Knights battle in castle's first medieval event

Jersey's medieval history is to be brought to life in a new family event.

Medieval Revels – 'Lé Rêvillon du Mouoyen Âge' in Jèrriais – is a four-day event at Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey, featuring battle enactments, actors portraying physicians and cooks and a range of activities for visitors to take part in.

The event organised by Jersey Heritage is set to take place during the schools' half-term from Monday 25 May to Thursday 28 May.

Nicola Lucas, Jersey Heritage's community events curator, said: "The clash of steel and the roar of battle as knights in armour storm the battlements of Mont Orgueil – who wouldn't want to be at the castle to experience that?"

She said visitors would be transported back to the 13th Century and would experience "a bustling medieval atmosphere".

Actors would depict a medieval physician who would share the cures, remedies and superstitions of the time, and a medieval cook who would explain life in the castle kitchens, she added.

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