Welcome to the new Home of the
E.M.A.
The Early Medieval Alliance
The E.M.A. is an umbrella organisation for independent, medieval re-enactment groups,
chiefly representing the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.
Its committee are entirely made up of volunteers from the member societies;
truly run by re-enactors, for re-enactors.
The E.M.A. is best known for running events, but it's so much more than that.
It's never been more difficult to run a re-enactment group. There's so much
to consider: proper insurance, health and safety laws, risk assessments and the
government frequently proposing legislation restricting the manufacture, sale or
ownership of the weapons and props that we use, safely and legitimately, as part of
our hobby.
Then you need to be able to train your new recruits to fight safely, be ever
more authentic and both educate and entertain the public; venues expect you to
know more and be more.
It's enough to take the fun out of it.
But the E.M.A. is here to help. Its members have, literally, hundreds of
years of combined experience in re-enactment. We support our member groups by
sharing our knowledge; from paperwork to the practical issues, we've got the
information to get our members out of the office and back onto the re-enactment field.
And when it comes to talking to the government we're a nationwide body that
allows our members to punch above their weight. We work with other major
organisations, like NAReS, The National Association of Re-Enactment Societies,
being the voice of our members when they might not otherwise be heard.
And, yes, we do still run events.
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