Herstmonceux - Visitors Info - Videos
Herstmonceux
Herstmonceux Castle, 29-31 August 2009
 Visitors Info   Participants Info   Photos   Tickets   Email us   Site Map 
 Visitors Info  >  Videos  >  Let the Show Begin   TV News   Welcome   Archery   Event Director   Falconry   Festival History   Festival Setup   Jousting   Seige Battles   Skill at Arms 
 Help 

1 - Archery Video 2007


2 - Welcome Video


3 - Live Interview Part 1 - Clive Geisler 2007


4 - Live Interview Part 2 - Clive Geisler 2007


5 - Jousting Video 2005


6 - Battle and Siege Video


7 - England's Medieval Festival History


8 - Falconry Video


9 - Festival Set Up Video


10 - Skill at Arms Tournament Video


11 - TV News Broadcast


12 - The Festival - Part 1


13 - The Festival - Part 2


14 - The Festival - Part 3


15 - Martin Pattison - Hands On History


16 - Jo Foreman - The Pardoners Tale


17 - Fiona Boyle - MSS


18 - The Sounds of Herstmonceux Castle


18 - Steven Charlton - Falconry

England's Medieval Festival Videos

To watch the videos as they single click on them. If you would like to open them in another window (larger size) please double click on them.

1 - Archery Video 2007

Glennan Carnie talking live on Sovereign Radio about the English bow during the Medieval times. There will be demonstrations of archery shooting on the battle field over the weekend.

2 - Do you believe in Magic? Do you believe that history can come to life?

This short trailer of images from different festivals is narrated by Mark Denton and written by Graeme Forster, covers the main elements of the Festival of this very special event held in a very special place.

3 - Live Interview Part 1 - Clive Geisler 2007

Clive Geisler talking live on Sovereign Radio about the 'Flavous of the Festival' - Herstmonceux Castle, Medieval History, Step back in time with the participants, Festival History.

4 - Live Interview Part 2 - Clive Geisler 2007

Clive Geisler talking live on Sovereign Radio about the various elements of the Festival that you can expect to see over the weekend - Skill at Arms, Horses, Grande Parade, Battle for Herstmonceux Castle, 100's of knights and massed archers, medieval shopping and traditional food and drink, kids' kingdom, performances througout the day.

5 - Jousting Video 2005

The Sport of Kings - Sir Rupert Hammerton-Fraser talks about the history of jousting on horseback supported by video clips of actual jousting as seen at England's Medieval Festival in 2005.

6 - The Siege and Battle of Herstmonceux Castle

The centre piece of the Festival is the morning siege and afternoon battle for Herstmonceux Castle - Jim March of The Medieval Siege Society describes the 2005 story line. It is mid afternoon in the summer of 1471, and the heat haze rises over the fairy-tale setting of Herstmonceux Castle on the southern coast of England . Amongst the woods outside the massive limestone walls, a tented village has sprung up in the last few days. This is no ordinary collection of travellers laying up for the night. We are in the middle of a civil war, the English civil war, and as events unfold, it is easy to draw parallels between this conflict and civil wars of more modern times. To a point: what we are about to see is for entertainment purposes only.

7 - England's Medieval Festival History

This short six minute video details a complete history of how the Festival came about as well as a discription of all the elements that make this Festival so special.

8 - Falconry Video

Stephen Charlton - Master Falconer talks about the history of Falconry with scenes from his 2005 show at England's Medieval Festival

9 - Festival Set Up Video for England's Medieval Festival

Each Festival takes a full year to organise. You will see interviews with the founder and owner - Clive Geisler, The craft and trade manger - Eddy Powell and the Back office staff - Amy Lipscome

10 - Skill-at-Arms Tournament Video

John Dudeney talks about the history of the sport and you will see images of the contestants at the Festival riding the rings, quintain practice, tent pegging, pig or wild boar sticking and Turks' heads.

11 - TV News Broadcast

Charlotte Hawkins of Meridian TV spends a day at England's Medieval Festival in 2006. Aspects covered include: Living History with Tina Steiner and Chrissie Hirzel, Jester - Devil Stick Peat, Falconry - with Stephen Charlton, firing the largest medieval canon in Britain with Don Mansfield, Skill-at-Arms with John Dudeney and interviews with Clive Geisler the event organiser.

12 - The Festival - Part 1

Interview starts with Clive Geisler, Event Director, taking about the various elements of the Festival. Description of the main attractions, including the daily Battle and footage from the Battle and Siege at Herstmonceux Castle.

13 - The Festival - Part 2

Continued from above, Battle scenes from Herstmonceux Castle. 'After the Battle is over.....' A description of lifes and times of Medeival England. Music, Dance, Falcony, etc. An introduction to the mounted Skill at Arms tournaments

14 - The Festival - Part 3

Continued from above, Skill at Arms tournament and Jousting tournament

15 - Live Interview 2007 - Martin Pattison - Hands-on-History

Martin Pattison from Hands-on-History talks live on Sovereign Radio. He talks about Medieval armour; how it was worn, what it was made from, how heavy it was and the undergarments they wore to protect themselves from direct hits on the battle field. Men on the battlefield would have stayed in their armour all day and were not able to just step away and have a break to refresh. Men were often found dead on the battle field from heat exhaustion and not injury. Saffron Swanborough wears the armour to try it out and says "it feels like you are underwater and being pulled down"

16 - Live Interview 2007 - Jo Foreman - The Pardoners Tale

Jo Foreman talks live on Sovereign Radio about the putting together an adaptation of Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale. In the musician adaptation (translated from Chaucerian english), like the original, 3 brothers plan to kill death and so set off to find 'death'. It ends up with 3 dead people on stage, 2 of them stab each other and one drinks poison... a lovely tale with grim humor! The moral of the tale is 'The root of evil is greed' which shows moral resonances for the modern day.

17 - Live Interview - Fiona Boyle - Medieval Siege Society (MSS)

Fiona Boyle from the Medieval Siege Society (MSS) talks live on Sovereign Radio. Fiona commentates throughout the siege and battle at Herstmonceux Castle giving the public a running comentary and description of what is happening on the battle field. For most participants what they do is a hobby and allows many of them to learn new skills. They are all fully trained in the weapons they use and the fighting on the battle filed is completly unchreographed. Away from the battle field you can wander around the living history encampments and see how the lived during medieval times,what they cooked, what they wore. You can also see various live demonstration of sewing, blacksmithing, cooking, etc.

18 - The Sounds of Herstmonceux Castle - Lord and Lady Avallah

Lord and Lady Avallah, plus other guests, play sweet sounds of medieval music on the Village Square Stage.

19 - Live Interview - Steven Charlton - Falconry

Steven Charlton and Jaggers the Buzzard are interviewed live on Sovereign Radio about the Falconry display at England's Medieval Festival. He talks about the different types of birds that feature in the display; Buzzards, Kestrel, Falcon, Eagle, plus a few more. The training the birds go thorugh has been unchanged for thousands of years, right back to the first known introduction. They are time tested methods that work and ensure that the relationshop between man and bird is a good one. The bird has to trust the handler 100% and know that it will not be punished under any circumstances.