Medieval
History Societies and Organisations
Listed below are the names and websites of many
societies and organisations which are either dedicated to medieval history
or its re-enactment or who publish books and magazines on history .
There are, however, many more societies in existence who do not appear
to have their own websites. A number of these societies have listings
under the History.com, HistoricUK.com and Living History.co.uk websites
Medieval Arms,
Armour and Warfare
Arms
& Armour Society - www.armsandarmour.net
Society dedicated to the study and preservation
of arms and armour from ancient times to the present day
Arms
and Archery www.armsandarchery.co.uk
Company supplying arms and armour to the film
and TV industry, armour made to order
British
Plate Metal Society www.dethorpe.demon.co.uk
Company providing arms and armour to the film
and TV industry, made to measure armour, organise re-enactment events
De
Re Militari www.deremilitari.org
Society for Medieval military history
The
Lance and Longbow Society www.lanceandlongbow.com
Society to promote interest in medieval times
and medieval wargaming
The
Oakshott Institute www.oakeshott.org
Studies in arms and armour
Re-enactment
Groups
British
Plate Metal Society www.dethorpe.demon.co.uk
Company providing arms and armour to the film
and TV industry, armour made to measure, organise re-enactment events
Companions
of the Black Bear - (now known
as Throckmorton Household) www.throckmortonhousehold.org.uk
Re-enactment society Wars of the Roses, Richard
III, re-enact Battle of Tewksbury, associated with the Tewkesbury Medieval
Fayre
Company
Ecorcheur www.planetsimon.co.uk
Re-enactment group dedicated to Gloucester Household
and Warwick Castle Garrison
Company
of Ordinance
www.company-of-ordinance.org.uk
Re-enactment group specialising in archery/crossbowmen/hand
gunners 15th century, Wars of the Roses
Destrier
www.destriertournementer.wanadoo.co.uk
Society dedicated to knights and jousting
Harlech
Medieval Society www.herlechknights.com
Re-enactment group
Knights
in Battle Medieval Society www.fightmasters/knightsinbattle/feast.htm
re-enactment group
Knights
of Royal England www.knightsroyal.co.uk
Re-enactment group
Knights
of Middle England www.knightsofmiddleengland.co.uk
Re-enactment group providing facilities for
film and TV industry
Lion
Rampant www.lionrampant.org
Medieval display society
Livery
& Maintenance www.et-tu.com/livery
(includes following history & re-enactment
groups)
Audley
Household
Clarence Household
The Company of the Palm
Gloucester Household
John Nestfield Retinue
Buckinghams Retinue
Lord Burghs Retinue
Sir John Pastons Retinue
The york City Levy
Wales & Borders Medieval Society
Medieval
Combat Society www.themcs.org
Tournament re-enactment group specialising in
Edward III/Hundred Years War
Medieval
Seige Society www.medieval-seige.co.uk
Re-enactment society
Medival
Heritage Society www.medievalheritagesociety.co.uk
Re-enactment society
Medieval
Free Society
www.medievalfresco.org
Re-enactment group includes Towton Battlefield
Society
National
Association of Re-enactment Societies www.re-enact.com/soc
Site listing most of the UK re-enactment societies
Neville
Household http/homepages.shu.ac.uk
Re-enactment group dedicated to Neville Household
associated with the Medieval Society of Sheffield Society
Rosa
Mundi www.dur.ac.uk/b.m.hodson/rosamundi
Medieval re-enactment society
Rye
Medieval Society www.ryemedieval.org.uk
Organisers of the Rye medieval fair and archery
tournament
The
Oxford Household www.oxford.btinternet.co.uk
Re-enactment society dedicated to Oxford family
Plantagenent
Medieval Society www.plantagenet.org.uk
Sir
William Stanley Household www.williamstanley.org
Re-enactment dedicated to Stanley family
Tewkesbury
Medieval Fayre http://www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.org/
Organisers of the Tewkesbury Medieval Fayre
associated with Companions of the
York
City Levy www.yorkcitylevy.com
Re-enactment group organising events all over
UK
University
of Sheffield Re-enactment Society
www.shel.ac.uk/uni/union/susor/mr/
Re-enactment group
Listing
of some of the medieval historical societies who do not appear to have
their own websites but may appear on the History.com; HistoryUK.com
or Living History.co.uk websites.
1471
Brotherhood of Noble Knights
Chivalry in Action
Company of the Black Hose
Company of the Golden Phoenix
Company of the Falcon
Company of the Hawk
Company of the White Boar
Company of the White Wolf
Conisburgh Castle Garrison
Drayton Bassett Medieval Society
Escafield Medieval Society
Excaliber Medieval Society
Huddersfield University Medieval Society
Kings Pagent Re-enactment Society
Knights of the Rose
Knights of Theoc
Lincoln Castle Garrison
Marcher Knights
Medieval Times
Northampton Medieval Society
Norwich & Norfolk Medieval Society
Royal Household The White Company
Somerset Household Stafford Household
Southern Medieval Society
Tutbury Castle Medieval Society
The Courtney Household
The Gloucester Household
The Howard Household
John de Veres Troop
Lord Ferrers Household
Mortimers Household
Stafford Household
The site is dedicated to Andrew Boardman, the author, illustrator,
lecturer and historian of the Wars of the Roses.
Battle
of Bosworth -
www.leics.gov.uk/country_parks_bosworth
Battlefields
Trust www.battlefieldstrust.com
Trust dedicated to save battlefield sites and
improve interpretention and presentation of battlefields
Blore
Heath 1459 www.bloreheath.org
De
Re Milatari www.deremilitari.org
Medieval military history site sponsored Boydell
& Brewer, publishers.
The
Haskins Society www.haskins.cornell.edu/hsjournal.htm
Studies in medieval history, US, Cornell University
Hemyock
Castle
www.hemyockcastle.co.uk
Feudal, medieval and castle terms.
Claimed to be the worlds largest online directory of people, organisations, places with 28,000 listings site sponsored by a number of companies/organisations charge a small fee for a listing.
Historic
UK.com www.historic-uk.com
Guide to historic and heritage (and accommodation) events in England, Scotland & Wales
International
Wargames Federation www.theiwf.org
Living
History .co.uk www.legendsmedieval.co.uk
Contains links to medieval societies and organisations
plus recommends suppliers of medieval goods
Medieval
Geneaelogy Society www.medievalgeneaeology.org
Dedicated to English Medieval geneaeology
Scrope
Household www.tudorplace.com
Listing of members of the Scrope family
Towton
Battlefield Society www.towton.org.uk
Society to promote interest in the battle of
Towton, the battlefield site and medieval history
Wars
of the Roses www.wars
of the roses.com
Site to promote interest in the Wars of the
Roses
Publishers in
the Field of Medieval Studies
Ashgate
Publishing www.ashgate.com
Blackwell
Publishing www.blackwellpublishing.com
Boydell
Press www.boydell.co.uk
Broadview
Press
www.broadviewpress.com
Cambridge
University Press www.cambridge.org
Cornell
University Press www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
The
Crowood Press www.crowoodpress.co.uk
Edinburgh
University Press www.eup.ed.ac.uk
Hambledon
Press www.hambledon.co.uk
HarperCollins
www.harpercollins.co.uk
John
Hopkins University Press www.press.jhu.edu/press/index
Liverpool
University Press
www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/
Manchester
University Press www.manchesteruniversitypress/press.co.uk
Orion
Books (includes Cassell Books and Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
www.orionbooks.co.uk
Osprey
Publishing www.ospreypublishing.com
Military
history publisher
Oxbow
Books & David Brown Book Company www.oxbowbook.com
Oxford
University Press www.oup.co.uk
Palgrave
(includes MacMillan Press & St Martins Press) www.palgrave.com
Paul
Watkins Publishing pwatkins@pwatkinspublishing.fsnet.co.uk
Pearson
Books www.pearsoned.co.uk
Pen
and Sword Books www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
Penguin
Books www.penguin.com
Routledge
Publishing www.routledge.com
Royal
Armories www.royalarmories.org
Sutton
Publishing www.suttonpublishing.co.uk
Tempus
Publishing www.tempus-publishing.com
Thames
& Hudson www.thameshudson.co.uk
University
of Exeter Press www.exeterpress.co.uk
University
of Wales www.uwp.co.uk
Yale
University Press www.yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp
Magazines
Skirmish
www.skirmish.co.uk
European
re-enactment magazine
BBC
History Magazine www.bbchistorymagazine.com
General
history
History
Today www.historytoday.com
General
history
Practical
Family History www.family-tree.co.uk
Family
genealogy
Family
Tree
www.family-tree.co.uk
Family
genealogy
Ancestors
www.ancestors.co.uk
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