Great article. Looks like some one has been doing their research and is trying to get that info out there to better historical representations and further understanding of the period they wish to portray. Hard work like that always pays off and is a great starting point for those new to the hobby.

The Society for CREATIVE ANACHRONISMS are serious about their history? Perhaps its different where you are located, which I could see reasonably being the case, one cant really judge all groups by witnessing one of them and by their own name.

The ones I have had the misfortune of witnessing here are historically themed circus clowns. Few of them were wearing spray painted hockey gear as armor, utili kilts, mini 1831 pattern brass basket hilt swords and were representing the Mary Queen of Scots guards, bucket top boots, a mix of Spanish and Greek armor those that were actually even wearing steel armor. It was bad.