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Information concerning all aspects of medieval-style hunting and hunter portrayals.
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Archery

 Food / Cooking

Survival / Woodsmanship 

Clothing and Accoutrements

Hunting

Portrayals

Falconry

Hunting Dogs

 

Ferreting

Period Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 


Archery:

"Maintenance of Gear"
by Erik Roth

"Mediaeval  Longbow Technique"
by Erik Roth

"Standards of Bow and Arrow Length"
by Erik Roth

The Archery Library
Old Archery Books, Articles, and Prints

"The Much-Maligned Crossbow"
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

"Viking Archery"
by Erik Roth

VIDEO: Making Medieval Arrows

VIDEO: Binding A Medieval Arrow

VIDEO: How to tie a `Bowyers Knot`

 


 

Falconry:

"The Ancient Art of Falconry"

North American Falconer's Association

 


 

Ferreting

"Hunting with Ferrets"
by Taos De Vinous

 



Hunting Dogs

A Brief History of the Greyhound
By Lady Katla Ulfhednar

On Period Hunting Dogs
By Duchess Elina Einarsdottir

On Period Veterinary Care of Hounds
By Duchess Elina Einarsdottir

 

 



Period Research

The 14th Century page
 


 

Food / Cooking:

Medieval re-enactment Cookery

 


 

Hunting:

"Archery Hunting in the Middle Ages"
by Erik Roth

"Ancient & Medieval Falconry: Origins & Functions in Medieval England"

 “Bestwood Park - A Thousand Years of History”
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

"Hunting through Medieval Literature"
by Doré Ripley

"Medieval Boar Hunting in the Present Day"
by Paul D. Wilburn

"Medieval Hunting"

Medieval Hunting in Modern Times
New World Challenges --Prey, Seasons and Methods
by R. Swinney

"Prevention is Better than the Cure !"
The medieval 'deer-leaps' of Sherwood Forest
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

"Recreating a Royal Hunt in Sherwood Forest"
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

"Rural Exercises Practiced by Persons of Rank"
from "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England"
by J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A.

"The Anglo-Saxon Background to Pre-Norman  'Forest Law'"
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

The Archaeology of Hunting

The Medieval Sportsman's
Compendium of Knowledge

"The Most Dangerous Game ..."
Notes on the Interpretation and Application of 'Norman Forest Law’ within Sherwood Forest
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

"The Most Dangerous Game  (Part Two)"
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

Women in the Medieval Hunt
By Duchess Elina Einarsdottir

Women in the Medieval Hunt, Part II
By Duchess Elina Einarsdottir

 

 


 

Survival / Woodsmanship:

"Don't They Know It's Christmas-Time ?"
A two-part introduction to seasonal survival in Medieval Sherwood Forest
by  Richard Rutherford-Moore

"The Medieval Way of ‘Making Fire"
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

VIDEO: Pt.1 Bow drill set introduction

VIDEO: Pt.2 Bow Drill set and fire

VIDEO: Fire From Fungi

VIDEO: How to strike a flint and steel


 


 

Clothing and Accoutrements:

A Simple Medieval Shoe
by Peter Beatson

Early Medieval Clothes Patterns

How to Make a Simple Medieval Dress
by Sally Pointer

14th Century Sewing & Textile Information

 


 

Portrayals:

"...Getting Started"
by Paul Wilburn

"Walking Sherwood Forest end-to-end"
'On the robin Hood Trail'
by Richard Rutherford-Moore

 


 

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