SCA Official and Organizational Sites

The Society for Creative Anachronism

The official site for the entire SCA, with membership information and numerous resources for members.

The Kingdom of Atlantia

The official site for the east-central regional group of the SCA (to which Isenfir belongs).

Academie d'Espee - Kingdom of Atlantia

Information about the formal structure of Atlantia's rapier combat.

Arts and Sciences Links - Kingdom of Atlantia

Links to every single topic you could imagine relating to any of the Arts and Sciences practiced in the SCA.

Brewing

The Medieval / Rennaisance Brewing Page

The Meadery

The Mead Making Handbook

Mead Made Easy

Cooking

Master Huens Most Excellent site

The Medieval / Rennaisance Food Homepage

The Middle Kingdom Culinary Collegium

Costuming

Custom Corset Pattern Generator

Fill in your measurement, and receive individualized instructions on creating a perfectly fitting corset pattern.

One Tough Costumer

Margo Anderson's costume site.

Dance

SCA Dance Homepage

Greg Lindahl's extensive collection of links and information on Renaissance dance. If you can't find what you're looking for here, it's probably not out there.

L'Academie Atlantienne de la Danse

This is the Kingdom of Atlantia's dance "guild". You can join the Academie's mailing list and get to know others in the Atlantian dance community. You can also peruse the Academie's online newsletter, find dance-related contacts for other areas, and see the Academie's listing of "sponsored" events.

A Concordance Of Dances From The Inns Of Court

A side-by-side listing of the original descriptions of each of the Eight Old Measures (such as the Old Alman, Madam Sosilia Alman, Quadran Pavane, etc.), from all of the primary sources.

Del's Dance Book

Inns of Court CD & Book

MP3 Dance Music

A collection of electronic-format music for Renaissance dance.

Palmer's Pocket Playford

A somewhat handy reference for English Country dance reconstructions. Short reconstructions, and dance forms are often not what is seen in the SCA.

Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford

Letter of Dance article describing techniques for taking the brief notation used by John Playford and making something danceable out of it.

Renaissance Dance

Home of the RenDance mailing list and links to lots of information.

SCA Dance Music from The Incomplete Arbeau Tape from Carolingia

SCA Dance Cheat Sheets (Greg Lindahl)

This link goes straight to the table of contents of the Web version of the Cheat Sheets.

Heraldry

The Academy of Saint Gabriel

The Academy of St. Gabriel provides free heraldic consulting and education to the populace of the Society for Creative Anachronism. There is an extensive list of name and armory resources on this site, as well as a searchable index of all of their previous consults.

James Parker's Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry

An extremely thorough listing of most every term used in heraldry, generally with diagrams and illustrations of period arms representing the terms defined. Pages can be a little slow to load because of the large number of illustrations, but definitely worth the wait.

Medieval Rolls of Arms on the Web

Medieval Names Archive

A collection of articles, gathered from various places, on medieval and renaissance names intended to help historical re-creators to choose authentic names.

Search Forms for the SCA Armorial

Here you can search all the names and heraldic devices ever registered in the SCA.

International Civic Arms

Glossary of Heraldic Terms

Shopping

Atlas Metals

A good source for sheet pewter and other nonferrous metals.

Band Gun

Surgical tubing band guns (especially for the rapier folks).

Bill Dawson - Metalsmith

Chivalry Sports Renaissance Store

Historic Enterprises

By The Sword, Inc.

Leather Accessories for Swords & Weapons

Mail-order Costuming Resources

A listing of places which sell hard-to-find costuming supplies and period fabrics.

Silk Road Fabrics

High quality silk, linen, cotton, wool, tencel and buttons for home sewing.

Wax Seals & Sealing Wax

Fabrics-store.com

An online fabric store with a wide selection of linen and natural-fiber material.

Other Sites of Interest

Stefan's Florilegium

This is a collection of files that have been assembled from various sources since 1989. The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca), the old fidonet medieval echo conference area, various mail lists and articles submitted by their authors. An extensive collection of information on every imaginable topic

People and Groups in the SCA

Known World Web

Home of news and articles, event calendars, forums, chat, auctions and much more - all designed and created just for the SCA!

Badger's Medieval Clipart Page

Blackletter Ballads

The Rolls Ethereal

The Rolls are intended to be a sort of "phone book" for SCAdians on the Net, at least those who are interested in being in it.