A Battlefield Primer of AEthelmearc

The Society for Creative Anachronism is an immersive history group where you, dressed in clothing of the period, can experience tournaments, royal courts, feasts, and dancing, and learn how to recreate crafts and skills of the pre-17th century world. A large portion of our membership participates in melee combat. Non-lethal melee tournaments did occur in medieval Europe from the 11th to 13th centuries. Initially, they were chaotic, brutal training exercises for real warfare, sometimes causi...