Customers

Mark Westman, Talons!

http://www.talonsbirdsofprey.com/flash.html

Bob Charrette, La Belle Compagnie

http://www.labelle.org/

Steve Sheldon, Forth Armoury

http://www.forth-armoury.com/

Jeff Hedgecock, Historic Enterprises

http://www.historicenterprises.com/

Brian Price, Chivalry Bookshelf & Schola St. George

http://www.chronique.com

Medievalist Groups

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics.htm - Great list of links to medieval arts & sciences pages, mostly SCA-related. Also a great list of authenticity-oriented re-enactment/living history groups.

http://www.sca.org - Largest single group of medieval-oriented hobbyists. Something for everyone!

http://www.adrianempire.org/ - Adrian Empire, a medieval re-creation organization in the US.

http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/index_1.phtml - The Companie of St George, based in Switzerland, as seen in the book "The Medieval Soldier."

http://www.labelle.org/ - La Belle Compagnie, 14th c. living history, eastern US.

http://www.liripipe.com/maisnie/ - La Maisnie, a 15th century household in the Pacific Northwest.

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/ - Roman legionaries, based in Washington DC.

http://www.wolfeargent.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi - The FireStryker Living History Forum.

http://www.armourarchive.org/ - Active forum of medieval enthusiasts.

http://topica.com/lists/TourneyCompanies/ - An e-mail discussion group for groups and individuals re-creating medieval Deeds of Arms.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MedievalEncampments/ - Forum for discussion of medieval camping. Mostly SCA but a few members from LH groups.

  

History

http://orb.rhodes.edu/ - The On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies. THE place to start.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/ - Byzantine and Medieval Studies.

http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/medmyths.html Several myths about the Middle Ages debunked.

http://www.bladezone.com/marshal/ William Marshal.

http://home.attbi.com/~modean52/ Old English made easy!

http://www.r3.org/bookcase/cely/cely2.html - The Cely Papers

 

Medieval furniture sites

http://www.his.com/~tom/ A very serious hobbyist doing excellent work and research.

http://www.medievalwoodworking.com/ Another good page by a serious hobbyist.

http://www.medievalwood.org/charles/ Several good short articles on recreating various pieces of medieval furniture, with plans & instructions.

http://agrellandthorpe.com/ Master professional carvers.

http://masterjoyner.com/ Professional in New Orleans making high-end custom home furniture.

http://www.oldefurniture.com/meet.htm A professional furniture builder working in medieval and later styles.

http://www.mittelalter-moebel.de/moebel.html Not sure if this is a Living history group, a professional woodworker, or something else - I don't read German! But the work is nice.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/ - Forum for woodworkers interested in medieval styles.

 

Museums & Medieval Art sites

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/menu.htm

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/ Cambridge University Library

http://vrc-collections.sjsu.edu/vr_library/medieval.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

http://www.123world.com/museumsandgalleries/index.html

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/index1.html Web Gallery of Art

http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~kochr3/mendel/m_inh.htm Mendelsohn Housebook (ca. 1500)

http://www.tempora-nostra.de/manesse/manesse_start.shtml Manesse Codex (14th c.)

http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits/amanuscrit.htm French MSS (14th - 15th c.)

http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/writing.htm - Medieval writing (paleography exercises).

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ Council for British Archaeology


Leather working

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medieval-leather/ - Forum for discussion of medieval leather goods and techniques. Some very knowledgeable and helpful people. Not an SCA forum.

 

Artisans & Craftsmen

http://www.medievalshoes.com/ - Superb craftsman making medieval shoes and pattens. And a great fellow, to boot. (As it were.)

http://www.medievalwares.com/ - Gaukler is another fine fellow, making jewelry and dress accessories, and also selling authentic medieval artifacts.

http://www.kingskeep.com/ - Books, armour, dress accessories, and the wonderful T-shirts of Renaissance Arts.

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM - Best online resource for medieval shoe technology.

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/merchants/ - SCA juried merchants list

 

Other Interests

Cider, Beer, Mead

http://www.openhere.com/recipes/drink/cider/ - Good list of commercial cideries, also links to cider events.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/andrew_lea/Content2.HTM - The best Web site for cider-making information.

http://www.televar.com/~rownby/bmc.html Links to lots of homebrewing sites, including cider and mead as well as beer.

http://www.morebeer.com/ - Online catalog of homebrewing supplies.