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Living history villages comprise several re-enactor's tents, where we display our crafts, get on with kit making and talk to members of the public. Hang around, chill out, eat sausages and have a look around the village. While the brave die in battle, the rest of us laze around a camp-fire. In the desperate fray of the hack and slash of close combat you can rely only on your skills and the resolve of your shoulder companions to stay alive. The shield-walls clash, and the battlefield echoes with the Saxon battle cry.
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Will any of your trusted friends be among them? Will you live to feast with them another day? As you watch the enemy in silence, you wonder how many good men are going to fall today. Rank upon rank of your foes draw up in front of you. Your liege-lord is all you share in common.Īs the mist clears, you can see the enemy army assembling. Strangers about whom you know nothing are also standing by your side. For instance, we recently performed at Oxford Castle.įighting at a show is very different from fighting at battle practice!You stand in the shield-wall, surrounded by the shoulder companions who fought at your side many times before. These range from national, multi-society events such as the Battle of Hastings or the Battle of Camlann at Tintagel, which attract up to 2,000 warriors - infantry, cavalry and archers - and include living history encampments, to smaller events where we are hired to entertain the public with crafts and fighting amongst ourselves.
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Wychwood provides training for those wishing to take part in the battle re-enactment with the adequate safety measures. In the summer we take part in shows, performing in front of a public audience.