| New (and old) members: |
| Life in the
Current Middle Ages |
A short introduction to the SCA. |
|
The Guiding Hand |
Another introduction for newcomers (from the Kingdom of
Ansteorra. |
|
SCA Demo |
Online Demo to give a general overview of some of the aspects of the SCA. |
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| Starting points: |
| SCA, Society for Creative
Anachronism, Inc. |
The official website with a lot of links. Very
good!! |
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| Heraldry: |
| SCA
heraldry |
The SCA heraldry page. Very good. |
| alt.heraldry.sca |
Newsgroup for SCA heraldry. |
| Medieval Names
Archive |
A good starting place when you want to choose your persona
name. |
| Medieval Heraldry
Archive |
A good starting place when you want to choose your persona
coat of arms. |
| Search the
Armorial |
Search among registered arms in the SCA. |
| Academy of Saint
Gabriel |
Primary purpose is to assist members of the SCA to find
authentic (as opposed to just registerable) medieval names and coats
of arms. |
| Heraldic
Primer |
The language of heraldry. |
| François
Velde's Heraldry Site |
Nice mundane heraldry page. |
| Medieval Flags
and Banners |
An historical look at the evolution of flags, beginning in the
ninth century |
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| Combat related: |
| SCA Chivalrous
arts |
The combat page at www.sca.org. |
| Bladeswift |
A SCA fighting manual written by Earl Wlfric. |
| Wanna
fight? |
A few useful thoughts for those wishing to learn SCA
combat. |
| Knighthood Chivalry
Resource Library |
Interesting things about fighting. Check out the Roll of Fine
Deeds. |
| King
René's Tournament Book |
This web site presents a modern English translation of a
medieval French book on how to hold a tournament. |
| The Arador Armour
Library |
Great armour site with armour patterns and pictures of
armour. |
| Therion's medieval arms
and armour |
Pictures of arms and armour. |
| The Making
of Wisby Plate Armor |
A how-to-do guide. |
| Paradoxes of
Defence, by George Silver (1599) |
A sword fighting manual. |
Brief
Instructions Upon My Paradoxes
of Defence, by George Silver |
"While George Silver's Paradoxes of Defense was published in
1599, the Brief Instructions, which is the book which actually
explains how to use various weapons instead of merely lecturing about
why rapiers are so bad." |
| DiGrassi, His True
Arte of Defence |
A period fencing manual. |
| Old
Sword-play |
The lessons on "Old Sword-Play" have been compiled from the
works of various authors of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries. |
| Elizabethan
Fencing |
A good page about period fencing. |
| Don Danulf's Academy
of Defence |
Teaching the Noble Science of Elizabethian Fencing in the
SCA. |
| IRONROSE--Warrior
Women of the SCA |
A webpage for female fighters. |
| The
Real Landsknecht Homepage |
The history of the Landsknechte. |
| VitaPorten |
This page is meant as a help for SCA fighters to get ideas over how to
improve their techniques. |
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| Arts and Sciences
related: |
| SCA
Arts and Sciences Homepage |
Lots of useful stuff. |
| Arts
and Sciences Links |
The most complete collection of A&S links in the Knowne
World. |
| Stefan's
Florilegium |
Articles gathered by Stefan li Rous. |
|
Footwear of the Middle Ages |
Great info about shoemaking. |
| Cariadoc's
Miscellany |
A collection of articles and recipes. |
| Medieval/Renaissance
Brewing Homepage |
|
| Writing a
Period Ballad |
Well, the title says it all |
| SCA Music
and Dance Homepage |
|
| Medieval
Pavilion Resources |
The most thorough and complete site with tons of information
on various types of pavilions, and how to make them. |
| Medieval
Illumination for the 21st century |
Information on the manuscripts by Gabrielle de Noyer (Diane
Calvert), who has a gallery/studio, in Noyers-sur-Serein, of medieval
illuminations of her own creation where she works, teaches, and
demonstrates before the public.. |
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| Miscellaneous: |
| rec.org.sca |
The Rialto. A newsgroup for general SCA discussions. |
| NetSERF |
A great index to medieval sites on the Internet. I recommend
it!! |
| The Rialto
Archives |
Selected articles, sorted by subject. Now known as Stefan's
Florilegium. |
| WWW
Medieval Resources |
|
|
Medieval History Directory at Yahoo |
SCA links at Yahoo. |
| Labyrinth
Home Page |
Lots of useful historical links. |
| The Ancient World
Web |
LOTS of interesting links. You can lose yourself for
hours... |
| The
Age of King Charles V |
A 1000 illustrations from manuscripts! Great. |
| Medieval
Images |
|
| The Rolls
Ethereal |
An electronic register of SCA people throughout the Knowne
World. Register today!! |
| Viking
Resources for the Re-enactor |
|
| Viking Answer
Lady Web Site |
Good Q/A site about vikings |
| The
Lost Tribes of the Moon |
A stopping place for all mercenaries in the Known
Kingdoms. |
| Wolgemut |
The homepage of an authentic musical group from
Drachenwald. |
| Historic
Enterprises |
A good resource for complete outfits, or various authentic
reproduction items. |
| The Fat
Guys Songbook |
Here's the chance to learn the Fat Guys songs. Site contains
songs/filks about fatguys and others in Drachenwald. |
| Kongshirden
1308 Akershus |
A Norwegian re-creation group focusing on the year
1308. |
