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| Founded | 1986 in the United Kingdom |
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| Focus | Historical reenactment |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Members | About 700 |
| Website | regia |
Regia Anglorum (A term used by early writers in Latin texts, meaning Kingdoms of the English [people]), or simply Regia, is a Medieval reenactment organisation reenacting the life and times of the peoples who lived in and around the Islands of Britain from the time of Alfred the Great to Richard the Lionheart. Its members portray Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British living history from the period before the Norman Conquest.[1] The society has gained in popularity as a result of being featured in prominent television programmes such as Michael Wood on Beowulf, Time Team and A History of Britain.[2]
It was founded in 1986 by members formerly of The Norse Film and Pageant Society (which went on to become called the Vikings) and has a large British membership. An unincorporated association, it claims to be one of the largest Early Middle Ages re-enactment societies in the world. The organisation comprises a number of local groups, mostly within the United Kingdom.[3]
Regia Anglorum is an Associate Sponsor of the British Museum, and is a founder member of the National Association of Re-enactment Societies (NAReS) and The Battlefields Trust.
- ^ The Historical Reenactor, The Guardian, February 11, 2008
- ^ New Statesman June 2009
- ^ Land Grants, Regia Anglorum, January, 2018