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Welcome to "The Vikings!" Wiki

The wiki is intended to help you find all you need to know about membership of "The Vikings!" reenactment society. The information on these pages will be as correct, and up to date, as we can make it but the official versions of any rules and regulations will be as published in the official Society guides and documentation and stored on DocStore. The wiki is intended to make some of this material more accessible, not to replace the detailed documentation.

This wiki is currently under construction and probably always will be! Whilst editing a page is limited to only a few Society members, the "Discussion" tab, which anyone can edit, allows everyone to question and debate. We encourage you to use it.

Official Society rules While the wiki is intended to provide a wide range of helpful information, it also includes formal rules and regulations which apply to members of the Vikings Society and any guests attending our events. These are indicated in text boxes with the Society logo, like this.

Index

A full list of all pages on the wiki can be found on the alphabetical index page.

Membership of The Vikings

Joining the Vikings About the Society Membership Groups Communication Ranks within the Society Promotions and Assessments Society Awards Your first show DARF Data Protection In Remembrance	Events Events Calendar Taking part in Society shows Taking part in Society filming Society Training Weekends The Vaetfang Banquets Viking Festival 2022 School visitors Organising Events Claiming expenses Marshalling at Events
Health and Safety General Health and Safety in "The Vikings" Camp site rules First Aid First Aid Kit List Carrying out a Risk Assessment Safeguarding	Publicity and Communications Speaking to the Media Our Policies Our Guides

Clothing and personal kit

Authenticity and the Vikings Society Authenticity Home Page The authenticity team Authenticity at Society shows Society kit guides Kit checks Official Society rules Unacceptable items Authenticity Dispensations (previously known as Medical Dispensations)	Who we portray Geographical scope Chronological periods Social status ”Estates” – the social order Realistic characters Names
Basic costume My first kit Personal appearance Core kit types Male clothing (general) Female clothing (general) Accessories Jewellery	Specialist costume and equipment Specialised kit types Ecclesiastical clothing and vestments Highly specialised kit types Out of period kit types
Making kit and costume Kit Making Guide Artistic styles Colours and dyes Materials Decoration	Arms and Armour Melee weapons Missile weapons Shields Body armour Helmets Armoury Team

Skills and Specialisations

Combat Latest Changes Melee Combat Missile Combat Shield Wall Combat Cavalry in Combat Assessing officers Combat_Assessments Alley Brawl Competition Hersirs Scripts Guide	Taking part in Acting Displays Acting
LHE Living History Homepage Taking part in the Living History Display LHE Assessments Assessing officers Equipment Cooking and eating Furniture and domestic items Storage Tents Tools	Crafts Craft Training Craft assessments Textile and Clothing Production Artisan Skills Agriculture and Food production Jewellery and Decorative Arts Knowledge-based skills Music and Musical Instruments
Ships and Sailing Ships Sailing
Guilds About Guilds in the Society Bifrost Guild Duelling Guild Hunters Guild Leather Workers' Guild	Viking Role-Playing What is Viking Role-Playing? VLARP Rules An Adventure Recorded

Knowing more

Context and background Evidence Early medieval culture Landholding Maps Money

Further reading References Books The Library

Archives

The History of the Society The Elder Days, 1971-1979 Leather and Fur, 1980-1989 Castles and Abbeys, 1990-1999 Hundreds and Thousands, 2000-2009 Villages and Victories, 2010-2019 Display panels from VikeFest, June 2022

Online archive The society operates an online archive system at https://archive.ousekjarr.org/archive which has over 50000 items listed dating from the early 1970s up to the present day. The aim of the archive is to present as much of the history of the society as we can for public consumption, including photos, videos, documents, event flyers and posters, and anything else (including old kit and clothing) which is part of our shared heritage. More recent documents may be subject to restricted access for a short time for obvious commercial reasons.

Society IT

• AdminDB
• Guide to fonts
• Society eMail Accounts

Help

• Look at the Vikings FAQ;
• Acronym and jargon buster;
• Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software;
• The MediaWiki FAQ is also helpful;
• If you're taking part in a discussion, please follow the simple courtesy rules; or
• If you're editing page content, please refer to the styleguide and tips on writing for the web