Looking for a little "peer review" - kilt history

**Carolina Kiltman** · 14th October 08, 12:13 PM

From the Cape Fear River Valley, NC

You cannot go wrong with the info from M.A.C. Newsome. He is the best when it comes to the correct historical stuff.

**O'Callaghan** · 14th October 08, 05:48 PM

Your article looks very accurate to me, in fact it looks more accurate than some of the widely touted sources that people will probably direct you to.

Just one thing. What exactly is the SCA period? When does it start and finish? I would assume it corresponded to the Renaissance, but it is a long time since I sat in a history class.

**Highlander31** · 15th October 08, 02:30 AM

It's a pretty good article, however, an Englishman did not reinvent the small kilt. There is historical data describing the kilt to be in two pieces that predates by some 50 years the story of the English foundry owner Rawlinson (I may be off on the spelling of his name.) M.A.C. Newsome is definitely a wellspring of information.

BTW, welcome to the forum.

**oscagne** · 15th October 08, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by O'Callaghan

Your article looks very accurate to me, in fact it looks more accurate than some of the widely touted sources that people will probably direct you to.

Just one thing. What exactly is the SCA period? When does it start and finish? I would assume it corresponded to the Renaissance, but it is a long time since I sat in a history class.

SCA period is "pre-1600". The start date was never officially adopted, but unofficially it's 600AD. Some folks ignore that, though and go full Roman, but you don't see many Ancient Greeks, so functionally it's probably "the end of the Western Roman empire"-ish.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 15th October 08, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by O'Callaghan

Your article looks very accurate to me, in fact it looks more accurate than some of the widely touted sources that people will probably direct you to.

Just one thing. What exactly is the SCA period? When does it start and finish? I would assume it corresponded to the Renaissance, but it is a long time since I sat in a history class.

And remember, that the renaissance occurred at different times in different countries. Started, if I remember my history correctly in Italy then spread north.