Compagnia de Peon Terrae Coneglani |
For a perfect view you must use the Font AGATA.TTF (cod. NewFont) created by the "Cavalieri del Tau" Historic Society from Altopascio (LU), based on an original character of the 13th cent. |
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Vedi Testo Italiano | The Peon)s MiddleAge |
What does
" peon " means ? Certainly not !! This "vulgar" word was used in the XIII and XIV century by the Venetian area people to indicate a foot-soldier of the feudal peasant levy or communal militia. This is what we re-enact, not professional soldiers,but simple town people (burgenses) that weekly leave their all-day occupation ,dress in privately purchased military garments according to their economical possibilities, and serve their own town as guards with various duties. Our idea is to involve the public, trying to explain a bit about every-day medieval history in Italy, the one we call "little history", or history of the common people, as well as trying to bring to life something that most people studied only passingly in school books. This type of group, for the Italian public, is new, because medieval events in Italy are almost all XV-XVI century noble courtesans that gives an imaginary and distorted idea of the later "middle ages". Very few Italian associations re-enact the "common people" and their life. However we have seen, with great satisfaction, that our brand of "little history" is greatly appreciated by the general public. This is what we are trying to do !! If you are intrested to know something more on our group feel free to contact us with the following e-mail |
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Compagnia de' Peon > cd.peon@tiscalinet.it |