Lute music and the smell of hot chocolate wafted through the Warwickshire Event Centre as guests entered the mammoth hall. A large sign loomed over the entrance, announcing ‘WE SELL MEAD!’, families dressed in matching costumes flitted between stalls filled with bows, potions, and knights helmets. This is the Artisan and Reenactors Market, a venue for those with a passion for history and re-enactment to buy their wares from travelling merchants.