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==1. An Introduction==
This year’s AO Guide feels a long time in the making, having been kick started with the presentation at Islip in January 2014 and it is with some relief that for this year the process has finally come to an end. As always this document remains unfinished and far from what I’d hoped to achieve. Many things are still missing and others only mentioned briefly. To address these shortfalls it still remains my intention to publish another revised and expanded AO Guide for 2016.
Regia is always ambitious, especially when it comes to its aim of recreating 423 years of Saxon and Norman history more accurately than anyone else. Britain changed considerably during Regia’s period, 793-1215AD, both socially and materialistically. Fashions changed then, just as they do today, all be it at a slower pace, with high status clothing looking ‘old fashioned’ after 50 years or so.
To make all this even vaguely manageable the 423 years that we re-enact has been broken into six periods. Please keep in mind it is not Regia’s intention that members need to attain six sets of kit. Every member should however own a set of generic kit, a set of clothing that can be used for all periods. I’d hope that over time members will also attain more period specific items which helps Regia to look and feel different when representing people from different times.
I would like to thank the many people who have helped create this document. This document has benefited from their diverse knowledge of fashion, warfare and everyday items and without their valuable contributions this document would never have been.
The big changes for this year are the inclusion of image plates for women and men for all six of Regia’s periods. Hopefully seeing images of the fashions and jewellery for each period will assisting members in making sense of the corresponding tables. The other change is the inclusion of ‘AO Special Mention’ boxes. These are mainly concerned with encouraging people to adopt more accurate kit and are not intended to be rulings.
I’ve also included a bit about two-handed spears. This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me as I’ve been banging this particular drum for a number of years. My eventual aim is to see most warriors using one-handed spears and to see the numbers of two-handed spears reduced on the Regia battlefield to only a few a side, and then only in the hands of rich professional warriors. I do however appreciate that this will take many years to achieve.
As in previous years the AO Team is happy to discuss anything found in the AO Guide. If you think we’ve got something wrong, please do let us know.
I hope you find this document helpful.<b>
Gavin Archer<br>
''Authenticity Officer ''
==2. How items become ‘Unacceptable’==
Items are being continually researched and re-evaluated as new evidence comes to light. As it is Regia Anglorum’s wish to be the most authentic society recreating our period of interest, members need to accept that their kit will have to undergo periodic improvement. To assist in achieving Regia’s aim it is the AO Team’s intention to publish a revised AO Guide every December.
# Items will only ever move by one column in the Event Kit Guides each year. So for instance an item that is currently classed as ‘Optional’ could become classed as ‘Allowable’ next year and ‘Unacceptable’ the year after.
# Any item that is under consideration of being reclassified as ‘Unacceptable’ will always be put on 12 months’ notice for discussion and presentation by the membership. New rulings will never just happen at an event.
# Once an item is officially classed as ‘Unacceptable’ a process of removal will take place. In the first year reminders and warnings will be issued. In the second year final warnings and demands for the removal of the item will be given.
{{Special Mention Box|Title=To Ban a Spoon!
|Caption='''A hypothetical example for reclassifying spoons as Unacceptable'''<br>
Just to be clear we are not making spoons Unacceptable or even thinking about it! <br>
(well, not this year anyway...)<br>
'''April 2015'''<br>
An issue is raised about the evidence for spoons and brought to the AO Team's attention.
'''October 2015'''<br>
The AO Team review any AO issues raised during the season. <br>
The evidence for spoons is reviewed and considered to be lacking and it is agreed that spoons should be reclassified as 'Unacceptable'.<br>
'''December 2015'''<br>
The updated AO Regs are published. <br>
Members now have 12 months to present new evidence in support of spoons. At this stage spoons are not banned.<br>
'''December 2016'''<br>
As no new convincing evidence is presented. Spoons are reclassified as 'Unacceptable'. The 12 month removal period begins. Spoons can still be used for the next year but should be phased out.<br>
'''January 2018'''<br>
Spoons are now Unacceptable and must not be used in Regia.<br>}}
===The Code of Law===
