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Reenacting the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Please send suggestions, comments and corrections regarding this Time-Area to: lilkender@gmail.com. For more information regarding individual groups, please contact them directly.
All of the following concentrate on living history except where noted.
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Links by Location | Links by Time Period
Associations, Non-Unit Groups & other links
Multiple-Period Groups
| The Hounds of The Morrigan http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/5638/index.html (UK) -- Iron-Age Celtic to 15th c. Steel combat demos, archery. |
| South Australian Living History Association http://www.geocities.com/s_a_l_h_a/ (Adelaide, South Australia) -- Roman, medieval and renaissance. Steel fighting, crafts. (formerly The Southern Empire) |
| The Anarchist Mercenary http://www.pnc.com.au/~stolk/ (Blue Mountains/Penrith, NSW, Australia) -- Greek & Roman up to 17th c. Fighting, crafts. |
| Realm of Chivalry http://www.therealmofchivalry.org/ (USA, Western Washington) -- 350-1350 AD Europe, Middle East & Asia Minor. Arts & combat. |
| Axholmr Experimental Archaeology http://www.axholmr.co.uk/ (Hull, UK) -- 5th c. Anglian, 10th c. Viking, 11th c. Norman. Village living history, demos,archery. |
| Ancient Arts Fellowship http://www.netspeed.com.au/saffie/ (Canberra, ACT, Australia) -- 400-1200 Demos, combat demos, crafts. |
| Northern Medieval Association http://www.northernmedievalassoc.org/nmamirror (USA, NY) -- 400 - 1500. Combat demos, crafts. Website includes info for reenactors! |
| Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia http://www.markland.org/ (USA, VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ) -- 500 - 1500 AD, Europe. Includes the following living history units: Celtic, Viking, Saxon, Irish & a Viking Longship group with replica ships. Theatrical fighting, fratricidal (rattan) fighting, crafts, culture & combat demos. |
| Die Landen van Herwaerts Over (Dutch Medieval Society) http://www.dsdelft.nl/~lho/index.html (Holland) -- 500 - 1500 AD Europe; includes a Viking unit. |
| The Exiles http://www.the-exiles.org/ (UK) -- 500 - 1500 concentrating on Western European martial arts (combat) rather than living history. |
| The Grey Company http://www.iinet.net.au/~bill/greyco.html (Perth, Western Australia) -- 600 - 1100 AD Europe. Theatrical fighting, crafts |
| Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) http://www.sca.org/ (USA, Earth) -- 600-1600 concentrating on Western Europe. Crafts, rattan fighting. Members form smaller units to do a specific time period in varying degrees of authenticity. See their main site to find a group in your area. |
| Empire of Chivalry & Steel http://www.ecs-imperial.org/ () -- 800 - 1650 Europe. Arts & combat; culture & combat demos. |
| Geforðian Strandi http://www.mathomhouse.com/regia/index.html (USA) -- 850 - 1150 Regia Anglorum US site - Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Dane, Norse, Cymru, Viking and Norman living history. |
Member groups (with webpages) include:
| Hurstwic http://www.valhs.org/ (USA, New England) -- 900 - 1066 Their aim is to study and accurately re-create the life of the people living in northern Europe during the Viking Age They are the first local group of Geforðian Strand, the North American branch of Regia Anglorum. |
| New Varangian Guard http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/3696/NVGInc/index.html (Australia) -- 10th-13thc. Byzantine. Demos, crafts. |
| Compagnia degli Arceri del Fiore d'Argento (Silver Flowers Archers Company) http://www.silverflower.org/ (Italy) -- Magyar, English, Italian, Turkish. Concentrating on bow/archery bow/archery demonstrations. |
| Phoenix Company http://www.medieval.co.nz/ (New Zealand) -- Steel combat demos, rattan combat? |
| Society of Knights http://www.societyofknights.com (Limerick, Ireland) -- Norman living history and battle displays. Newcastle West, Co. |
| Hodegon Garrison of the New Varangian Guard http://www.geocities.com/indunna/hodegon.html (Belgrave Heights, Victoria, Australia) -- 1200s They portray Viking mercenaries in the Varangian Guard, the elite bodyguards of the Byzantine emperors. |
| Ipswich City Medieval Association (ICMA) http://www.powerup.com.au/~medieval/ (Southeast Queensland, Australia) -- 1201-1699 Wooden weapons combat, rapier (combat & demos), steel weapons & black powder demos. |
| A Csallóközi Lovasíjászok http://www.lovasijasz.sk/new/ (Hungary) -- Site is in Hungarian, but it does contain photos and drawings. Medieval Hun, Magyar, Scythian and Mongol, mounted archery/living history. |
| Huscarls http://uk.geocities.com/huscarls/ (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) -- "Dark Ages", Northern European (English, Viking, Celt, Norman). Demos. |
The Vikings! http://www.vikings.ndirect.co.uk/ (UK) -- Viking. Battle re-enactment, crafts, steel combat, archery.. Member groups (with webpages) include:
- Ulf Stahm http://www.saxons.demon.co.uk/ulfstahm/ (Norwich, Norfolk, UK) -- Viking. Battle reenactment.
- Dahrg de Belne http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/dali/55/ (Birmingham, UK) -- 950 Viking, Saxon.
- Ousekjarr http://www.ousekjar.demon.co.uk/ (Cambridge, UK) -- 800 - 1100 Viking, Saxon, Celt, Norman.
- Hrafnsdale http://www.hrafnsdale.org.uk/ Whitworth, Lancashire, (UK) -- Viking.
- Lothene http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/ (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) -- 11th c. Scotland.
- Birkana http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/910/ (Manchester, UK) -- Viking.
- Danetre Vikings http://www.danetre-vikings.org.uk/ (Northamptonshire, UK) -- Vikings. Daventry
- Hwicce http://www.clan-hwicce.freeserve.co.uk/ (Oxford, UK) -- Viking, Saxon.
- Mathrafal http://www.mathrafal.demon.co.uk/ (Wrexham, UK) -- 10th c. Welsh household.
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Brimir http://hjem.get2net.dk/poul_riis_svendsen/Brimir.html (Denmark) -- Viking "experimental archaeology" - living history. Collaborates with Moesgård Museum. Somewhere in Denmark. In Danish and English.
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Dark Ages Society http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~kpollock/das/index.html (UK) -- 9th c., Time of Viking invasion & Anglo-Saxon resistance. Recreation, role-play, some public demos, combat.
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Rudhaborg Ulfar (Wolves of Rouen) http://www.multimania.com/ulfar/ulfar_0.html (France) -- 9th - 10th c. Viking. Battle reenactment, living history. Somewhere in France. Site in French (English side "under construction".) Click here for translation instructions.
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Nasledie Predkov (Ancestral Heritage) http://www.rpg.ru/np/ (Russia) -- 9th - 10th c., Russia & its neighbors. Emphasis on military activity (steel-fighting), feasts, living history. Russia (Moscow?) Site in Russian. Click here for translation instructions.
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Club Bran http://www.wco.ru/bran/ (Russia) -- 9th - 11th century Irish & Viking esp. time of High King Brian Boru. Moscow, Russia. Site in Russian & English.
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Black Raven http://blackraven.go.ru/ (Russia) -- 9th - 11th century Scandinavia & Russia. Site in Russian. Click here for translation instructions.
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Regia Anglorum http://www.regia.org (UK, Australia, Cnanda, Europe, New Zealand, USA, Earth) -- 950 - 1066 AD. Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Viking & Cymru.
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- Miklagard Garrison of New Varangian Guard http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/~gnott/Miklagard/Miklagard.html (Sydney, NSW, Australia) -- 969-1015 Byzantium, Kievan Rus. Steel combat demos, crafts.
- Details mailed in from Peter Raftos: Our garisson concentrates on the interaction between Byzantium and the Kievan Rus' in the period 969-1015AD. This period of two generations covers the triumphant reigns of the General Emperors John I Tzcimisces and Basil II Bulgaroctonos (Bulgar-Slayer). In Rus' it is the long reign of Prince Vladimir the Great, who ruled all Rus' from his seat in Kiev, and although a devoted pagan, converted his people to Orthodox Christianity. It is the time when the destinies of these two great realms collided.
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Samildánach http://samildanach.tripod.com/main.htm (NSW, Australia.) -- 10th-11thc. Concentrating on Viking Britain invasion. Steel combat demos, crafts.
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Fire and Steel http://www.users.bigpond.com/roetroc/ (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) -- Viking. Steel combat.
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Saga Vikings http://www.home.gil.com.au/~blak/saga.html (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) -- Viking. Crafts.
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| Fröjel Gotlandica Viking Re-enactment Society http://www.frojel.com (Victoria, Australia) -- Viking. Combat demos, crafts. |
Conquest, Society of Anglo-Norman Living History http://www.conquest.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ (UK) --
- 1066 - 1086, The Battle of Hastings to the Domesday Book
- 1135 - 1154, The anarchy of King Stephen's reign - Battle of Lincoln - Battle of the Standard
- 1199 - 1215, The Barons war - Richard CDL - King John's signing of the Magna Carta
- Focus on entertaining and educating the public about history. In addition to the above list, they also do an Anglo-Norman camp demo, archery, various crafts. Lots of history lessons on their page.
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The Prince's Guard (Kniazheskaia Druzhina) http://www.knights.spb.ru (Russia) -- 10th - 15th century Russia, England, Scotland, France. Combat, riding, feasts, living history. St. Petersburg, Russia. Site in Russian. Click here for translation instructions.
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Feudal Archers http://www.feudalarchers.org.uk/ (UK) -- 1135 - 1216 English, focussing on archery. Living history, sword & archery demos, cookery and a full-size trebuchet. UK.
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The Order of the Knights of St. George http://www.oksg.org.au/ (Victoria, Australia) -- 1157-1199 (Richard I). Crafts, steel combat demos.
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IG Wolf http://www.igwolf.net/ (Germany) -- 1193, 3rd crusade. Living history. Germany. Site in German & English.
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| Marca Brandenburgensis anno domini 1260 http://www.brandenburg1260.de (Berlin, Germany) -- 1240 - 1270 - Living history group portraying everyday life in the 13th century in the Berlin-Brandenburg area (Marca brandenburgensis) under the reign of the Askanian Markgrafen Johann I and Otto III. Mostly in German, some English. Articles in German, photos under 'Galerie'. |
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Compagnia de Peon http://web.tiscalinet.it/cdpeon/index_en.htm (Italy) -- 13th c. Italian. Living history concentrating on the "common people", they typically portray town guards. Site in Italian & English.
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c.1265 http://www.bumply.com/Medieval/ (Midlands, UK) -- 1265 Baron's Revolt. Crafts, demos.
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Pynnock Ridders of Horst (Pynnock Knights) http://www.ping.be/pynnock-ridders-horst/ (Horst castle near Leuven in Belgium) -- 13th - 14th c. Combat demos.
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The Knights of Longshanks http://www.longshank.co.uk/ (Northwest England) -- 13th - 14th c. (Edwards I & II). Combat demos.
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Company of the Dragon http://www.companyofthedragon.mainpage.net (Wellington, New Zealand) -- 13th - 14th century Europe. Concentrates on steel combat but also welcomes civilian personae.
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The Lion Rampant http://www.lionrampant.org/ (Chesham, Bucks, UK) -- 13th-15thc. Steel combat demos.
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Confrérie de la Malemort http://www.ciger.be/namur/folklore/malemort/en/index_old.shtml (Belgium) -- Hundred Years' War, Europe. Demos.
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Mediaeval Combat Society http://www.novarltd.demon.co.uk/mcs/mcs.htm (UK) -- Recreates 14th century tournament (steel demos).
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Gaddgedlar Historican Reenactment Society http://www.gaddgedlar.com/(Scotland) -- Late 13th/early 14th century -- Scottish Wars of Independence. Living history, combat displays, crafts & cookery. Gaddgedlar reenacts specific historic figures for shows & also perform battles. Site includes some history of Scotland of the period.
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The British Plate Armour Society http://www.dethorpe.demon.co.uk/ (UK) -- 1300 - 1485. Steel, archery, gunnery combat demos.
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Die Liebaart http://home.tiscalinet.be/liebaart/ (Belgium) -- 1302 Flanders. Living history. Site tells some history about late-13th century Flanders, with illustrations.
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Kongshirden 1308 Akershus http://steel.laiv.org/kjertesveinene/ (Norway) -- 1308 royal guard of Haakon V Magnusson of Norway. Site has good pics and patterns for garb- click on 'drakt', medieval pics under 'kilder' and photo album under 'bilder'. Site in Norwegian - English translation under construction.
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Paladins of Chivalry http://www.paladins-of-chivalry.org.uk/ (Surrey, UK) -- 1327-1422 (Hundred Year's War & Peasants' Revolt).
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Medieval Siege Society http://www.medieval-siege-society.co.uk/ (UK) -- 1350-1490. Living history concentrating on siege camp.
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La Belle Compagnie http://www.labelle.org/ (USA, Maryland) -- 1337 - 1453 - Hundred Years War, English. Living history portrayal of a knight's military company and civilian household, concentrating on the year 1382.
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Golden Lions of England http://www.goldlyon.demon.co.uk/ (UK) -- 1361 (Order of the Garter) and 1461 (King's Household). Steel combat demos.
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The Company of Chivalry http://geocities.com/companyofchivalry/ (UK) -- 1370 England; "knights and soldiers of John of Gaunt". Living history, combat.
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Ye Companie of Yeomen Archers http://pw2.netcom.com/~finkas/small.html (USA, SoCal) -- Concentrate on Wars of the Roses.
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Lord Thomas Stanley's Retinue http://www.1485.org (UK, Midlands and North of England) -- 15th c. Wars of the Roses. Recreate 15th century life, emphasis on military living history.
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House of Bayard http://www.house-of-bayard.co.uk/ (UK) -- 15thc Wars of the Roses. Primarily battle reenacting.
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The Company of the Wolfe Argent http://www.wolfeargent.com/ (Northeastern USA) -- 15th c. Burgundy.
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Wolfshead Bowmen http://www.wolfshead-bowmen.com/ (East Sussex, UK) -- 15th c. Combat demos, battle reenactment.
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University of Sheffield Medieval Reenactment Society http://www.shef.ac.uk/~mr/ (UK) -- Wars of the Roses.
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Company Ecorcheur http://www.ecorcheur.co.uk/ (UK) -- Wars of the Roses: Gloucester Household & Warwick Castle Garrison. Crafts, combat demos.
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Medieval Free Company http://www.medievalfreeco.org.uk/ (West England & Wales, UK) -- 1400 - 1485 Wars of the Roses.
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| Oxford Household http://www.oxfordhousehold.freeserve.co.uk/ (UK) -- 1450 - 1490 Wars of the Roses. |
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Companie of Saynt George http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/ (Switzerland) -- 1460 - 1480 Usually Burgundian. Demos at museums and castles. Webpage includes a costume guide with plates.
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Men of Warwick http://marina.fortunecity.com/kingfisher/372/ (USA, MD) -- 1461 Wars of the Roses. Combat demos.
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Rosa Mundi Mediaeval Re-enactment Society http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dcs0bmh/rosamundi/ (Cleveland, UK) --1475-1500. civilian & military living history.
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The Red Company http://www.historicenterprises.com/redco/ (USA, CA) -- 1471 Burgundy.
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- Das TeufelsAlpdrücken Fähnlein (The Devil's Nightmare Regiment): http://www.landsknechts.org/
Early 16th century Landsknecht (German). Combat demos, crafts. Does living history events and also works at Maryland Renaissance Faire. Based near Washington, D.C., USA.
- Saint Sebastian's Renaissance Guild: http://www.well.com/user/martyg/St_Sebastians.html
16th c. Longbow archery & historical/theatrical re-creation. Performs at Renaissance faires. Northern California.
- Blackshire's Company of the Sword: http://www.blackshires.org
16th c. Theatrical/historical reenactment- Renaissance faires in southern California, & Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- The Saint Ives Historical Society: http://www.saintives.com/
16th c. Theatrical/historical reeenactment- Renaissance faires in California, USA.
- Calderon's Company: http://www.getnet.com/~1stbooks/live6.htm
16thc. Spanish (Hernando de Soto) in La Florida (New World). West Bradenton, Florida, USA.
- I Conestabili del Finale: http://www.centrodata.com/conesta.php
16c. Italy. Site is in Italian- Click here for translation instructions.
- The Border League: http://www.borderleague.org/
16th century band in the Debatable Lands between England & Scotland. Performs plays, live steel & black powder demos, crafts. California-Nevada ren faire circuit, USA
- Takeda Samurai group: http://www.samurai.de/
16th century Japanese Samurai (Muromachi era). Military and civilian living history, Iaido (sword-fighting) presentation, Origami (paper- folding), & dances. Düsseldorf, Germany. Site in German & English.
NEW LINK!!
- Landsknechte zu Brettheim: http://www.landsknechte-bretten.de/
1504 Landsknechts. Germany. In German.
- La Cinquedea / Company of Sant'eustachio: http://www.lacinquedea.com
1515-1530 Italian mercenary company (Wars of Italy). Finale Emilia (Modena), Italy. La Cinquedea Circolo Culturale Homepage Finale Emilia - gruppo storico, compagnia italiana di reenacment XVI secolo, ricostruzione di una compagnia mercenaria nel primo 1500 - rievocazione storica, qui puoi trovare ogni informazione, contatti, elenco degli eventi, foto, articoli de La Cinquedea, sulla compagnia di Sant'Eustachio e tutto cio' che riguarda il XVI secolo. Sempre aggornato! In Italy; in Italian only but has pics.
NEW LINK!!
- Stockholmsfänikan (The Stockholm Fahnlein) - The Landsknechts of Gustav Vasa : http://www.landsknecht.org
1520 - 1540 Swedish Landsknechts. Historical shows, crafts and re-enactment. Stockholm, Sweden. In English and Swedish.
- The Tudor Group: http://www.tudorgroup.co.uk/
1560 - 1603 England. UK.
- The O'Neills of Tyrone: http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/oneills/
1593 - 1603 Nine Years War (O'Neill Rebellion), Irish. Portray military and home life. Website includes some history, links. Based in PA, MD, VA area.
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17th Century
Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
- Army of Gustavus II Adolphus: http://users.erols.com/lnorberg/GIIA.html
Includes:
- Livgarde Kompanie, a Swedish Lifeguard company, 1626- 1636, in Maryland; pike & musket drill;
- Stålhandske's Kalivert Regemente, 1630's, Finnish cavalry, in Maryland;
- Butler's Dragoons, 1634, German, in Arkansas;
- Regiment von Knyphavsen, 1621-1623, German, in Ohio; &
- MacKay's Regt., Maryland/Virginia?
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