Chivalry Toolbox

This page contains a variety of links to issues of potential use to individuals researching knighthood, chivalry, and parallel issues.  It is specifically designed as a tool for the chivalry and chivalry-minded individuals of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

Knighthood and Chivalry Resources Links

• Knighthood, Chivalry, and Tournaments Resource Page (Chronique)

• Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry

• British Orders of Chivalry

• The Order of Malta

• Almanach de la Cours

Knightly and Romantic Literature Links

• The Chaucer Metapage

• Dante Alighieri on-line

• Electronic Beowulf

• Erec et Enide by Chretien de Troyes

• The High History of the Holy Grail by anonymous    

• Lancelot by Chretien de Troyes

• The Lay of the Cid by anonymous

• Le Morte D'Arthur  by Thomas Malory Volume 1

• Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory Volume 2

• NetSerf - Literature

• The Song of Roland

• Yvain, or The Knight and the Lion by Chretien de Troyes

Biographical and Historical Works

• Alexander Nevski 

• Edward I - military achievements summary

• Bela IV, last bastion against the Mongols, from Magyar Pavilon

• Bertrand Du Guesclin 

• Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

• Charlemagne - timeline of his life

• Charles Robert, founder of Hungarian-Angevin Dynasty - from Magyar Pavilon

• Edward, Black Prince of Wales - short encyclopedia entry

• Frederick I (Barbarossa) - substantial Catholic Encyclopedia entry with links

• Henry Plantagenet - Who's Who entry, many links

• Janos Hunyadi entry 1 - from Magyar Pavilon, with and for artworks

• Janos Hunyadi entry 2 - from Magyar Pavilon, with and for artworks

• Jeanne d'Arc - museum site with biography and articles

• Richard Lionheart - biography excerpts

• Rodrigo Diaz, Count of Bivar (El Cid) - from the Catholic Encyclopedia

• Rodrigo Diaz, Count of Bivar (El Cid) - from Dr. B. Kurtz, Illinois State Univ.

• Saladin - brief entry with links from Encyclopedia of the Orient

• Vlad Dracul - not the vampire myth

• William Marshal

• William Marshal, Flower of Chivalry 

• William Wallace 

Weapons, Warfare, and Armor

Medieval Examples

• The Arador Armor Library

• Armour Glossary of Terms (from Chronique)

• Images of Medieval Armour (drawings)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Arms and Armour

• Photographs of European Armour (to be updated periodically)

SCA and Related Examples

• Armour for Women 

• Gavvin's Keep Links to Armour; 173 or so, some SCA, some not, many links to how-to's, some unfortunately dead

• Medieval Armour - An SCA Overview with links to how-to's

• The Ringlord's Armour Merchant Links

• William of Stafford's SCA Armour Links

Fighting, Thumping, and General Mayhem

• Advanced Techniques in SCA-Related Combat; much advice, also a chance to order the full work at the bottom of the page

• Combat and Warfare in the SCA  by Baron Serjeant Niall dunUlric (mka Matt Vogt)

• Fighting Position with Pole; a view of styles

• Ironrose - Warrior Woman of the SCA 

• Melee Drill Suggestions from the Midlands

• SCA Arts of Combat and Chivalry

How-To's 

• Building a Sword 

• Building a Sword, a West Kingdom view 

• How to build a Heater Shield

• Leg Harness how-to; 13th c.  

• Wisby Coat (Armor) - build your own how-to 

Medieval MetaPages

• The Labyrinth

• ORB

• NetSerf 

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