I thought the fantasy author Marion Zimmer Bradley was supposed to have
started it.
She was part of it. The first SCA event was a goodbye party for someone
going off to the Peace Corps(?), in Diana Listmaker's (Paxson, I think)
back yard. A few months later MZB came up with the name when asked for
a name to put down on the park reservation form.
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
"Such virtue hath my pen...." -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81
"I knew this wasn't _my_ pen!" --Cynthia Virtue
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