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Re: White vs Gray?
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:58:41 GMT
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Interesting thread. I had heard of castles being "whitewashed" before but never
the multicolor thing. Perhaps the KK2 are more historically accurate than many
of us would like to think? I know for sure that there was a trend for a while to
paint helmets various colors...

It is important to remember that the medieval period we're talking about is a
500 or so year timeframe involving an area that stretches from Ireland to deep
into Eastern Europe and the Middle East. So there would have been a lot of
variation and experiments with everything from heraldry to weapons to castle
building (and decorating) techniques.

Magnus



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  Re: White vs Gray?
 
(...) And it gets even worse :-) Take it from a European who has about a dozend real castles and ruins within walking distance, and has a bit of interest in castles and history: Most mediaevel castles in the Rhine area where not simply white, they (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.castle)

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