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British re-enactment group Regia Anglorum has now taken the breakout sites below and created a compendium Wiki! The individual links on this page will still make it easier to get to your specific villager, but the Wiki contains tons of research articles!

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Regiapædia is for Officers and Members alike to produce and keep updated articles about our hobby.

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Guedelon Castle is a "living laboratory," a castle begun in the 1970's exclusively using medieval building techniques and tools. It is possible to buy tickets and tour the site.

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up-dates ticket office shop Visiting Guédelon Country

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Handy graphic!

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General Information and clicky fun

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Highest rank (in theory)

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The first thing to be said about any Priest who lived 1000 years ago was that he was basically a normal everyday person, who was possessed with the same emotions, vices and social mores as anyone else who lived back then.

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An overview of village life

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Regia Anglorum - The Village of Wichamstow

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It has three main roads leading to it, with the bridge across the river a little further upstream where the banks are a bit narrower. The largest town in the area is 25 miles away, which is a good days ride on horseback, and nearly two days if go by oxcart.

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Examine Major Clergy

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Regia Anlgorum - Anglo-Saxon Church Organisation

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In Scotland the practices of the Roman Church were laid over the organisation of the Celtic Church. The monasteries and abbeys were the basis of church life. Few bishoprics existed; Whithorn, established by Ninian in the fifth century, had always followed the Roman tradition.

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Architecture, art, law, and literature.

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The Old English ethnonym "Angul-Seaxan" comes from the Latin Angli-Saxones and became the name of the peoples Bede calls Anglorum and Gildas calls Saxones. Anglo-Saxon is a term that was rarely used by Anglo-Saxons themselves; it is not an autonym.

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Kings, religion, warfare, and work

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The Old English ethnonym "Angul-Seaxan" comes from the Latin Angli-Saxones and became the name of the peoples Bede calls Anglorum and Gildas calls Saxones. Anglo-Saxon is a term that was rarely used by Anglo-Saxons themselves; it is not an autonym.

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Minor Nobility: Above Thegns

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An ealdorman (from Old English ealdorman, lit. "elder man"; plural: "ealdormen") was a high-ranking royal official and prior magistrate of an Anglo-Saxon shire or group of shires from about the ninth century to the time of King Cnut.

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Upper Class: Minor Nobility

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The term thegn ( thane or thayn in Shakespearean English), from Old English þegn, ðegn, "servant, attendant, retainer", "one who serves", is commonly used to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or, as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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Although every family cooked their own food, for those who could afford them there were also 'professional' cooks and bakers in Viking Age Britain. As you can see from the title, the name Baxter comes directly from the Anglo-Saxon word Baecestre, this being the female version of the job title and Baker being the male.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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After the dispatch of an animal, it was hung up and its blood drained. The hide was then recovered as the butchery process went on. All the meat products were cut off leaving just the bones as the only suggestion that the carcass was once an animal.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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The basic elements for the production of bronze and brass, were in all likelihood bought in by Wiglaf. That's to say that he didn't smelt the ores of copper, tin and zinc at the workshops. The simple reason for this is that these ores weren't all conveniently excavated from quarries on his doorstep.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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A mason from London was hired to carve some of the most difficult pieces on the church, and taught Cynric some of his tricks of the trade. So now, apart from the more mundane building of walls, Cynric can now turn his hand to Gravestones, and other religious pieces.

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Upper Class: Minor Nobility

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Warfare was not a part of everyday life for many Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Despite all the heroic deeds in tales and sagas, a grown man would have seen a major conflict about once every twenty years. And even then he would had to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time to become involved.

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Freeman/Churls/Artisan

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Fish was an important element in the diets of the people of Viking Age Britain. Other than the odd times during the winter when the rivers or lakes froze, the sea and rivers were an abundant source of regular fresh food.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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So Ulfbert would have been quite a popular man in Wichamstow, unless he charged too much for his time. He had to worry about the price that he had to pay for charcoal, the cost of the iron he was about to use and the time it took him to forge any given item, even if it was a revamp of an older piece.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan Class

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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Regia Anglorum - Thorvald the storyteller

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In a Thegn's retinue though, his job was a little different, and more politic. He couldn't just up and leave if he had wounded someone's pride. No doubt, it was the given form to be able to stand up to a lot of leg pulling, even if you secretly wanted to strangle him for his poor quality jokes and puns.

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Freemen/Churls/Laborer

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Regia Anglorum - Ælfric the charcoal burner

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The Charcoal burners life was to a certain extent itinerant, as he followed in the footsteps of the wood cutters who were either directed or who themselves decided which of the various trees to cut down.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan Class

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Several types of textile were used in the Viking Age, the most common of course being wool which could be woven in a variety of styles and patterns. Linen was also well used throughout northern Europe and was generally woven using more conservative techniques.

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Freemen/Churls/Artisan

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