Links to Useful Sites

(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!
 

Trouvère
Medieval Minstrels

Trouvère's music can be heard playing at our shows. Check out their website to buy the CDs or book them for an event.
  Tim Pollard A link to the lovely Tim who is Nottingham's best Robin Hood :-)
  An Early Medieval Alliance We are members of the EMA, an alliance of 25 medieval societies.
  The British Plate Armour Society A medieval Re-enactment Society covering the years 1300-1485. Oh, and they're very nice people too :-)
  Team Falchion More lovely people, with an interest in medieval fighting and living history.
  Martin's Jerked Meat Jerky, fruit scrolls, cheese, sausages, chillies... it's all wonderful! Buy things and keep him in business :-)
  House of De Clifford Suppliers of furs and hides to the re-enactment world
  Medieval World Jousting Tournaments Medieval entertainment group who specialise in themed entertainment events from jousting tournaments and jesters, to magicians and illusionists
     
Sites with Useful Information
 

Therion Arms

World antique and fine reproduction arms and armour. Great links & resources page, although there are problems with bad links.

 

Medieval History Page Many, many links, on just about every subject you could think of.

 

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).

 

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!

 

General Costume Good place to start..... there are plenty more sites once you start looking!

 

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.

 

Internet Medieval Sourcebook Very similar to ORB really!

 

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.

 

English Combat

An English Fighting System for self-defence & competition. Blending English fighting techniques from all ages that made an Englishman the world's most feared and respected fighter. Buy the Training Book online.



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