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Animals, demons and magic in the Middle Ages

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Emoni

Animals, demons and magic in the Middle Ages Thursday 12 July 2018, 7pm Come along and join us for a lecture by Dr Sophie Page on how animals, demons and magic were viewed by people in the Middle Ages. A bit about Sophie from her UCL profile page: ‘Sophie works in the area of European medieval magic and astrology, especially in relation to orthodox religion, natural p...

Raglan Report

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 by Cecily

By Maude and Emoni Castell Rhaglann - a beautiful Welsh castle, full of history and drama and home for ten days in August when an encampment springs up around its walls. Ffair Rhaglann is now in its thirteenth year and is the flagship event for the Principality of Insulae Draconis. High medieval mixes with Norse, Persian, Tudor and Saxon without any regard for time periods. ...

Thamesreach at FibreEast

Posted on July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 by Cecily

Did you meet us at FibreEast? We hope you had a great time at the event and came away inspired and laden with fibrey goodies. Here’s some more information about what we do here in Thamesreach (and in the wider Society for Creative Anachronism) and how you can join in. We’re all about recreating historical skills and pastimes, trying all sorts of crafts and activities from th...

Revels Ahead

Posted on July 25, 2017April 3, 2018 by Cecily

April 28th: Tavern Revel at Hargrave Hall May 19th: Rapier Revel in St Albans Confirmed dates are added to the website calendar: http://www.thamesreach.org/calendar-and-events/

Tower of Thamesreach Quest

Posted on July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 by Cecily

To all who dwell within our fair shire of Thamesreach, or who visit it often and partake in its toils and merrymaking - you are invited to join in a quest! The Tower of Thamesreach Quest challenges you to explore different aspects of shire life, whether that's crafting, fighting and cooking or doing a share of the behind-the-scenes tasks that make events happen. The quest...

Meet the Members: Shirin Duxt Feroz

Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by Cecily

The first in a series of posts introducing our members, their medieval personas and the activities they enjoy in the society. Q: Name/Persona: A: Sarah Brider/ Shirin Duxt Feroz Q: How long have you been a member of SCA/Thamesreach? A: I started coming to events in March 2015 and formally joined the SCA a year later. Q: What made you join the SCA/Thamesreach? A: Hi...

Dragon Pit Tourney

Posted on April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 by Cecily

The upcoming Rapier Revel on the St George's Day weekend will feature a tourney honouring Dragons (rather than saints, as we're not sure Thamesreach has any of those)! The Tourney Rules It is a single rapier “bear pit”. Winner stays on for a maximum of five wins, then goes to the back of the queue without forfeiting a life. For a double kill both fencers retire and lose a...

Making a Knife Blade

Posted on March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 by Cecily

Ingvar Gråhök explains how he made his own knife blades I decided to see how hard it would be to make a knife. Doing this in a 100% medieval style is not easy to do in the home, since finding raw materials in period qualities is hard. But, in this day and age, you can find good materials by a little bit of searching. I decided that O1 tool steel would be my material of c...

Greetings and welcome to Thamesreach

Posted on March 8, 2017July 27, 2017 by Cecily

The London shire of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). We’re a practical history society who regularly get together to try out skills and activities dating from before 1600, while having a jolly good time

Notes & Queries

Posted on March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 by Cecily

What kind of activities does the group do? Do I need to have skills and knowledge to join in? We explore lots of crafts and pastimes in workshops and classes, usually led by knowledgeable members of the group. These have included sewing, weaving, dancing, heraldry, music and calligraphy. You can read about our armoured combat, rapier fencing and archery activities elsewh...