Living History

Resource guide to the living history and heritage industry. News and how to subscribe.

Mailing list information and Web links for most SCA kingdoms and principalities.

Over 25,000 names; grammar and naming conventions, bibliography, name roots with dates, place names (cities) with dates.

Based in Düsseldorf, Germany this group re-enacts the samurai of 16th century Japan. Background on group, contact information, photo-collage of re-enactments.

Town crier and costumed Regency speaker services as well as after dinner speaking. Features profiles and photos. Chester, United Kingdom.

Town Crying and Town Criers in the United Kingdom and worldwide.

Includes a history of the guild and past town criers. Nova Scotia, Canada.

John Webster is the Official Town Crier of Markham and East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.

Jennifer Olivero is the Town of Hanover’s Official Town Crier.

A collection of things medieval including a glossary of medieval terms and facts about life in the time.

Researching and reconstructing aspects of the 5th to the 15th centuries of any culture group.

A band of shanty singing pirates, performs at Renaissance festivals around the United States. Includes a schedule, biographies and pictures.

Organization dedicated to re-enacting the Santiago Campaign.

Umbrella group for axis reenactment groups in the UK. Insurance, event bookings, TV and documentary, pyrotechnics and event management.

Timeline history of shoes and fashion from antiquity to the 1980s.

Household member information, photos, biographies, news, events and contacts.

Located in Great Falls, Montana. Includes news, photos, calendar of events, newcomer information and list of officers.

Located at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. List of officers, new member information, and club constitution.

Located in Kingman, Arizona. Contains regnum and meeting schedule.

Located in central Los Angeles and the San Gabriel valley of California. Newcomer page, geography, officers, households, activity schedule, history and tradition page.

Located in El Segundo, California. Newcomer questions and answers, officers, activity schedule, articles, photo albums, and newsletter.

Located in Joplin, Missouri. Lists general information and events.

Located in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Newcomer information, activity schedule, officers, award recipients.

Located in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Located in Melbourne, Australia. Contains meeting and event calendars, a photo gallery, officer list, newsletter, and links.

Located in Canberra, Australia. Contains upcoming events and activities, online newsletter, newcomer information, regnum, and gallery of photographs.

Covers Alabama, Georgia, Florida panhandle, Tennessee and part of Kentucky. Includes events, offices, groups and royalty.

Armorial, articles, award recipients, order of precedence, award ranks, order of march, populace, past royalty, registered armory, forms, ceremony texts, handbook, mailing lists, e-mail contacts.

Contains calendar of events, officer and contact information, Order of Precedence, and mailing list information.

Facebook page for group located in Miami/Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida.

Email list for the Kingdom of the West.

Located in the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Contains officer page, new member information, local calendar, photo gallery, links, and the Shire eList.

Pennsylvania-based group re-enacting a Roman Legion. Equipment standards, schedule of events, photos of re-enactments, background information on Rome.

Enthusiasts from Wales and the North of England who aim to authentically depict the civilian and military society of Roman Britain during the late 1st and early 2nd century A.D. Activities.

A UK-based umbrella group for mid-eighteenth century re-enactment. Links to sites of member groups, schedule of events.

Minnesota-based group re-enacting Scottish mercenaries in the Swedish service. Historical background, essays on aspects of Scottish and military life, photograph gallery and contact information.

Sealed Knot regiment, part of the King's Tertio in the Royalist Army. Includes structure, history, meeting venues and joining details.

The society of Cavaliers and Roundheads. One of two main civil war reenactment organisations in the UK. History, regimental listing and activities.

Sealed Knot regiment, part of the Western Association in the Army of Parliament. Includes joining information, photographs and historical background.

English central and Northern England 15th Century reenactment group based around John Howard Duke of Norfolk. Also a 13th Century foot tournament. Information on the society, events and links

English late 14th century medieval tournament group. Information on group, contacts, photographs, events list.

Lexington, Kentucky event with a medieval theme benefiting local charities. Events include catapult building and ferret contests. Applications for volunteers, performers and vendors.

Crimson Knights Medieval Re-enactment Society; Arizona, California, and Nevada. Medieval theme activities; contact information.

A historical event which recreates an English village in the 1580's during the celebration of a visit from Queen Elizabeth and her court.

Reenactment group portrays the use of German gruppe reserves (cavalry) in and out of the trenches. History, articles, equipment, photo gallery, bibliography.

The intent of this electronic dacha is to educate the general public about Red Army re-enacting and provide a central point of contact for Red Army re-enactors world-wide.

An overview of the history of the kimono. Weaving and dyeing techniques, and patterns of the various time pieces. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Original Victorian and Edwardian photographs from the Costume Gallery's on-line library. [Graphics intensive]

Complete introduction to women's fashion and grooming in Ancient Rome (and Greece), including the peplos, chiton, stola, palla, jewelry, and hairstyles.

Classical Greek men's and women's garments described comprehensively in text and pictures, sourced from classical literature and visual artworks.