(well, we
thought they were good, but there's no accounting for taste)
There are almost endless sites out there that will contain useful information - these are just a few we've used. Many have their own links pages, so we haven't repeated them all here (we thought we'd leave something for you to do!) All links should open in a new window.
Any problems with bad links should be reported here and we'll do our best to sort them out!
Other people that we like! |
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Nottingham's official and best Robin Hood. | ||
Nimming Ned are an excellent folk group from Nottinghamshire. |
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Trouvère's music can be heard playing at our shows. Check out their website to buy the CDs or book them for an event. |
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| An Early Medieval Alliance | We are members of the EMA, an alliance of around 20 medieval societies. |
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| The British Plate Armour Society | A medieval Re-enactment Society covering the years 1300-1485. Oh, and they're very nice people too :-) |
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| Team Falchion | More lovely people, with an interest in medieval fighting and living history. |
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| Companions of the Crow | Another excellent group with a strong presence on the tournament circuit. |
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| Martin's Jerked Meat | Jerky, fruit scrolls, cheese, sausages, chillies... it's all wonderful! Buy things and keep him in business :-) |
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Sites with Useful Information |
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Medieval History Page | Many, many links, on just about every subject you could think of. |
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Stefan's Florilegium | Loads of useful articles, although quite text heavy. Brilliant if you don't mind reading! |
| Medieval Single Pole Pavilion Tent | Really useful patterns for pavilion tents - we used them successfully (photographic evidence in the photo gallery). |
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Grey Dragon Pavilions | Also good for pavilion tent designs and decoration. The rest of their site is full of great information, so be sure to explore! |
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General Costume | Good place to start..... there are plenty more sites once you start looking! |
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Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies | Evolving resource for many aspects of medieval history. Regularly added to, so it's worth checking once in a while. |
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook | Very similar to ORB really! |
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SCA Homepage | Mainly based in America, but many SCA sites have loads of useful stuff on them. Definitely worth a look. |
| Lothene Experimental Archaeology | Scotland in the 11th century, with lots of other useful history links. |
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English Combat | |
| Medieval World Jousting Tournaments |
Medieval entertainment group who specialise in themed entertainment events from jousting tournaments and jesters, to magicians and illusionists . |
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