Banners of the Festival: Craft Spotlight
Origin of the Banners
This series of seven banners is based on those of the Assisi festival of Calendimaggio the origins of which are related to the ancient…
Sponsor Post: North Harbour Heritage Park to open in late 2019
The North Harbour Heritage Park is a new community attraction comprising a vast expanse of parkland, river access including a canoe launch/fishing platform…
Reenactor Spotlight: Historia's Damien Fegan
Five decades of re-enactment
As we approach the 30th Abbey Medieval Festival and the start of my fifth decade as a re-enactor I think these are appropriate…
Stallholders at the Abbey Medieval Festival
Hark! Medieval stallholders, traders and vendors - we want you!
Merchants and stallholders selling or demonstrating wares at the medieval market-place…
The Ancient Art of Whacking People
The Ancient Art of Whacking People
(A blog from Damien Fegan, image from Abbey Museum Library)
You may be excused for thinking that combat at the festival…
Debut headline event - Hólmganga!
The Viking Holmgang
In modern times, in order to settle disagreements, we are accustomed to expensive court room battles that sometimes carry on for…
The do's and don'ts of feasting (Part I)
Today on Medieval Eye for the Modern Guy we look at the do’s and don’ts of feasting.
A few rules of thumb as you prepare yourself for the upcoming…
Swords - an introduction to sharp pointy things!
He who hath no sword,
(let him sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22:36)
No item in medieval history excites as much curiosity and misinformation…
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Everyone has to agree that the nobility and royalty had it good during the medieval era. After all,…
