Ordo Cygni The UC Medieval and Renaissance Society

This is a list of various links useful to the medieval re-enactor. (One day these will be organised into categories!)

• 1300AD Medieval Arms & Armour
  1300AD is New Zealand's leading supplier of museum quality functional & decorative swords, armour and giftware, based in Christchurch.
• Barony Of Southron Gaard
  The local SCA group.
• Viking Answer Lady
  Lots of info about Vikings
• Australian Register of Living History Organisations
  List of all living history and re-enactment groups in Australia and New Zealand.
• Stefan's Florilegium
  Primarily an SCA site, but filled with plenty of useful information for the medieval re-enactor.
• Medieval Footwear
  All you ever need to know about medieval shoes and boots.
• Ash and McPawn's site
  Group members personal site with various medieval information.
• Arador Armour Library
  A collection of various armouring articles.
• Armour Archive
  Archive of armouring techniques and articles.
• Sword Forum
  Forum dedicated to medieval swords (all you ever need to know about swords).
• Lutel Swords
  Swordsmith who makes highly recommended WMA weapons.
• Del Tin Antiche Swords
  Website of the internationally reknown swordsmith Fulvio Del Tin.
• Peter Lyon's Armoury
  Website of Wellington swordsmith Peter Lyons.
• K+K Art
  Swordsmith dealing in swords and rapiers.
• My Armoury
  Various private weapon collections.
• Phil's Picture Page
  Contains various photos of medieval re-enactment, including Ordo Cygni and the SCA.
• Company of the Dragon
  Medieval re-enactment group based in Wellington.
• Del's Dance Book, 6th Ed
  Online version of Del's dance book, a large collection of dances and how to do them.
• Second edition Playford facsimile
  An online version of the second edition dance book written by John Playford in 1653.
• First edition Playford transcription
  An online version of the first edition dance book written by John Playford in 1651.
• Steve Hendricks Music Collection
  Website with lots of music, including a lot of English country dance.
• Elizabethan costuming page
  A very large collection of articles on Elizabethan clothing.
• The Renaissance Tailor
  Recreating 16th and 17th century clothing.
• Longbow Archers
  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.
• Aimtru
  The local Chrischurch archery store. Good source of archery and arrowmaking equipment, shafts, fletches, points etc.
• NZ Archery Products
  Nelson based company supplying archery equipment. Slightly cheaper than Aimtru.
• James the Just
  A selection of rapiers for sale.
• The Gipsy Peddler
  Renaisance fencing Garb.
• ARMA, The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
  All sorts of stuff for reconstructing Renaissance fighting, includes videos of armoured combat.
• AEMMA, Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
  Top resource for western martial arts, includes fighting manuals and videos of armoured combat.
• The Arte of Defense, A manual on the use of rapier
  William Wilson's online manual.