Don't just study the past... LIVE IT!

Some say Chivalry is dead, but we live it every day. Join us to discover how our ancestors lived in earlier times as we build, dance, feast, fight, and strive to be Lords and Ladies, the nobility of our Society. And we have a great time doing it! Join us!

If anything about knights, cavaliers, vikings, kings and queens, lords and ladies interests you, then the SCA is the place for you. Someone in our Society studies and practices almost anything you can imagine people doing in the middle ages. You can experience medieval life, not just study it.

The central theme of the SCA is that we are a participatory group. When we want to understand how people fought in medieval wars, we put on our armor. When we want insight into the courts of kings and queens, we dance and feast. We show what we have learned to each other and to the public.

The SCA''s members are volunteers. No one gets paid for teaching new people; meeting and teaching new people is a big part of the fun!

Above and beyond the crafts and arts we practice, the members of the Society strive to create an atmosphere of nobility and gentility in dealing with each other. We value chivalry and courtesy, and expect each of our members to behave as good and noble folk. Thus our organization is more than a hobby, more than people simply making things the way medieval folk did. Our Society is an ongoing attempt to make just that: a society of nobility that is open to everyone.

(wonderful intro from the SCA@UVa page - no longer available)