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Europe

Living History/European is the reenactment of times past on or near the continent of Europe, 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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Sites in Europe

Sovereignty and Soldiers
UK-based living historians available for school and museum talks, historic displays and as extras for TV and Film.

Territorial Border Guard
Scottish historical group based in Iowa, United States. Clan officers, photo album from past events, events schedule, and links.

Préachán Fuilteach
Battle re-enactment clan from Limerick, Ireland. Pictures, events, safety rules, kit guide for Celtic clothing and weapons; articles on Celtic myths, knight's armor.

St. Elizabeth's Guild
Not for profit corporation of a hundred performers recreates the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, using trained actors, authentically recreated costumes and props, and improvisational theatre. Membership information, newsletter, photos, events schedule.

Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
Organization formalizes European medieval martial arts to establish the Medieval Period art of combat as a Twenty-First Century martial arts alternative. Training and tournament rules, events calendar, member information, news and references.

Skirmishers
California-based theatrical combat performance group, specializing in Thirteenth through Nineteenth Fight Choreography for events, television, and films.

Scottish History by the Royal Stuarts
History with humor and folklore as group performs for education and entertainment; Highland Games, Celtic festivals, schools throughout the United States. Contact and promotional information; based in California.

Historical Impressions Group of Munich
A Munich Germany group re-enacting Celts, the Middle Ages, the Napoleonic wars and the American Civil War. Descriptions of units/periods re-enacted, photo-gallery and link list

Far Isles Medieval Society
Historical reenactment society is based in the UK and covers 500 to 1600 AD, Dark Ages to shortly before the English Civil War. Membership information and newsletter.

Lothene Experimental Archaeology
Group recreates daily life in Scotland during the Eleventh through Eighteenth Centuries; event calendar, bibliography, weapons training, medieval crafts, image gallery, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The History Re-enactment Workshop
An English group re-enacting English daily life in the late 16th or late 17th centuries as part of house museum presentations. Description of group, catalogue and photographs of past re-enactments, contact information for prospective members or patrons.

The Irish History Company
A community development group specializing in historical reenactment, period reconstruction, and the manufacture of period clothing and artifacts for living history, museums, film and TV. (County Sligo, Ireland)

Vereniging Militaire
Dutch Re-enactment society; has several workgroups and periods of re-enacting.

Netherlands Platform for Living History
Dutch re-enactment groups; contact information about each member-group; pictures of multi-period events.

Historic Highlanders
Scottish cultural and educational organization which preserves authentic Scottish heritage, recreating everyday life of Highland society from 1314 to 1746, the battles of Bannockburn and Culloden respectively. Newsletter, events schedule, photos.

LivingHistory.co.uk
A resource for British re-enactors. Includes information on history, costumes and music, events listings, forums and free webspace for re-anactors.

Hands On The Past
Offer living history presentations from Anglo-Saxon to Home Guard. Profile, portfolio, gallery of photographs, forthcoming events,

The Hounds of the Morrigan
Group reenacts Iron Age Celtic through the Landesknechten of the Sixteenth Century; membership and contact information, events schedule, based in Basingstoke, England.