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Welcome all! This lens is a place for all things related to the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). I hope you find it useful; please feel free to contact me if you have any compliments, complaints, or suggestions. Enjoy!

For those who don't know, the SCA is a historical reenactment group that studies and attempts to recreate the European (and some Asian) Middle Ages and early Renaissance, between about 600 and 1600 CE, producing what is known as the Current Middle Ages. It began in California as an outgrowth of a May Day costume party and tournament in 1966, and now has tens of thousands of members worldwide.

Essential links

Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
The official website of the organization. A good place to start.
The Pennsic War
The largest annual SCA event (12,000-15,000 people). Takes place in western Pennsylvania, and is the sine qua non of SCA experience for many people.
Knowne World Map
A nicely interactive set of maps of the Knowne World (the extent of the SCA).

For newcomers

Introductions, overviews, and hints for newcomers and those considering joining us.
Forward into the Past
One of the oldest SCA newcomers' guides. Still useful, and of historical interest as well.
A Guiding Hand
A newcomers' guide by the Honorable Lord Michael de la Mare. Written for the Kingdom of Ansteorra (Texas and Oklahoma), but mostly applicable to the SCA as a whole.
Life in the Current Middle Ages
The SCA's own brief introduction to what it does.
Aoife's Links for Newcomers
A list rather like this one but more comprehensive, from SCAtoday.net.

Historical cookbooks

(in association with Amazon.com)

This will probably go into its own lens eventually, but for now I thought I'd post links to a few excellent historical cookbooks. For other books of interest, see below.
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Kingdoms of the SCA

The SCA divides the Knowne World into 19 kingdoms. Here are their official sites, along with brief descriptions of their geographical coverage.
SCA - Kingdom of Æthelmearc
United States: western New York, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
The Kingdom of An Tir Infoscroll
Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskastchewan, Yukon. Presumably also Nunavut.
United States: Northern Idaho, Oregon, Washington.
The Stellar Kingdom of Ansteorra
United States: Oklahoma, almost all of Texas.
Kingdom of Artemisia Home Page
United States: western Colorado, southern Idaho, Montana, Utah, western Wyoming.
Kingdom Of Atenveldt
United States: Arizona, along with tiny pieces of California and Utah.
Kingdom of Atlantia
United States: District of Columbia, northern Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, most of Virginia.
The Kingdom of Caid
United States: Southern California, Hawaii, southern Nevada.
The Kingdom of Calontir
United States: Northwestern Arkansas, most of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, most of Nebraska.
Kingdom Of Drachenwald
Africa, Europe, Middle East.
SCA: Kingdom of Ealdormere
Canada: Eastern Ontario.
The East Kingdom of the SCA
Canada: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
United States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
United States: most of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, western Tennessee.
Lochac
Australia, New Zealand, and their Antarctic territories.
Kingdom of Meridies
United States: Alabama, northwestern Florida, most of Georgia, south central Kentucky, most of Tennessee, western Virginia.
SCA - Midrealm
United States: Illinois, Indiana, eastern Iowa, most of Kentucky, lower Michigan, Ohio. Perhaps also a bit of Ontario in Canada; I'm not sure.
Kingdom of Northshield
Canada: Manitoba, northwestern Ontario.
United States: upper Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
Kingdom of the Outlands
United States: Eastern Colorado, western Nebraska, New Mexico, western tip of Texas, eastern Wyoming.
Kingdom of Trimaris
United States: Most of Florida. Also perhaps Panama and parts of Antarctica.
Kingdom of the West Web Site
Asia: Japan, Korea, Pacific rim.
United States: Alaska, northern California, northern Nevada.

Miscellaneous resources

SCA links that don't really fit into any of the categorized lists.
SCA Badges
80x15 pixel badges for all 19 SCA kingdoms, created by yours truly!
SCA Castle
Web page of some SCA folk who are building their new house in the form of a castle, based on Bodiam Castle in England.

Other books of interest

(in association with Amazon.com)

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Courtesy of SCAtoday.net.

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