1476 Staedtisches Aufgebot
, Germany - Recreating Germany of 1476.
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The Academie of Saint Claire
Nevada, USA - Teaching about everyday life in Renaissance Europe (through the use of period food, clothing, music and pasttimes such as games and needlework.Amblefolke Street Actors Guild
California, USA - Renaissance entertainers, cutpurses, assassins, religious fanatics, beggars, spies, common folk....St. Andrews Noble Order of Noble Scots
California, USA - Mary Queen of Scots and her entourage.Guild of Antares
California, USA - Military guild.Archers of Ravenwood
California, USA - Mercenary archers band.
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Bauer & Bonde
, Germany - Late medieval farmers and merchants.Black Company
California, USA - Medieval mercenaries.Black Gryphon
California, USA - Renaissance privateers.Black Spot Pyracy
California, USA - Golden Age of PiracyBoteler Household
Warrington, Cheshire, England - Portraying the lives and times of the Boteler family who were the former lords of the manor in Warrington, over the period 1150-1586.Saint Brigid's Hearth
Washington, USA - Villagers, Peasants and Makers of MischiefBritish Plate Armour Society
, England - Medieval (1300-1485) re-enactment society, with regional units.Buckingham's Retinue
, England - "Wars of the Roses" re-enactment group.
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Cardiff Rose
California, USA - Elizabethan privateers...as a fencing booth.Clan Iain Abrach ~ MacIain
California, USA - 16th century highland re-enactment.Clan MacColin of Glenderry
California, USA - 16th century Highland re-enactment.Clann Fraser of Glenn Orrin
California, USA - 16th century Scottish lord's traveling encampment.la Compagnie des Fer-vetus
, France - Medieval re-enactors and performers.Companie of Yeoman Archers
California, USA - Wars of the Roses longbow archers.Company of Ordinance
, England - Wars of the Roses military re-enactors.The Company of Saynt George
, Switzerland - Small late medieval 15th century military company of castle garrison with its attendant craftsmen and their families. (Great historical newsletter available.)I Conestabili del Finale
, Italy - Mercenaries of 1500-1534.Confrerie de la Malemort
, Belgium - Creator and stager of medieval spectacles and pageantry.Constables
California (Southern), USA - Elizabethan constables.The Guild of St. Bernard Constables
California (Northern), USA - Elizabethan constables.Corridors of Time (Historical Presentations) Ltd.
West Sussex, England - Educational reenactments from Celtic through WWII.La Corte Delle Spade
, Italy - Italian medieval duels.Guild of St. Cuthbert
California, USA - Elizabethan parades and pageants.
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Diamond Rose Academie dArmes
California, USA - The study and practice and fighting systems from the 15th through the 17th centuries, with an emphasis on the sword and historical rapier combatI Difensori della Rocca
, Italy - Medieval swordsmen.
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Guild of St. Electus
California, USA - Pleasure Faire's Elizabethan Puritans.Guild of St. Elizabeth
California, USA - Small faire Elizabethan nobility.English Company of Foote
California, USA - 16th century English garrison stationed along the Scottish border.
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Fahnlein Kriegshunde
California, USA - Landsknechts (German mercenaries) of the Holy Roman Empire, 1520-1580AD. Part of St. Michael's Guild.
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St. Gabriel's Guild
Nevada, USA - A group of travelers making their way about the British Isles and Europe.Gaddgedlar Historical Re-enactment Society
, Scotland - Medieval and renaissance reenactment society.Gathering of the Gaels
California, USA - Life and times of highland and island Scots of the medieval and renaissance periods.Guild of St. George
California, USA - Elizabethan nobility.Beloved Order of the Greenman
Maryland, USA - An organization dedicated to honoring and promoting the ancient concept of the Greenman; participates in Greenman Marches at various festivals.Grey Company
Western Australia, Australia - Dark Ages (600-1100AD) combat (concentrating on entertainment and education.)les Guerriers d'Avalon (the Warriors of Avalon)
, France - 13th century re-enactors.
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Hampton Court
Texas, USA - Henry VIII and his court at Scarborough Faire.Highland Trading Company
California, USA - Scotland based armed merchant maritime shipping company conducting shipping throughout the North Sea, Mediterranean, and the New World in the latter half of the 16th Century.Highlander Warriors - Kingdom of the Gael
California, USA - 14th Century Scottish warriors.Hounds Haven Renaissance Guild
California, USA - Portraying a tavern scene.
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International Brotherhood of Rogues, Scoundrels and Cads
, Worldwide - The name says it all....International Wenches Guild
, Worldwide - For independent, fun-loving women...organized for bawdy musical performances at some faires.St. Ives Historical Society
California, USA - Elizabethan middle class.
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Guilde of St. Katherine's
California, USA - Noble life and lifestyle of the Franco-Italian and English Renaissance period.Kumpania Wispersteppe
Texas, USA - 16th century Gypsies of Scarborough Faire.
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Lances of Brittany
Brittany, France - Mid 15th century military.Die Landen van Herwaerts Over
, The Netherlands - Medieval Society...tailoring, sword-fighting, song and dance.Langbognern
, Germany - Medieval archers and craftsmen.Lion Rampant Medieval Display Society
Buckinghamshire, England - Medieval knightly and courtly life.Lord Burghs Retinue
Lincolnshire, England - Historical interpretation and living history from the Wars of the Roses 1460 - 1496Lord Dacre's Company
California, USA - Tudor England, the household of Lord Dacre.Lord Grey's Retinue
Maryland, USA - Portray members of the Household of Lord Grey of Codnor in England of 1471, during the War of the Roses.Lord Scrope of Boltons Retinue
New York, USA - Retainers of an English Lord of North Yorkshire during the first quarter of the 16th century.Lord Thomas Stanley's Retinue
, England - Wars of the Roses (1450 - 1490) re-enactment group.Guild of San Lorenzo
California, USA - 16th Century Medici family of Florence, Italy.
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MacCoulin Bakers and Artisans Guild
Minnesota, USA - Baking and other crafts of the 15th to 16th centuries -- leather crafting and carving, wood working, blacksmithing, chain maille, spinning, weaving and other needle arts to name a few. Participate in faires from California to the midwest.Society of Saint Margaret
Washington, USA - Court of Mary Queen of ScotsGuild of Santa Maria
California, USA - Ambassadorial entourage from the Medici court of the mid 16th century.The Order of Saint Mariens
California, USA - Prussian and Polish nobles on their travels to the Scottish and English Courts in the mid-1500's.Guild of St. Maximilian
California, USA - Landsknecht, circa 1500-1550.The Medieval Combat Society
, England - Combat in the era of Edward III.Medieval Free Company
, England and Wales - Late medieval reenactment.Guild of St. Michael
California, USA - Elizabethan military.Guild of St. Michael - Bristol
Wisconsin, USA - Elizabethan military.Guild of St. Mortimer
California, USA - "The loyal order of minor, un-prepossing merchants, itinerant peddlers, outcast men and women of the cloth, fallen and unfallen women of a lower order, peasants, lepers, and other dispossessed of the realm."
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Paladins of Chivalry
Surrey, England - Reenacting England of 1327 to 1418.The Peasant Guild of San Luis Obispo
California, USA - Elizabethan peasants.Port Royal Privateers
California, USA - A club whose members share a passion for the history, adventure and romance of piracy in the Caribbean during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Queen Medb Encampment
California, USA - Celts of the first century.
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Rodevest
, Denmark - Denish feudal infanterie anno 1460-70.Rosa Mundi
, England - Mediaeval re-enactment society specializing in life in the last quarter of the 15th century.The Royal White Eagle
California, USA - Polish aristocrats and their household of the mid-1500s.Gildia Rycerska
, Poland - Medieval Reenactment Group
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Seadogs of St. Dymphna
California, USA - Elizabethan (and Victorian) sailors.Guild of St. Sebastian
California, USA - Archers, foresters, craftsfolk, and their families circa 1500 AD.Stonhenj Players
Texas, USA - Actors, stage combatants, dancers and singers.Studium Generale
California, USA - Instruct in traditional studies (scribing, printing, rhetoric, philosophy), and lend services (legal advice, book work, ledgers) to faire-folk and guests alike.Summer Knights
Florida, USA - Hands-on, Medieval-experience summer camp focusing on the many facets of knighthood. Includes participation in renaissance faires.Summerisle Spinners and Weavers, Inc.
Florida, USA - Volunteers who demonstrate spinning and weaving for the purpose of educating the public.Sussex Rapier Society
Sussex, England - Study, practice and performance of renaissance rapier fighting.The House of Swindon
Nevada, USA - An English noble household of the 16th Century.
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The TheGreyhound Guild
Arizona, USA - Non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to promoting the adoption of retired racing greyhounds through education, fund-raising, and historical re-enactment.Tournament Productions
California, USA - Rtournaments of the 15th and 16th centuries--full contact, intensive training.Guilde de Treville
Tennessee, USA - Musketeers, cardinal's guards, rirates and rogues celebrating 17th century France.The TRF Beefeaters
Texas, USA - Guarding the gates of the Texas Renaissance Festival.Tudor Group
, England - Elizabethan daily life re-enactors.
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Not Quite Noble Guild of Vitus
Nevada, USA - Traveling troupe of actors and musicians made up of many different ethnic groups.
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Washer Wenches
Ohio, USA - Ohio Renaissance Festival troup.St. Wolfgangs Bavarian Guild
Oregon, USA - Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria, and Queen Mary of Scotland and her court.
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Yeomen of the Guard
California, USA - The bodyguard of Queen Elizabeth.
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