Renaissance fair

A medieval market or medieval market today referred to a market event with festival character in a style inspired by medieval ambience. Medieval markets have since the 1980s, a growing number of visitors. In the U.S. there is the Renaissance fairs since the 1960s, a similar phenomenon. Both the performers and contributors, as well as some of the visitors dress in fanciful or medieval-looking, lower part, however, in precisely reconstructed garb. In spite of the term " Middle Ages " in the name, and although many organizers advertise with this notion, a mere representation is shown from the Middle Ages medieval markets generally; the events have nothing to do usually with an authentic, ie a historically accurate reconstruction of a medieval market. Therefore, one expects these events tend to Histotainment and not the re-enactment or living history. But rare exceptions occur.

Dissemination

In 2010 were registered 686 medieval markets in a calendar of events in Germany alone until May, for the whole of 2009 there were 903, in 2004 there were, however, only around 300 This increase depends on both, with the increasing interest of the public as well as with the increase the number of feeders together. In addition to content motifs, thus being offered for sale by a medieval perceived goods in an appropriate environment, is the fact that open up these markets with sales periods, which do not otherwise occur due to legal regulations in question, such as Sundays and holidays. In addition, courts may be charged, which are primarily located in highly frequented downtown locations.

Goods

Typical are musicians who provide accompaniment to the action, or for a stand-alone concert on the market premises.

Besides music, there are performances that range from theater stories up to acrobatics, sword fighting and fire breathing. Often a court jester is present. Some artists and performers have reached the medieval markets on regional notoriety. Among the artists of this area include, inter alia, Master Winterfeld, Pill & Pankratz, hue and cry, the lubrication comedians, Max Gaudio, MA Rother.

Tournaments

On the larger medieval markets often mock battles take place, the jousting tournaments of joust to represent to buhurt. For dispensing of the tournaments of the organizers commissioned commercial groups that perform a choreographed spectacle. Some operators also offer free tournaments where the participants actually measure their skill.

In recent years, not only the medieval knights come to the course, there are also spectacles designed to represent a struggle between Celts and Romans.

Criminal Justice

In some markets, replicas were usually issued by judicial institutions of the Low jurisdiction or sold. Are widespread especially the wooden version of the pillory and the fiddle, which is in contrast to the widespread pillory and other facilities for enforcement of a punishment honor their purpose looks most likely in the Middle Ages. Occasionally these objects come to cast as part of a show trial or to visitors to use. Rare replicas of objects of the high court are to be seen, such as the directional axes and blocks.

" Market talk "

In many of these markets you can hear the actors talk and also some of the visitors in a very screwed speech. Phrases like Seyed greeted or titles such as Noble warrior and Holde Maid to strengthen the ambience. Even more funny names meant as descriptions for products of modern life can be heard. So the pocket dragon refers to a lighter which time the iron clock and many a person communicates with the Horch bone ( phone ). The euro is regularly referred to as crowns or Silberling, or gold or silver edge. This "market talk " designated speech is an artificial language that has formed from bits and pieces of Luther's written language, avoidance of modern concepts and a sense of improvisation in the markets for entertainment. However, it was spoken so at any time in history ( before 1980 ). Critics have repeatedly pointed out that visitors of a medieval market would be irritated by market talk as them this artificial language is often sold as " language of the Middle Ages ".

Authenticity

The right to historically correct representation is rather low and can not be measured differently than in the experimental archeology or historical performance practice with academic standards. For several years, however, there is a conflict between two groups of costumed visitors market. The first are those who dress up in fanciful or medieval-looking " garb " of any kind, the other those who place high value on authenticity. The latter group - called (derived from authenticity) as an A - Group - criticized the quality of historical representation and that the visitor is not clear that what is represented is not the historical Middle Ages.

Some organizers of medieval markets trying to provide by regulations, at least in the area encamp on the market and the providers of products for the ultimate in authenticity.