Officers

Directions to Meetings

Events

Weekly Activities

Baronial Awards

Baronial Library

Baronial Award Form

Baronial Email Lists

Kindom of Calontir Page

Society web page

Library

The Barony has a goodly selection of books that are available for loan to members of the Barony of Three Rivers. If you would like to borrow a book, contact the baronial librarian:

Ciar de Burgo
email: librarian@threeriver.org

The books are divided into several categories. *Please note this is not a complete listing currently*

1. General History Books
2. Books About Arts and Sciences of the Middle Ages
3. Books Written During the Middle Ages
4. Books specifically about the SCA or books written by members of the SCA.

History Books - alphabetical by title

• The Age of Reformation
  Harbison, E. Harris / edited by Edward W. Fox , 1955

• Arthur's Britain
  Alcock, Leslie

• The Atlas of Medieval Man
  Platt, Colin

• The Beginnings of English Society (Pelican History of England vol.2)
  Whitelock, Dorothy, 1977 reprint

• Bulfinch's Mythology Illustrated
  Bulfinch, Thomas ed. 1987
  Includes the complete texts of the Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne)

• Castles of the Middle Ages
  Brochard, Phillipe / illustrated by Patrice Pellerin 1982
  (Silver Burdett Picture Histories Series)

• Central Italy an Archaeological Guide
  Paget, R. F.

• The Churches of Rome
  Gunn, Peter / Photos by Rolloff Beny 1981 British ed.

• Civilization: Paleolithic Man to the Emergence of European Powers
  Mac Kendrick, Paul (editor) 1968

• Civilization Past and Present Bk.I: Prehistory to 1500
  Wallbank, T. Walter 1976

• Civilization Past and Present Bk.II: 1300-1815
  Wallbank, T. Walter 1976

• The Collector's Encyclopedia of Antiques
  Phillips, Phoebe (editor) 1978

• Days of Knights and Castles 1066-1485
  Silver Burdett Picture Histories Series) Miquel, Pierre / Illustrated by Pierre Probst 1985 printing

• The Deeds of Frederick Barbarosa
  (Records of Civilization Sources and Studies Series) Otto of Freisling; Rahewin
  translated and annotated by Charles Christopher Mierow and Richard Emery 1966

• Discovery: Exploration through the Centuries
  Flaum, Eric 1990

• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
  Tuchman, Barbara W. 1978

• The Elizabethan World
  Smith, Lacey Baldwin 1972

• Europe in the Middle Ages
  Ault, Warren 1937

• Florence (Famous Cities of the World)
  Hutton, Edward (text) / Photos by Guilio Guzzoni and Lazzaro Donati 1961 reprt of 1960 ed.

• History of England
  Willson, David Harris 1972

• History of Scotland
  Mitchison, Rosalind 1970

• History of Medieval Europe 11th impression
  Thorndike, Lynn / edited by James T. Shotwell c.1917

• The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics Series)
  Geoffrey of Monmouth / trans. and intro. by Lewis Thorpe 1979

• History of the World: Prehistory to the Renaissance
  Wright, Esmond (editor)

• The Horizon Book of Lost Worlds
  Cottrell, Leonard (narrative) / Edited by Marshall B. Davidson 1962 Casebound ed.

• An Illustrated History of Russia
  Carmichael, Joel / edited by Georges and Rosamond Bernier
  (Swiss printing) English Language Ed.

• The Journey Through Wales [with] The Description of Wales
  (Penguin Classics Series) Gerald of Wales / translated and introduced by Lewis Thorpe 1978

• Luis de Leon and the Spanish Inquisition
  Reynolds, Susan

• The Magic of a Mediaeval Town
  Bucina, Ferdinand / Text by Ladislav Stehlik; Translation by Edith Pargeter

• Medieval and Early Modern Times: The Age of Justinian to the 18th Century
  Hayes, Carlton 1966

• Medieval People
  Barnes and Noble Everyday Handbooks
  Power, Eileen 1963

• Medieval Society 400-1450 (The Structure of European History Vol.II)
  Cantor, Norman F. and Michael S. Werthman (editors) 1967

• The Medieval West 400-1450: A Preindustrial Civilization
  Nicholas, David 1973

• The Middle Ages
  Mills, Dorothy 1935

• The Origins of the Middle Ages: Pirenne's Challenge to Gibbon
  Lyon, Bryce 1972
  Historical Controversies Series

• Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
  McEvedy, Colin

• Persia an Archaeological Guide
  Matheson, Sylvia A.

• Rise of Civilization
  Oates, David; Joan Oates

• The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies
  Painter, Sidney

• The Romance of Chivalry
  Hope-Moncrieff, A.R. 1976

• The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
  reprint abrudged by Alrfed W. Pollard / Illus. by Arthur Rackham c.1917

• Rome (Famous Cities of the World Ser.)
  Aldington, Richard (text) / Photos by Ronald Magowan 1960

• Saxon, Viking and Norman
  Wise, Terence / Edited by Martin Windrow; colour plates by G.A. Embleton 1979
  (Osprey Man at Arms Series)

• Shanghai: Treasures of the Shanghai Museum 6000 Years of Chinese Art
  Southern England an Archaeological Guide
  Dyer, James 1973

• Southern Greece an Archaeological Guide
  Cook, Robert; Kathleen Cook 1973

• Southern Italy an Archaeological Guide
  Guido, Margaret 1973

• A Short History of England for School Use
  Coman, Katherine; Elizabeth Kendall 1908

• The Story of the Irish Nation
  Hackett, Frances 1922

• Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
  Mertz, Barbara

  top

Arts and Sciences Books - alphabetical by title

• Art of Lace-making in Hungary
  Csernayanszky, Maria, 1962

• Art Then and Now
  Lee, Kathryn Dean; Katherine Tyler Burchwood, 1949

• Better Homes and Gardens Stichery and Crafts
  1966

• Bread Sculpture The Edible Art
  Wiseman, Ann 1975

• Ceramics and Potterymaking for Everyone
  Janeway, Carol 1950

• Chess in a Nutshell
  Reinfeld, Fred 1958

• Crewel Embroidery
  Wilson, Erica 1962

• The Dance in America
  Terry, Walter 1956

• Designs for Holbein Embroidery: 110 New Geometric Patterns
  Scheuer, Nikkif 1976

• Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver
  Bly, John 1968

• Elizabethan Embroidery
  Victoria and Albert Museum 1948

• The Encyclopedia of World Costume
  Yarwood, Doreen 1986

• Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral
  Bacon, Francis
  Reprint with dedications to the editions of 1597, 1612 and 1625)

• Evolution of Fashion: Pattern and Cut from 1066 to 1930
  Hill, Margot; Peter Bucknell

• Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony
  Cosman, Madeleine Pelner 1976

• Flickering Flames: A History of Domestic Lighting Through The Ages
  Thwing, Leroy 1958

• Food in History
  Tannahill, Reay 1973

• Grand Diplome Cooking Course
  Willan, Anne (editor)

• Great Architecture of the World: an Illustrated History from Stonehenge to the Twentieth Century
  Norwich, John

• Gregory's Angels
  Comparetti, Alice 1972

• Italian Stained Glass Windows British
  Marchini, G. ed. 1956

• Japanese Flower Arrangement: A Complete Primer
  Allen, Ellen G. 1957

• Left-handed Needlepoint
  Hurlburt, Regina 1972

• Make Your Own: Teenage Clothes Accessories and Gifts
  Hardy, Kay

• The Making of Tools
  Weygers, Alexander G.1973

• The Margaret Boyles Bargello Workbook a Collection of Original Designs
  Boyles, Margaret 1976

• McCalls Knitting for Beginners Bk.3
  Comstock, Nanina (ed.-in-chief) / Gena Rhoades (knitting ed.) 1967

• Medieval English Gardens
  McLean, Teresa 1981

• Musical Instruments
  Gjeringer, Karl 1945

• Music in History
  McKinney, Howard D.; W.R. Anderson 1940

• Renaissance in Italy: the Fine Arts
  Symonds, John Addington

• The Teaching of Folk Dance
  Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; Abbie Rutledge 1948

• The Technique of Woven Tapistry
  Beutlich, Tadek 1979

• To The Queen's Taste: Elizabethan Feasts and Recipes Adapted for Modern Cooking
  Sass, Lorna J. 1976

• What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress from Ancient to 20th Century America
  Gorsline, Douglas 1952

• Wine Into Words: a History and Bibilography of Wine Books in the English Language
  Gabler, James M. 1985

  top

Period Works - alphabetical by title

• Beowulf A New Verse Translation
  Leonard, William Ellery, 1923

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
  (Avenel Illustrated ed.) 1975 Shakespeare, William

• The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
  (Modern Library Series)
  Alighieri, Dante Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation; intro by C.H. Grandgent 1950

• Geoffrey Chaucer (British ed.)
  Legouis, Emile / Translated by L. Lailavoix 1928 reprt of 1913 ed.

• Gerard's Herbal: The History of Plants
  Woodward, Marcus (editor) 1985 (reprint of 1636 Thomas Johnson ed.)

• King Herla's Quest
  Leekley, Thomas 1957

• Medieval English Literature
  The Home University of Modern Knowledge V.43
  Ker, William Paton 1955

• The Medieval Pageant: Readings in Medieval History
  Downs, Norton 1964

• Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
  Hamilton, Edith / Illus. by Steele Savage 1942
  

• The Name of the Rose
  Eco, Umberto 1983

• On Divers Arts: The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting, Glassmaking and Metalwork
  Theophilus / Translated by John G. Hawthorne; Cyril Stanley Smith 1979

• Romanesque Illuminated Manuscripts
  Turner, D. H. 1966

• Turner's Herbal, Vol.I
  

• Two Hundred Ninety-Three Renaissance Woodcuts for Artists and Illustrators
  Amman, Jost 1968
  Jost Amman's Kunstbuchlin

• Warwick the Kingmaker
  Kendall, Paul Murray 1957

• The Vineland Sagas: the Norse Discovery of America
  Magnusson, Magnus amd Hermann Palsson; translated by Betty Radice 1965
  Penguin Classics Series

  top

Books About the SCA

• Ye Boke of Caidan Lawe AS XXII
  4th ed. 1987

• Book Of Feasts for the Barony of Three Rivers
  Linet Bridget Langdon

• Huginn's Saga
  Mistress Morgana Bro Morganwyg (mka Carole Shieber) 1983

• An Introduction into the Hyrd, Fyrd and the Role of Archery in the Middle Ages
  ASXVIII Ld. Jeorg Kratz

• The Complete Anachronist 13: Period Pornography
  William Darcy of Montrose (June 1984)

• An Introduction to Cookery in the Current Middle Ages: Being a Collection of Medieval Reciepts Adapted to Modern Taste and Usage
  Asenath Chamberly of Morrismount (compiler and editor) AS XII (1977) 3rd ed. 1979

• The Known World Handboke 2nd ed.
  Baroness Tamera FitzGloucestre of Kilcarren and Baron Vargskol Halfblood (editors) 1982

  top

---

This is the recognized website for the Barony Three Rivers of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and is maintained by Rod Hauser (Hirsch Eichmann). This site may contain electronic versions of the group's governing documents. Any discrepan cies between the electronic version of any information on this site and the printed version that is available from the originating office will be decided in favor of the printed version.

Copyright © 2008 Barony of Three Rivers.

The original contributors retain the copyright of certain portions of this site. For information on using photographs, articles, or artwork from this website, please con tact the web minister at webminister@threeriver.org. They will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors.