouTube when I teach them online? This class is very specifically for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Useful Equipment: Curiosity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instructor Background: Our Instructor funds her horses and her medieval habit through full time work as a chicken gynecologist. She holds a wealth of modern credentials in addition to her SCA awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Foods That Built Spain<\/strong>
Dona Mariana Ruiz de Medina<\/em>
Saturday, 3:15pm-4:15pm
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nFoodstuffs are one of the oldest currencies in the world and are intimately tied with the concept of political power. The relationships between sociopolitical groups and food help paint a picture of the development of countries and cultures over time. This class will explore a series of food items, the cultures that brought them to the Iberian peninsula, how food culture and power hierarchies interact in that space, and recipes for each of those food items from the pre-Roman era to the age of Spanish colonialism. Class size limited to 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Botany and Herbalism of British Brewing<\/strong>
Lady Eva Nethyrwode<\/em>
Saturday, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Agricultural Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\nFrom Bronze Age archaeological finds to medieval writings on household management, primary sources on the brewing arts in Britain show a strong reliance on agricultural products, as well as foraged and cultivated herbs, to create some of the beverages we still know and love today. This class will go over three of the most popular brewing bases (grain, honey, and apples), along with a look into the medicinal properties and uses of the herbs used to flavor them, based on medieval herbal manuals. Hands-on demonstrations will be provided to give a sense of the plants used, as well as a tasting of different honey types and a demonstration of how malted grains make the sweet wort needed for ale. If permitted, I can also bring an example of a medieval style ale for sampling by of-age participants. Class size is limited to 24 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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