Society for Creative Anachronism

The Society for Creative Anachronism (or SCA for short) is a non-profit educational organization devoted to studying and re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The primary focus is on Western European culture, but can also include other regions such as the Middle East and Japan with which Western Europe had contact during 800-1650 CE. The SCA is easily described as a Middle Ages Arts Revival Recreation Organization.

Scope

The SCA is worldwide in scope. The Known World is divided into Kingdoms. As of October 2004, there are 18 SCA Kingdoms worldwide. Worldwide there are about 32,000http://www.sca.org/officers/treasurer/welcome.html paid members. (Many people participate without joining, as it is not required to join in order to participate. It is usually required to be a paid member to hold office.)

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There are active groups all over the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, with scattered groups elsewhere. (At one time there was even a group on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, known as the "Shire of Curragh Mor" (anglicized Irish for "Big Boat").)

Related Topics:
USA - Canada - Europe - Australia - New Zealand - Irish

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Kingdoms

As of April 2005 the SCA Kingdoms are (in order of founding):

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• The West Kingdom is the original kingdom, created when the Society originated in 1966. It currently includes Northern California, Nevada, and Alaska, as well as Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Rim.
• The Kingdom of the East is the second kingdom, created in 1968. In the United States of America it covers eastern Pennsylvania, eastern New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. In Canada, it covers Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
• The Middle Kingdom is the third kingdom, created in 1969. Its current borders are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, as well as parts of Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and Ontario.
• The Kingdom of Atenveldt is the fourth kingdom, created in 1971. It encompasses the state of Arizona.
• The Kingdom of Meridies is the fifth kingdom, created in 1978. Its borders currently encompass the entirety of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, almost all of Georgia & most of Arkansas , the eastern portion of Tennessee, a bit of the panhandle of Florida, and small portions of both Kentucky and Virginia. However there is a split occurring and it will soon be halved in size as the western portion breaks off into the nineteenth kingdom.
• The Kingdom of Caid is the sixth kingdom created in 1978. It currently encompasses Southern California, the Greater Las Vegas Area, and Hawaii.
• The Kingdom of Ansteorra is the seventh kingdom, created in 1979. Ansteorra covers Oklahoma and the majority of Texas.
• The Kingdom of Atlantia is the eighth kingdom, created in 1981. Its borders cover Maryland, most of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as well as a piece of Georgia.
• The Kingdom of An Tir is the ninth Kingdom, created in 1982. It encompasses the US states of Oregon, Washington, and the northern tips of Idaho, and in Canada it covers British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
• The Kingdom of Calontir is the tenth kingdom, created in 1984. It covers Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and the 727xx Zip Code area around Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• The Kingdom of Trimaris is the eleventh kingdom, created in 1985. It was split from the Kingdom of Meridies and is composed of the majority of Florida, as well as Panama, and humorously, Antarctica (although see Lochac, below). (Id est, vessels launched from Florida "colonized" Panama and Antartica. Members living in Trimaris make a claim to Mars, based on the fact that one subject of Trimaris was employed in the construction of one of the Mars rovers. Presumably, Trimaris will be the first kingdom to spread to the Moon.)
• The Kingdom of the Outlands is the twelfth kingdom, created in 1986. It encompasses New Mexico, most of Colorado, parts of Wyoming, Nebraska, as well as El Paso County and Hudspeth County of Texas.
• The Kingdom of Drachenwald is the thirteenth kingdom, created in 1993. It is by far the largest kingdom in terms of land area, but it is not the largest in terms of population. Its borders cover all of Europe including the British Isles, Africa, and the Middle East.
• The Kingdom of Artemisia is the fourteenth kingdom, created in 1997. It currently covers Montana, southern Idaho, most of Utah, western Colorado, and Wyoming.
• The Kingdom of Æthelmearc is the fifteenth kingdom, created in 1997. It covers central/western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
• The Kingdom of Ealdormere is the sixteenth kingdom, created in 1998. It lies within the Canadian province of Ontario.
• The Kingdom of Lochac is the seventeenth kingdom, created in 2002. It encompasses the entirety of Australia and New Zealand, and has some claim to at least parts of Antarctica, in possible contradiction of the belief held by the Kingdom of Trimaris.
• The Kingdom of Northshield is the eighteenth kingdom created in 2004. It covers North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan. It also extends into Canada, encompassing Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
• The Principality of Gleann Abhann is set to formally split from the Kingdom of Meridies on October 1st of 2005 to become the nineteenth kingdom. It will cover Mississippi, Louisiana, most of Arkansas, and the western end of Tennessee.

::The Investiture of Gleann Abhann may be delayed indefinately due to the damage from Hurricane Katrina. The site has been severely damaged and the Heirs (incoming King and Queen) have their house underwater, in which is all the regalia for the new Kingdom.

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