LINKS                                                                  1/1/08

*Other Medieval Groups
*Arms and Armor Information
*Clothing Information
*General Medieval Sites

MEDIEVAL GROUPS

Midgard
http://www.larp.com/midgard/

Longship Company--Markland's Viking ship
Fred Blonder
15900 Pinecroft Lane
 Bowie, MD 20716
301-390-4089 (LSCo Hotline)
http://www.longshipco.org/
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~eowyn/Longship/

Regia Anglorum's American branch
http://www.mathomhouse.com/regia/index.html

Hurstwick--New England branch of Regia Anglorum, NA
http://www.valhs.org/index.html

Finnr's Home Page (Manx Vikings)
http://www.geocities.com/yarnvidi/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheManx/

The Vikings NA
http://www.vikingsna.org/

(Including Norsa, http://www.vikingsna.org/norsa/ )

DARK-- Dark Ages Recreation Company, Ontario, Canada
http://www.darkcompany.ca/ 

Novae Militiae--Knights Templar
http://www.novae-militiae.com/

La Belle Compagnie--1382, based in Virginia
http://www.labelle.org

Lord Grey's Retinue--Wars of the Roses
http://www.lordgreys.org/ 

Men of Warwick--Wars of the Roses
http://marina.fortunecity.com/kingfisher/372/

Medieval Horse Guild
http://www.horseguild.com/

Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia
http://www.markland.org

Reenactor.net--You can find a LOT more groups here!
http://www.reenactor.net/

Regia Anglorum--Perhaps the most prominent medieval reenactment group in England
http://www.regia.org/index.html

Angelcynn--Anglo-Saxon Living History, England
http://www.angelcynn.org.uk

Miklagard--Varangian group in Australia
http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/miklagard/

The Huscarls--Vikings and Anglo-Saxons in Australia
http://www.huscarls.com

Ravens Warband--Early Anglo-Saxon reenactment, UK
http://www.ravens-reenactment.org.uk 

Britannia, The Arthurian Society
http://www.durolitum.co.uk/

Frojel Gotlandica--Viking Re-enactment Society, Denmark
http://www.frojel.com/_index.html

ASK--Viking Combat Reenactment Society, Denmark
http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/english.html

Gael Agus Gall--Viking-era Irish Living History
http://homepage.eircom.net/~gael/ 

Circa: 1265--based in England
http://www.bumply.com/Medieval/index.htm

De Liebaart--A Dutch group focusing on the year 1302.
http://www.liebaart.org/ 

Gaddgedlar--Mainly 14th cent. Scotland
Scotland
http://www.gaddgedlar.com/ 

The Armour Archives--Articles on armoring, patterns, links, and discussion boards
http://www.armourarchive.org

The Sword Forum International--Articles, discussion boards, and more
http://forums.swordforum.com/ 

The 'Viking Shield' from Archaeology--Peter Beatson, NVG Miklagard
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html

Egfroth's Norman "Bib" Reconstructed
http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/Bib1.html

Egfroth's Helmets
http://geocities.com/egfrothos/MyHelmets

Forth Armory Mail versus Sword Test
http://www.forth-armoury.com/photo_gallery/Damage_Test/damage.htm

The Pioneer Anglo-Saxon Helmet
http://www.angelcynn.org.uk/inline_graphics/warfare/ben12.jpg

Halvgrimr's Helmet Pages
http://www.vikingsna.org/HelmResearch/home.htm 

Forging a Spearhead, by Bruce Blackistone
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/ , demo number 152.

The Gjerermundbu Mailshirt
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/armsandarmour/mailshrt.html

The Frazier Historical Arms Museum--Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.fraziermuseum.org/ 

Matt Galas' Sword Stats--Lengths and weights of a number of original swords
http://www.palus.demon.co.uk/Sword_Stats.html

Making a Longbow, by Simon C.B. Day
http://www.cix.co.uk/~courtney01/combrogi/longbow.htm 

Some Clothing of the Middle Ages by Marc Carlson
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html

Archeological Sewing--A list of known garments and fabric with surviving stitching
http://www.virtue.to/guest_authors/archaeological_sewing.html 

Evidence for hosen
http://www.mathomhouse.com/regia/references/

Douglas Sunlin's page on Winingas
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/winingas/winingas.html

Saxon Costume Pictures page by Peter James
http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.james1/Saxkit/H2kit.html

Viking Resources for the Reenactor
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikresource.html

How to make an authentic Viking era tunic, by Carolyn Priest-Dorman
http://gersey.tripod.com/history/tunic.html

Irish Clothing c. early 11th century, by Dan Di Cristo
http://saverio4444.tripod.com/clontarf.html  (Lower class)
http://saverio4444.tripod.com/ikit0704.html (Upper class)
http://saverio4444.tripod.com/leine.html 

Conjectural Mid-14th Century Braies by John Jordan
http://scamelee.freeservers.com/braies_personal.html

Atlantia Clothing and Costume links--This is an SCA links page, so be VERY careful about using the various sites, but there are LOTS of them!  Some are excellent!
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm

Extant Clothing of the Middle Ages
http://www.virtue.to/articles/extant.html

Reconstructing History, by Kass McGann
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/

A Basic Guide to Footwear in the Viking Age, by Jeff Clarke (Hafgrim Gunnarson)
http://www.visi.com/~norseman/viking_shoe.html

Viking Shoes, by Danr Bjornson
http://bjornsson.crosswinds.net/sca/danr_as/shoes/shoes.htm

Leather Working, by Roland Williamson--Shoes, scabbards, etc.
http://www.regia.org/leatwork.htm

Medieval Shoemaking discussion list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalshoemaking/ 

Making Chausses and Braies
http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chauss2.html 

Gaddgedlar Clothing Guide for Bannockburn
http://www.gaddgedlar.com/bannockburn_2003%20Kit.htm 

Medieval Shoes, by Patrick Seehaber--In German, but you can still learn a LOT from it!  Or translate with Babelfish.
http://www.mittelalterschuhe.de/

Cloth Widths in the Middle Ages: A Preliminary Look at the Evidence, by Mairghread in Eyverksa (Becky Day)
http://www.geocities.com/ladymairghread/clothwidth.htm

Bayeux Tapestry--Has photos of the entire Tapestry!  Beware, slow loading due to lots of unecessary graphics and other stuff.  Historical information, particularly on the adjoining Battle of Hastings section, may not be entirely accurate.
http://www.hastings1066.com/

Regia Anglorum articles--FABULOUS information!
http://www.regia.org/listings.htm

Regia Anglorum Image index
http://www.regia.org/images/

John Lambert's Special Postings for Hastings 2000--From a participant in the reenactment in England
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/J_Lambert/H2K.htm

"Projects for the Bascot"--Gorgeous work by a Regia Anglorum member
http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/index.html

Storm Tidings Archives--SCA Shire of Adamestor, has some good information
http://www.adamastor.za.org/chronicler/stormtidings/archive/st_archive.html

The Maciejowski Bible illustrations online
http://www.keesn.nl/mac/mac_en.htm

Maciejowski Bible
http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/maciejowski_bible.htm

Stanford University's Library of Medieval Studies
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/medieval/nateng.html

De Re Militari--The Society for Medieval Military History
http://www.deremilitari.org/

The Sutton Hoo Society (Dedicated to research in an Anglo-Saxon cemetary)
http://www.suttonhoo.org/

Corinium Museum Anglo-Saxon Collections Database
http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/museum/AngloSaxon.asp

The Frazier Historical Arms Museum--Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.fraziermuseum.org/ 

Silk Road Designs Armoury--TONS of info, mostly eastern
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505/

Egfroth's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/

Kim Siddorn's collection of photos (Regia Anglorum, UK)
http://community.webshots.com/user/kimsiddorn

Sven Skildbiter's Index Page--Information on almost any medieval topic!
http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/index.html

Making a Leather Bottle
http://geocities.com/ladysveva/Leather/LeatherBottleInstructions.html

Working with Horn and Skeletal Materials
http://www.dnaco.net/~arundel/bone_pamplet4.htm

Reconstructed Viking Travelling Bag, by Peter James
http://www.geocities.com/guthroth99/bag.html

History of the Frisian Folk
http://redbad.tripod.com/h1history2.html

Explore a Viking Village--Nova Online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html

Viking Answer Lady
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, from Georgetown University
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/index.html

ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
http://orb.rhodes.edu/

netSERF--Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
http://www.netserf.org

TEMA: Texas Medieval Association
http://www.towson.edu/~duncan/tmahome.html

DScriptorium--Digital Medieval Manuscripts
http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/

ARGOS: Search Engine for Ancient World Studies
http://argos.evansville.edu/

Peasant Houses
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/~tekpages/peasanthouses.html

Sagas on the Web (National Archives)
http://www.sagnanet.is/

The Lewis Chessmen
http://www.chez.com/cazaux/lewis.htm

Levantia--Social History of the Levant.  Byzantine Empire and Middle East, c. 9th -13th centuries.
http://www.levantia.com.au/

The Historic Armed Combat Association (HACA)
http://www.thehaca.com/

AEMMA--Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
http://www.aemma.org/

MASHS--Swordsmanship classes in Maryland
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalSwordsmanship/

ARMA DC (Bethesda MD)
http://keith.martialartsman.net/medieval/

Virginia Academy of Fencing
http://www.vafinc.com/

The so-called Charlemagne Chess Set
http://www.chez.com/cazaux/charlemagne.htm

The Heroic Age--A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe
http://members.aol.com/heroicage1/homepage.html

Experimental Reconstruction of a Medieval Trébuchet
http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/acta.html

WarScholar.com--Listings of military history dealers, books for sale, travel guide, and more
http://www.warscholar.com/

Onomastikon--Dictionary of Names
http://www.flick.com/onomastikon/

Old English at the University of Calgary
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/

Old English Aerobics
http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/OEA/index.html

Old English Insults
http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/miscellaneous/oldenglishinsults.html

Modern English to Old English Vocabulary
http://www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/vocab/wordlist.html

Correspondence Course in Old English
http://www.asbooks.co.uk/corresp.htm

Anglo-Saxon Names
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng-anci.html
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/aelfwyn/bede.html

Oswald of Baldurstrand
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Viking_Age
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/

Hjemsted Oldtidspark--Archeological park with reconstructed farm, etc.
http//www.hjemsted.dk

Castle Roc--A project to build a medieval city in Quebec, Canada
http://www.castelroc.com

Guédelon: Recreating a 13th Century castle using period techniques.
http://www.guedelon.com/gb/navig/CF_1_bienvenue.htm

Norse, of Course--original poem in the style of Theodor Suess Geiselson by Erika Milo
http://www.seuss.org/seuss/norse.course.html

http://www.trebuchet.com/ 

Trebuchet design for Dr. Seuss, by Eric Ludlam
http://www.ultranet.com/~zappo/siege/seuss/index.shtml

Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow, by Jonathan Corum (with data concerning the capital of Assyria)
http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

The Twentieth Legion--How Aelfric spends MOST of his time!
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/

Matthew Amt's Greek Hoplite Page--My OTHER other website...
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/