Baronstvim Cerveneho zamku, neboli Barony of Castel Rouge zve Manitobu Society for Creative Anachronism (Spolecnost pro kreativni anachronismus), coz je organizace lidi hrajicich si na stredovek - presneji na evropsky vrcholny stredovek, tj. zhruba na dobu do r. 1600.
Byla zalozena v kvetnu 1966 v Berkeley v Kalifornii skupinou fanousku science-fiction a fantasticke literatury. Od te doby se slusne rozrostla po celem svete a ma dnes asi 24 tisic platicich clenu v nejruznejsich zemich sveta, kteri ve snaze o poznavani historie nekonci u studia knih, ale snazi se i praxi si vyzkouset, to co v knihach o historii vycetli. Pry se snazi o znovuvytvoreni stredoveku takoveho, jaky mel byt - tj. stredoveku zbaveneho vsech jeho negativnich stranek.
Svet podle SCA je rozdelen dnes jiz na 16 kralovstvi.
Baronstvi Cerveneho zamku (Manitoba) je soucasti Knizectvi severniho stitu, ktere patri do Stredniho kralovstvi. Sousedem Baronstvi Cerveneho zamku je Hrabstvi rudival v Severni Dakote.
Do Stredniho kralovstvi patri uplne nebo castecne nasledujici staty USA a provincie Kanady: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, obe Dakoty, Ohio, Wisconsin, Ontario and Manitoba. V kralovstvi se kazdych sest mesicu porada stredoveky rytirsky turnaj, jehoz ucelem je vyber noveho monarchy. Vitez turnaje a jeho chot se do dalsiho turnaje stavaji korunnim princem a princeznou a pak na dalsich sest mesicu novym kralem a kralovnou Stredniho kralovstvi.
Evropa, Afrika a Stredni Vychod patri do kralovstvi Draci les (Drachenwald). Cesko do nej zatim neni zapojeno (= jeste se tam nenaslo dost vhodne trhlych lidi, aby si zalozili mistni organizaci; a i Jara Cimmermann zrejme v teto veci zcela selhal!).
Nakonec jeste nekolik neprelozenych odstavcu informaci, ktere Spolecnost pro kreativni anachronismus (SCA) o sobe poskytuje:
Where did the SCA come from?
The avowed purpose of the SCA is the study and recreation of the European Middle Ages, its crafts, sciences, arts, traditions, literature, etc. The SCA "period" is defined to be Western civilization before 1600 AD, concentrating on the Western European High Middle Ages. Under the aegis of the SCA we study dance, calligraphy, martial arts, cooking, metalwork, stained glass, costuming, literature... well, if they did it, somebody in the SCA does it (Except die of the Plague!).
As you can probably guess, the thing that separates the SCA from a Humanities 101 class is the active participation in the learning process. To learn costuming, you design and build costumes. To learn SCA infantry fighting, you make armor, weapons, shields, etc., and put them on and go learn how it feels to wear them when somebody is swinging a (rattan) sword at you. To learn brewing, you make (and sample!) your own wines, meads and beers.
You will frequently hear a SCA person describe the SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to have been." In some ways this is true — we have few plagues, indoor plumbing, few peasants. In the dead of winter we have other things to eat than King's venison, salt pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is that we selectively recreate medieval culture, choosing elements of the culture that interest and attract us.
The SCA was started in 1966 in Berkeley, California by a group of science fiction and fantasy fans who wanted a theme party. Following the party, a group got together to discuss the idea of a medieval re-creation and re-enactment group (which has ended up being much like the Civil War, Revolutionary War or Buck-skinning re-enactment groups that were beginning to form in the US). In Britain, medieval and British Civil War recreation societies had existed for any number of years. The Californians incorporated as a non-profit educational society, started forming groups, and away they went.
Since 1966, the society has grown to include over 24,000 paying members in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy, Greece, Romania, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. Many of us guess that for every dues-paying member, there are three or four other active participants.
How is the SCA Organized?
The SCA is a feudal society. The SCA "Knowne World" is divided into sixteen Kingdoms, each with a King and Queen (who rule by right of arms), a Prince and Princess (heirs to the throne), and a council or Curia of Great Officers who handle the day to day business of running the kingdom.