LINKS
Reenactment Groups
A broad period (up to 14th century) group based in the lower Blue Mountains of N.S.W.
One of the Garrisons which form part of the New Varangian Guard, Miklagards field of interest is Byzantium and the Kievan Rus in the period 969-1015 AD. Located in Sydney N.S.W. Lots of good stuff here!
A Perth W.A. based group focusing on the period 600-1100 AD. Some good information here on basic costuming and trebuchets!
Victorian group/site of Tim Dawsons dealing mainly with Byzantium and the medieval Near East in the period 950-1225 AD. Good stuff on clothing, and some thought provoking articles about the relationship between historians and reenactors (amongst other things).
Another New Varangian Guard Garrison located in Victoria its main focus is on the period 988-1204 AD. and in accurately portraying a unit of the Varangian Guard. Contains good articles on clothing, history indeed on a wide range of Byzantine related subjects.
Yet another NVG site...! The Vlachernai Garrison reenacts 988-1204 AD. and is the oldest of the garrisons having been formed 1n 1981 and located in Melbourne Victoria. Lots of good (fast loading!) photos, some dating back to the early days.
Home Pages
Stalwarts of NVG Miklagard, some good articles including a simple shoe pattern. Peter and Chris also run Birka Traders.
Another NVG members page, with articles.
Sources
A wonderful collection of primary sources for the entire medieval period. You can spend hours here!
The site of The Society for Medieval History. A LOT of articles here, some of the more interesting I have linked seperately in the articles section of this page.
A searchable directory of sites for the medieval period, almost 2000 links, most of high quality.
bravenet.com