Come hither and see artisans demonstrate Manuscript Illuminations, Armor Smithing, Stone Carving, “Mud Slinging?”, Bee Keeping, Fresco Painting and much more. Visit the period encampment and do Prithee, shops!
On the THE SOUTH LAWN VILLAGE SQUARE the SCA, Adrian Empire others present educational demonstrations of Foot Combat, Music and Dance. Visit their encampments & learn about daily life! Beware of the Lord Scrope of Bolton's Tudor Retinue! Your children will learn about the age of chivalry with The Knights of Avalon and can become "Junior Knights of the Heights"! And Captain Alfonse Wilhelm Petard shall teach thee a thing or two!
11:45: Adrian Empire: Combat with steel
12:15: Music to enjoy by The SCA
12:30: Lord Scrope of Bolton's Tudor Retinue Demonstrates combat
1:00: Sir Morgan Desdichado - Basic training & new Squires take an oath
1:30: Dances to learn by the SCA
2:00: Medieval Knights Joust at the barriers - SCA
3:00 : Music to enjoy - SCA
3:30: The "Junior Knights of the Heights" Knighting Ceremony - - Knights of Avalon
4:00: Music and Dance SCA
4:30: Adrian Empire: Combat with steel
5:00: Medieval Knights Joust at the barriers - SCA
Shoemaker
Shoemakers (or Cobblers) were often common laborers who designed and made footwear. Anything from shoes fashioned from burlap, hide or leather to elaborate and fancy boots made from reptile skins. Their work was regarded as necessary but as the materials they worked with fetched high prices, not all were able to afford them
Shoemakers eventually curtailed their businesses to suit the needs of most people and designed lesser pieces of footwear from cloth and even wood. Though they appealed to the mass populace and even though their product was necessary, Shoemakers, often earned only average wages.
Herbalist
A Herbalist was usually a member of a religious order such as a monk or friar. His main duties included the planting and maintaining of medicinal plants, roots and herbs. Different from a Gardener in that he didn't maintain large estates or actively participate in forming defensive ditches, the Herbalist enveloped himself in the deep studies of medicine.
Many herbs have natural healing agents and as medicine was still in its early stages, the Medieval Herbalist was a much respected person. Normally the church would provide a plot or tract of land that was cultivated by either religious personnel or by peasants who received minor wages. The Herbalist would then plant and maintain his select crops in the area.
A lot of the plants needed to undergo treatments such as boiling, drying, steeping or steaming to bring out their healing properties and some needed to be combined with others to find the desired results.
The Herbalist therefore had an elaborate and involved study and needed the components of a laboratory to do his work successfully. Those who belonged to religious orders usually did not stand to make high wages as they were bound by laws of poverty. However a layman who acted as his own Herbalist could sell his healing knowledge and services for extremely high prices.
