Resources
General
The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
An academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars.
Lots of info on Vikings
Clothing
All you ever need to know about medieval shoes and boots.
Recreating 16th and 17th century clothing.
Dance
Online version of Del's dance book, a large collection of dances and how to do them.
SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage
Probably the best collection of dance manuals and links on the web.
Western Martial Arts
Historic European Swordsmanship - Sword Forums
Forums covering all aspects of WMA.
ARMA, the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
Resources for reconstructing historic European martial arts, including a number of translations of manuals.
AEMMA, Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
Top resource for western martial arts, includes fighting manuals and videos of armoured combat.
Arms & Armour
A collection of various armouring articles.
Archive of armouring techniques and articles.
Forum dedicated to medieval swords (all you ever need to know about swords).
Various private weapon collections.
Other groups
The local SCA group.
NZ Schools of European Martial Arts
NZ organization of WMA schools, with groups in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington.
Gathering Darkness NAAMA Forum
Forums of the National Association of Ancient and Medieval Arts, home to most of the reenactment groups in NZ.
A group dedicated to holding highly authentic reenactment camps.
Australian Register of Living History Organisations
List of most living history and re-enactment groups in Australia and New Zealand.
A study group focusing on the English Longbow. Plenty of really good information about longbows, arrows, their use in warfare,and philosophy on modern longbowmanship.
Contains various photos of medieval re-enactment, including Ordo Cygni and the SCA.
Vendors
Stocks a wide range of medieval gear. The best weapons (for our purposes) can be found under "Practice and reenactment weapons".
Christchurch-based supplier of fencing masks (and other fencing gear).
Swordsmith who makes highly recommended WMA weapons.
Website of the internationally renowned swordsmith Fulvio Del Tin.
The local Chrischurch archery store. Good source of archery and arrowmaking equipment, shafts, fletches, points etc.
Nelson based company supplying archery equipment. Slightly cheaper than Aimtru.