Medieval Combat Society

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King Edward III (1327-1377) and his son Edward of Woodstock, more popularly known as The Black Prince, held many Chivalric foot tournaments of the Nobility and Knights, which the MCS recreates, complete with all its pomp and pageantry. It was a time when England lay claim to the throne of France, with victories at Crecy, Poitiers and the Naval battle of Sluys, the time of Chaucer, the founding of the Order of the Garter, but also the start of The Hundred Years War and the Black Death killing up to half of England’s population.

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