Bokenforde

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The Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages‎ -DAV- Crusade of Ashes and Blood

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Appearance

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Climate



Economy

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Pilgrimage



Geography






History

Prehistory

Roman Occupation

The Middle Ages

Timeline



Current Events



Politics



Population

  • Likely Population, 1100 A.D. ????



Citizens of Bokenforde

Clergy

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Source

http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/frankish-names.php

Craftsmen

Criminals

Crusaders

Patriciate

Students



Festivities

  • Twelfth Night (January) -- Religious festival and feasts celebrating the visit of the Wise Men, or Magi, following the birth of Jesus.
  • St Valentine's Day (February) -- The Medieval festival celebrating love - singing, dancing and pairing games.
  • Carnival (Late February - Early March) --
  • Easter (March) -- Easter celebrated by the Mystery plays depicting the crucifixion.
Lent (40 days)
Ash Wednesday (start of Lent)
Holy Week (last week of Lent before Easter)
Good Friday (end of Lent)
Easter Sunday
  • All Fool's Day (April) -- The Jesters, or Lords of Misrule, took charge for the day and caused mayhem with jokes and jests!
  • Vatertag Deutchland (4 days after the Ides of April) -- High Holy Day for the Empire.
  • May Day (May) -- May Day was a spring festival celebrating May Day when a Queen of the May was chosen and villagers danced around the maypole.
  • Tag der Bestimmung (May 7) -- Solemn day of Dedication for the Coming Work.
  • Midsummer Eve (June) -- Midsummer Eve, the Mummers entertained at the 'Festival of Fire' reliving legends such as St George and the Dragon. Bones were often burned leading to the term 'bonfire'. The summer Solstice was June 23rd.
  • St. Swithin's Day (July) -- St. Swithin's Day falls on 15th July. Legend says that during the bones of St Swithin were moved and after the ceremony it began to rain and continued to do so for forty days.
  • Lammas Day (August) -- Lammas Day was celebrated on August 2nd. The ' loaf-mass ' day, the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. Houses were sometimes decorated with garlands and there were candle lit processions.
  • Michaelmas (September) -- The 29th September was when Michaelmas celebrated the life of St Michael and the traditional food on Michaelmas was goose or chicken.
  • St Crispin's Day (October) -- October 25th celebrating St Crispin's Day. Revels and bonfires and people acted as 'King Crispin' .
  • All Souls Day (November) -- The Day of the Dead - All Souls Day or All Hallow's Day ( Halloween ) when revels were held and bonfires were lit.
  • Christmas (December) -- December 25 is celebrated as the birthday of Christ.



Fortifications

The Walls of Bokenforde



Inns

Source

https://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/inn/



Law & Lawlessness



Monuments

Amphitheaters

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Aqueducts



Arches (Triumphal)



Baths



Bridges



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Cemeteries

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Columns

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Fountains


Gardens



Statues


Tombs



Hospitals



Markets



Private Residences

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Taverns



Religion

Roman Catholic Bremen

Convents

Monasteries



Visitors



Whore Houses



Vampires of Bokenforde




Crucesignatis (Crusaders)

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Incognitos (Strangers and Aliens)



Memoria pro Mortuis (Remembrances for the Dead)

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Wraiths of medieval Bokenforde

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Storytelling Medieval Bokenforde

Mood of Medieval Bokenforde:



Stories of Bokenforde

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