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Ealdormere Academy of Defence

The Ealdormere Academy of Defence was created by Royal Charter on 13 September, A.S. XXXII by TSH Edward and Rylyn.

The Academy is an organization for fencers in the kingdom of Ealdormere, based on the historic London Masters of Defence.

Learn about historic masters of defense, and their fencing schools. The link points to a paper originally on iceweasel-dot-org, now available from Wayback Machine.

If you’re new to the Society for Creative Anachronism, or new to Ealdormere, start at Ealdormere.ca.

Revised Academy charter and policies

Editable versions, and PDF versions available on request.

Challenges and updates


The Kingdom of Ealdormere is an LGBTQIA2S+ safe space

The Kingdom of Ealdormere is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that embraces and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, non-binary, two-spirit, and all other gender and sexual orientations (LGBTQIA2S+) individuals.

Ealdormere is proud to be home to a diverse populace with many active members who identify as queer/LGBTQIA2S+, with many of our members in officer positions.

Ealdormere and The SCA enforces a strict anti-bullying and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB) policy that does not tolerate hate or discrimination of any kind.