Renaissance
| Virtual Renaissance: a school website devoted to teaching about the period. Includes a good links section. |
| Want to learn about German armies of the 1400's? Landsknecht.com |
| The Mary Rose was an English Warship which sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982. |
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Medieval and Renaissance Technology
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| Period Fencing |
| These are some of the sites I used in my research for a section on period fencing (in the White Wolf gaming supplement Sorcerer's Crusade Companion). Olympic fencing resembles period fencing like Lazer Tag resembles a firefight. |
| William Wilson's intro to the Arte of Defense. |
| Alfred Hutton's Old Sword Play |
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Number of links for rapier, smallsword and related items. |
| TheAssociation for Renaissance Martial Arts (formerly the Historical Armed Combat Association) is a group of arms and armor enthusiasts and practitioners dedicated to exploring and reconstructing Western martial arts of Medieval and Renaissance Europe. |
| The Historical European Martial Arts is dedicated to the almost-lost arts of unarmed combat, dagger fighting and close-quarters sword combat as they were practiced throughout Europe centuries ago. Includes a good links page. |
| De Re Militari: the society for
Medieval military history.
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| Weapons of the Period |
| Here's a site on the Arquebus and the Matchlock, geared towards reenactors. |
| myArmoury.com: Resources for historic arms and armour collectors. |
| "Interpreting" Historical Examples: Thoughts on the Quality of Replica Swords
By J. Mark Bertrand
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| Groups |
| Formed in the mid-1980s, the Adrian
Empire re-creates history from the time frame of 1066 through 1603 AD.
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| Gear to Buy |
| Syke Sutler |
| Darkwood Armory: Custom swords and daggers from 15th through 19th centuries. |
| New World Arbalest: Makers of Medieval and Renaissance pattern crossbows. |