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Re-enactment Events

	Feasts (normally held in February and November each year) involve eight to ten courses of early medieval food, as well as stories, music, games and dancing to add to the atmosphere. The guests wear medieval costumes and use wooden or pottery bowls and cups. Bread trenchers (slightly stale loaves, hollowed out to make a bowl) can also be used for food. In medieval times the bread trenchers, soaked in sauces from the feast, would be given to the poor after the event. Next Feast: Saturday 14th November, 2009 6pm to midnight (tickets - £15 - contact Nicky ) see below for other events this year
Good reference books for medieval recipes include: "The British Museum Cookbook"- by M. Berriedale-Johnson - (0-7141-1759-5) "Food and Cooking in Medieval Britain" - by M. Black - (1-85074-081-X)
Members of Lothene often take part in displays at Scottish castles and other sites and also travel to re-enactment events all over Britain as well as occasionally providing film extras. They have also done promotional work for films such as "A Knights Tale" and "Eric the Viking" and for television series, such as the BBC's "Ivanhoe".
	The group also organise educational visits to local schools (Vikings are part of the Primary School syllabus) and put on displays at charity events. The picture opposite was taken at a display Lothene put on for the Edinburgh Young Archaeologist Group. The children were able to get a close look at reproductions of historical costumes and archeological finds, as well as seeing how some things were made and even trying a mailshirt for size.

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Events

Sundays throughout the year (weather permitting) - Weapons training - Bruntsfield, Edinburgh - 2-4pm (contact AJ for details)

Members of Lothene are also able to attend regular lectures and workshops held by Perfidious Albion during University term times.
Mondays 7-9pm lectures and crafts workshops at The Pleasance, Edinburgh.

Costs - year 2007

Group display with living history (campsite with crafts demonstrations) and medieval combat displays £450 for one day, £650 for two days.

Individual demonstrators - crafts, storytelling, film extras, book launches, etc £80 per person per day. For groups of extras there will be an additional organisational fee.
(reduced rates for small charities - email us for details)


Reduced rates for educational establishments, charities etc.

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Useful websites:

The Academy of Early Music
Music of the Renaissance
A Bard's Celtic Lyric Directory
Folk Music with midi files
music for Official Bransle

Lothene Experimental Archaeology Home Page