Living History

Jeromy, a member of RIPP

Join us on a pirate adventure in episode 34 as Alena and Stephen get a tour of Newport, Rhode Island and learn all about Newport’s piratical history from the folks at Rhode Island Pirate Players. We also interview two members of RIPP and find out:
·   How RIPP got its start
·   Recruitment techniques
·   Casey’s business model for running RIPP
·   Jeromy’s long term love of pirates
·   Telling the real stories about piracy in the 18th century in many different environments.

Musical Interlude: General Taylor performed by Great Big Sea

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Casey, founder of RIPP

This week Alena and Stephen talk about their favorite places on the web, and how living history folks can utilize the web for research, community, information gathering and tons more. We talked about:
• Unit and LH group webpages – like the Saint Maximilian Landsknecht Reenactment Guild,
• Blogs – like Historic Cookery, Drifting Focus, Colonial Williamsburg’s Blog, and Tempus Fugit, and aggregators like the Civil War Interactive, and SCA Today.net.
• Forums – like Landsknecht.org, Living History Worldwide, The Muzzleloading Forum, and Armour Archive
• Digital Archives and Collections – like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Parker Library on the Web
• Vendors – including Reconstructing History, Jas. Townsend and Son, Amazon (in various countries)
• eBay & Etsy
• YouTube
• Google books
Musical Interlude: Come and I Will Sing You performed by Great Big Sea

Download: Living History on the Web
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Episode Summary

This week we will tell you about a reenactment group that we’re involved in called the Guild of Saint Maurice. Reenacting an encampment of soldiers (and their wives) from the Holy Roman Empire in the year 1529. We’ll get into:
• The history of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Landsknecht.
• Women’s roles
• Why we picked this timeperiod
• How the group formed and its current organizaional structure
• Historical Research on the Landsknecht and the timeperiod
• All about our clothing and kit
• Where we present and what sorts of activities we represent
Musical Interlude: We Be Soldiers 3 by Ravenrook Consort

Download:16th C Mercenaries

Episode Summary:

This week we discuss what it takes to start a new reenactment group, including:
• Good and bad reasons to start a new historical reenacting group
• The logistics, including cost and physical needs, leadership and organization
• Events
• Recruitment: where and how do you find folks to join your group.

Musical Interlude: Sheila’s Hornpipe by Old New England

download: Starting a New Group