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Living History/European/Medieval is the reenactment of times past on or near the continent of Europe during the Middle Ages, via the reenactment of daily living and its activities; games, faires, artisans, duels and combat, first-person interpretations, and so on - through historic research, period garb, and use of an era's common tools and objects. Living History is used to educate others and to remember the good and bad times of our ancestors.

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Burgundy and the Low Countries

Groups re-enacting medieval life in Burgundy and modern-day Belgium and Holland.

Combat

Groups re-enacting medieval combat, mounted or on foot, for spectacle or sport.

Hundred Years War

Groups re-enacting the long war between France and England.

Ireland and Scotland

Groups re-enacting the Celtic lands of Ireland and Scotland from the 5th century through the 15th.

Legends and Traditions

Recreating the spirit, rather than the substance, of the Age of Chivalry. Re-enacting how it should have been, not how it was.

Normans

Groups re-enacting the Viking-descended warriors of Normandy, both their and in their conquered territories from England to the Two Sicilies.

Pre-Norman England

Groups re-enacting England from the coming of the Saxons in the 5th century to the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Wars of the Roses

Groups re-enacting the Wars of the Roses between York and Lancaster.

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