[MR] Public use of the term "medieval"

[Garth G. Groff]

Friends,

At the risk of stirring up the dead horse, something mentioned in the 
posts on the pentagrams has been bothering me. Several people reported 
that some prejudicial civilians reacted to the word "medieval" and 
associated it with devil worship or other nasty things (often called 
"S_t_atanic" here in the south!). Of course, there is nothing wrong with 
this word, and probably most of us it to describe our interests. I'm 
wondering if we wouldn't be better off making a conscious effort to 
substitute "middle ages", or the more complete (but wordy) "middle ages 
and renaissance" in any conversations with those outside our group. In 
fact, we might be wise to eliminate it completely from our in-society 
conversations as well. This might help avoid slips. I realize this isn't 
likely to happen, and it wouldn't be easy, but it is something worth 
thinking about.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge