SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebr3d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoBecause we have a lot of history. If we’re doing an historic festival it would be more specific about the period, not just some homogeneous “past”. But that said, such festivals are quite rare anyway
minus-squareCountess425@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoThe Renaissance is not “some homogeneous past”, it’s a pretty specific time period: the 15th and 16th centuries.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYes, but renaissance fairs in the US are not actually about the renaissance. They are pretty much just “vague Ye olden days”/fantasy fairs.
Why wouldn’t they?
Because we have a lot of history. If we’re doing an historic festival it would be more specific about the period, not just some homogeneous “past”. But that said, such festivals are quite rare anyway
The Renaissance is not “some homogeneous past”, it’s a pretty specific time period: the 15th and 16th centuries.
Yes, but renaissance fairs in the US are not actually about the renaissance. They are pretty much just “vague Ye olden days”/fantasy fairs.