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How to make a LARP sword
How to make a LARP sword might seem like a daunting task. Professionally-made LARP swords are more affordable tha...
27 Jun
Medieval Blog
19 Jun
Guelphs and Ghibellines: The Birth of Italian Republicanism
The Investiture Controversy had set the Holy Roman Emperors and the Papacy at loggerheads for almost 50 years. At...
12 Jun
The Grand Ambitions of Frederick Barbarossa
Part 1: A Dynastic Union To End All Wars In the cold December of 1122, ...
05 Jun
How To Join A LARP Group In Your Area
So. You’ve decided to plunge into the world’s fastest growing hobby. But where can you find fellow LARPers to sta...
31 May
What Did Medieval People Eat?
It’s easy to evoke the stereotype of the medieval banquet: the King sits at the head of the table, gnawing on a t...
04 May
The Fall Before The Fall: The Latin Empire of Conquered Byzantium – Part 2
In Part 1 of our examination of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, we saw how the Crusaders knocked over the Byz...
25 Apr
The Fall Before The Fall: The Latin Empire of Conquered Byzantium – Part 1
The end of the Fourth Crusade was not marked by the retaking of Jerusalem or even the defeat of the Crusader armi...
30 Mar
A History of LARP: The Oldest Hobby In The World?
LARP (or ‘live action role-play’ for those in the know) is a sort of community art, where participants create and...
17 Mar
Is Game of Thrones Medieval?
(Note – this article contains some mild spoilers for the Game of Thrones TV series! If you haven’t watched it, go...
06 Mar
LARPing: The Basics Q&A
The word ‘LARP’ still tends to evoke pretty mixed mental images for most people. It might make you think of peopl...
