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the castle: stone wall with large square stone towers at 2/3 visible corners. ruins of 3rd to the right. the central, tallest stone tower is visible behind closest wall tower. the sky is mostly covered with dark gray-white clouds.
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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What I wouldn't give to see, for just one day, what a castle really looked like in it's glory day with it's original inhabitants living in it. That would be so cool.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I imagine they try to come as close to this as possible sometimes at Ren Fairs, FWIW.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Yeah but what do they really know, you know? What about the every-day stuff. That's what I want to see. Not people doing armor fighting, juggling, jousting, all at the same time on the same day and stuff. I want to see the common day life. 😊

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I agree that would be a much smaller proportion of the re-enactors, yes.

    In fact I've been mighty impressed over the years seeing situations in which people intentionally live in very limited conditions, doing their best to abide by the conditions of the historical era in question. So I'd be surprised if someone wasn't trying to do this from the perspective of castles, even if just for le weekend or whatever.

    I also understand that castle-life could be... not exactly the 'glamour life,' even if you were a noble or liege. For example cold, damp, poorly lit, with poor hygiene, pests and S.A.D. conditions, perhaps. Many of the servants, staff and whoever else probably didn't have much agency to escape that drudge.

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