Introduction to Premodern Japanese Music
An audio-visual introduction to Premodern Japanese Music and its Role in Society. This class will introduce a variety of Japanese musical instruments along with their social, cultural, and religious context.
Introduction to Premodern Japanese Poetry and Poetics
An audio-visual introduction to Premodern Japanese Poetry and its Role in Society. This class will introduce how to compose poetry a variety of Japanese poetic forms along with the social, cultural, and political contexts with which these forms are associated.
Siege Weapons 101
The basics of Siege: authorization, building, maintenance, expectations.
16th Century Fashion Dolls: Lecture on materials, methods, and sources
16th Century Fashion Dolls: Lecture on materials, methods, and sources
Goldwork Embroidery: Beyond Anglicanum
Discussing different types and styles of gold thread embroidery along with the materials and techniques that may have been used.
Art of the Fake
How to incorporate fakes into your heavy fighting
Prep Work for Goldwork Embroidery
Discussing the materials and supplies, what to do before starting, and how to prepare frames and hoops.
Intro to Roman Cooking 1
Hands-on cooking class featuring recipes from Apicius.
Break it to make it – Glass shaping in period
Try breaking glass in the period way!
Period Card Games:Tarot
We will learn and play a period card game using a tarot deck of cards. This is not a divination class.