Welcome to the links page, this isn't an extensive page by any means, but does have some nice sites... enjoy...
Regia Anglorum, a dark age society who amongst other things operate a number of longships.
Historic Maritime Society (HMS), A very fine living history group specialising in the portrayal of the British Navy of the Napoleonic period.
The Alabama Crew, a very good group of American Civil War sailors (UK based).
CHES, The Colchester Historical Enactment Society. Friends of ours, who amongst other things portray 18th Century pirates, smugglers and Royal Navy.
PUBCAT, The Piratical Union of Bucanneers, Corsairs and Associated Trades. A leading pirate re-enactment group, based in Scotland.
The Tudor Group, one of the UK's finest living history groups, covering all aspects of life in the late Tudor era.
The English Civil War Society, A well established society who put on both battles and living history events of the mid 17th century.
The Sealed Knot, One of the UK's oldest pageant societies, one of the largest too.
Kentwell Hall, one of the older tudor living history sites in the UK, portraying many aspects of domestic life.
Basingstoke Early Dance, a group specializing in the recreation of early dance.
The Household, a 17C civilian living history group.
L'Age D'Or, a Baroque living history society. Their website is very ornate and crammed with information and pictures.
The Armada Militia, friends of ours specialising in artillery and archery of 1588.
Monmouth Has Landed, a lavish site dedicated to the Duke of Monmouth and the events leading up to the Battle of Sedgemoor 1685.
The Living History Register: Visit the L.H.R., a very good online reenactment magazine.
Histrenact: The historical re-enactment website, contact details for many groups worldwide.
Renascence Editions: A good collection of period E-texts.
The Elizabethan Costuming Page: A very useful guide to many aspects of late Tudor costume and its construction.
Re-enact: A useful website dealing with many aspects of British re-enactment and living history.
Washington Renaissance Faire Actors Library: A useful looking resource written for American Ren-faire participants.
The League of Renaissance Merchants: The hub of a webring dealing with suppliers of all sorts of living history accoutrements.
History in the Making: Old friends who make superb furniture and costume. Their work can be seen at Warwick Castle, the Globe Theatre, and our events.
Battle Orders: UK based supplier of arms and armour of all periods.
LivingHistory.co.uk, A useful site, uniting British re-enactment societies.
No Quarter Given, an online (and paper) pirate magazine, to which our glorious leader occasionally contributes articles.
The Pyracy Pub, a discussion group and sister to No Quarter Given, consisting of multiple forums.
Echoes From the Past, a UK based living history magazine, who have printed articles by our members.
Barringtons Swords: Another UK based supplier of historical weaponry, have a look at their rapiers page.
For more specific historical links see the history page
Pirate Mythtory, Our very own Captain's painstaking research into the myths of pirates.
Renaissance - The Elizabethan World, A pretty nice website with some useful information.
The Spanish Armada of 1588, A site dealing mostly with the ships involved.
The Spanish Armada, An amazing set of links, covering all aspects of the Armada.
Granuaile: the O'Malley Clan's web tribute to Grace O'Malley, notorious sixteenth century Irish woman pirate.
The Hakluyt Society: A very well established and very scholarly publisher of "Historical Travel Literature".
Maritime History on the Internet: A very useful guide to doing maritime historical research online.
The Discoverers Web, a comprehensive list of links, dealing with many aspects of the history of exploration.
William Harrison's Description of England, an online copy of this 1577 book, a wealth of contemporary information.
The Isle of Tortuga, one of the better sites on the net dealing with pirates and privateers of the Caribbean.
Seaman's Secrets, an online copy of an English navigational manual, written by the great navigator John Davis and first published in 1594.
The Mary Rose. The only 16th century warship in existence in the world, a veritable treasure trove of archaeology.
The Vasa. This incredibly preserved 17th century Swedish ship was the pride of the fleet, until it sank in Stockholm harbour. Now raised from the seabed she makes a truly impressive sight.
The Golden Hind (replica). A replica of Drakes famous ship, moored in Brixham, Devon. Very good friends of ours.
The Batavia (replica). A replica of a 17th century Dutch East Indiaman.
The Duyfken (replica). A replica of a Dutch yacht, the first European ship to sight Australia.
The Half Moon (replica). A fine replica of Henry Hudson's ship
The Golden Hinde (replica) The other English replica of this most famous Galleon. Moored in Southwark.
The Kalmar Nyckel (replica): A Delaware based replica of an early 17th century Dutch built vessel, used by settlers of America.
The Swan (wreck) A seventeenth century shipwreck, buried for 3 centuries by silt, is now slowly being exposed. She needs all our support before she is lost forever.
English Heritage who maintain and run many of the finest historic sites in England.
Maritime Museums. A good list of Maritime Museums in the UK.
The Mother of all Maritime Links Pages: Aptly named, this truly awesome collection of maritime links covers every aspect of wet and salty life you could imagine, and some you couldn't. Well worth a visit if you're looking for anything nautical.
Roger's Tours: A tour company with a historical bent, offering among other things a trip to the Fete Maritime at Brest.
If you would like to see a website included on this page, or would like to exchange links
with us, send an email to:
captain@bonaventure.org.uk
Note: Neither Bonaventure nor the creator of this website take any responsibility for the content of the pages listed here.