Medievalists.net » Public History http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Making the Castle a Home: Creating an Immersive Medieval World Using Live Costumed Interpreters http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:43:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59622 How does the use of unscripted, adaptive, historical interpretation boost the tourist experience? Right on the heels of our look at the Tower of London’s visitor engagement, we heard a paper from Lauren Johnson, Research Manager for Past Pleasures, the oldest historical interpretation company in the UK who educate and entertain the public at historical sites, museums, on stage and and on TV.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/making-the-castle-a-home-creating-an-immersive-medieval-world-using-live-costumed-interpreters/feed/ 0 The Lands and ‘Sisterlands’ of Aberdour, c.1100-1650 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/the-lands-and-sisterlands-of-aberdour-c-1100-1650/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/the-lands-and-sisterlands-of-aberdour-c-1100-1650/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:22:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36494 Of the lands in Aberdour, we begin in very uncertain time long before the Sisterlands became such and a period from which few documents are available. It is thought that shortly after 1100 some of the lands in what was later to become the burgh of Aberdour came to be held by a Norman-French family, the Viponts.

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