BOOK REVIEW. Viking Sword and Shield Fighting - Colin Richards

Paul Waddington — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:01:01 +0100

This recently published book is of particular interest due to it being seemingly written specifically for helping train the re-enactment warrior to fight within the safe system used by most societies (pulled blows and limited target areas) rather than an atRead More...

Jorvik Viking Festival Review

Paul Waddington — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:46 +0100

Jorvik Viking festival this weekend

James Waddington — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:56:28 +0100

Saxon and Viking armies clash at York

Jorvik Viking festival 2010 is already underway in York. This weekend, we will be there as Regia Anglorum turns out in force to stage displays including two large battles.

York is the first major event of the year, and always one of the biggest. It is ofteRead More...

A trip to Wychurst

Paul Waddington — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:18:09 +0100

The longhall at Wychurst

Around the turn of the millennium Regia Anglorum began work on the Wychurst project, to build an 11th century fortified manorial longhall on two acres of its own land in Kent. In February 2010 I got the chance to see the place while attending some film work for a forthcoming documentary.

Saxon Princess Eadgyth found?

James Waddington — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:32:09 +0100

Eadgyth and Otto - Image from Wikipedia

It was widely reported last week that remains, thought to be those of Eadgyth of Wessex, were undergoing analysis at the University of Bristol. If the identity is confirmed then they would be the oldest identified remains of a member of the English royal family.

Staffordshire hoard appeal

James Waddington — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:16:12 +0100

Image by portable antiquities

Thought to date from around the 7th century, the Staffordshire hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. Now an appeal has been launched to raise £3.3million, in order to keep the collection from being sold and potentially broken up

In terms of Read More...

2009 Review of the Season

Paul Waddington — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:16:58 +0100

The season started in January with the winter training weekend at Islip in Oxfordshire. Old friends met up after the close season, new members took their weapons tests and we all had a happy time shaking off the cobwebs and hitting each other with spears, swords and axes in preparation for York and the battles to come! Islip is always a good social weekend but not having been able to train much over winter I was horrendously out of practice on the field and needed to get much more training inRead More...

Hastings 2006 Review

Paul Waddington — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:15:55 +0100

Regia in pitched battle with the Norman infantry

Every year, re-enactment society The Vikings hold a re-enactment of the battle of Hastings on the very site of the battle itself. But in 2006 the call went out to groups across the world, as this time it would be one of the biggest re-enaRead More...

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