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Academia Leontes: this is how Byzantines fought

Georgios Georgas is an instructor of historical martial arts in the Academy of historical European Martial Arts “Leontes” – club focused on late Byzantine and post-Byzantine period of history but they also study and practice ancient, medieval, renaissance and modern swordsmanship. “As far I remember myself, I grew up with the epics stories and poems…

Viking’s Weekly

What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Wojna Wieków 2019 Krucza Bryła 2019 – Pakość Arundel Castle – 12,000 Years of History Wikinger Festival Damp 24./25.August 2019 Vikinglandsby Vendeltidsdagarna i Uppåkra Archeon Viking Festival Rassemblement Multi Epoques Herbéviller Military Odyssey – Eastern Warzone Weekend Mittelaltermarkt zur 777-Jahresfeier Tangstedt Fyrkat Wargame 2019 – There is…

Knight’s Weekly

What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events:  England’s Medieval Festival Wojna Wieków 2019 Old Sarum Battle of Kenilworth Castle Słowianie i Templariusze. XIII Festyn Historyczny Obóz w Nowicach – 2019 Tournoi des Combes Festival médiéval Adélaïde et ses troubadours org Mairie Burlats Rassemblement Multi Epoques Herbéviller Loughrea Medieval Festival Just Out Festival Horsens Middelalderfestival…

Campaigners seek to save 19th century house

Campaigners hope to raise £300,000 to save a historic building in Aberdeen. Westburn House, situated in the park of the same name, has fallen into a state of severe disrepair and needs urgent work to save it from falling into ruin. The house dates back to 1839 and was designed by Archibald Simpson, the Aberdeen-born…

Napoleonic fort in Guernsey sold for £1m

A 200-year-old fort in Guernsey that was used by occupying Nazis in World War Two has been sold for £1m, half the original asking price. Fort Richmond was originally built in the Napoleonic era to discourage invasion, but the barracks as it appears today was built in 1855. Continue reading on BBC News