The Sealed Knot (reenactment)
The Sealed Knot is a British historical association and charity, dedicated to costumed reenactment of battles and events surrounding the English Civil War.
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[edit] About
The Sealed Knot takes its name from the original Sealed Knot, a secret association aimed at the restoration of the monarchy, although the modern incarnation has none of the political affiliations of its namesake. Apart from reenactment, it is also involved in research into the history of the Civil War, and education (at the school or college level) about the same.
[edit] History
The Sealed Knot was founded by the late Brigadier Peter Young, who was a military historian and World War II veteran. The idea of the Sealed Knot re-enactment group started at a dinner party with a small group of friends on 28 February 1968 following the publication of "Edgehill 1642 - the Campaign and the Battle". Within a few months it had 200 members and today has a membership of several thousand, making it the largest re-enactment society in Europe. The group is a registered charity, and has its own coat of arms.
With its large membership and high profile the Sealed Knot is the largest and most well known of all the many re-enactment and historical groups and societies in the UK.[1][2] Its official journal, Orders of the Daye, is published every two months and sent to all members. It contains information about forthcoming events. Copies of every issue are lodged with the British Library.
The Sealed Knot comprises of a number of Regiments split into Parliamentarian, Royalist and Scots armies. The group were responsible for the first commemoration in 1971 of the Battle of Nantwitch (which originally took place in 1643) and in 1973 the Sealed Knot, stage the first re-enactment of the battle which has now become an annual event at the end of January and is known as 'Holly Holy Day'.[3]
[edit] Parody
The Sealed Knot is parodied as The Peeled Nuts in the Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett. It has also been parodied in Chris Morris' On The Hour, where it is referred to as The Soiled Nut.
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- ^ The Sealed Knot Official Website, http://www.thesealedknot.org.uk/
- ^ de Groot, Jerome (2008). Consuming history: historians and heritage in contemporary popular culture. Routledge. pp. 105-108. ISBN 0415399459.
- ^ The Cat (2011) "The Battle of Nantwich - Holly holy day", http://thecatradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/holly-holy-day-in-nantwich-cheshire-is.html
