Iberia Campaign

Links

Here are some resources to play Ars Magica in general, and to the Iberian background in particular.
 

Ars Magica

• Atlas Games – 5th ed. – The game's publisher.
• Atlas Games – 5th Ed. Errata
• Atlas Games - Ars Magica 4th ed. section – Publisher's info for the previous (4th) edition.
• Project Redcap – An Ars Magica portal that has been on the Web for nearly a decade.
• Mad Irishman: Ars Magica – Character sheets, maps, and adventures.
• Ars Magica Game System Template – Character creation software for Ars Magica.  There is a demo version.
• Metacreator – Ars Magica 4th ed. character generator, from Alter Ego software
• Ars Magica History – Includes fanzines and many useful resources.
• Ars Magica Net Grimoire – New spells, and an Islamic background.
• Rabenstein Covenant – A campaign homepage that is no longer updated, but is still very nice.
• The Dragon's Trove – Specializes in used gaming books; scroll down to the Ars Magica section.
• The Saga of Saxum Caribetum – A nice campaign page.

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Medieval Studies

• Hill Monastic Manuscript Library – More than 25 million pages of medieval and early modern manuscripts, visible online.
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook – Real-world, non-Mythic Europe, medieval studies.
• Primary Medieval Texts – In text format.
• The Labyrinth – Resources for Medieval Studies - scholarly page.
• The Tome – Renaissance links, but much of it works for the Middle Ages too.
• Map Library – National Library of Scotland.

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Linguistic Aids

• Iberian Names – On the Medieval Names Archive.
• Kate Monk's Onomastikon – A dictionary of names.
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid – At Notre-Dame U.
• Latin Word List – At Kansas University.
• Medieval Latin Texts – With English translations, in text format.
• Euskara, the Language of the Basque People
• English-Basque Dictionary
• Basque and Basque-English Dictionaries
• The Alternative Dictionary: Basque
• How to Swear in Basque

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Iberian History and Geography

• When the Moors Ruled Spain – Good article on what it would be like to be there.
• Dar Anahita – A Moorish SCA site, with info on Andalusia.
• Full Architecture of Muslim Spain – PDF photo document.
• Iberia: al-Andalus – Rulers of the various taifa kingdoms.
• Map of Ancient Iberia – 19th century map of Iberia in Roman times
• Map of Andalucia – The area where the covenant is set in southern Iberia.
• Maps of Iberia – A Medieval Atlas.
• Moorish Andalusia – Nice site with some good articles.
• Sepharad: Jewish Culture in Medieval Spain – Lavish PDF document.
• Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies – Iberian studies, at Kansas University.
• Muslim Spain and European Culture – This is a particularly interesting read.
• Reconquista, 1000-1250
• The Moorish Conquest of Spain and Portugal
• Timeline of the Reconquista
• Wikipedia: Islamic conquest of Iberia
• Wikipedia: Reconquista

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Navarre and the Basques

• Wikipedia: Kingdom of Navarre
• Kingdoms of Iberia: Navarre
• Answers.com: Navarre
• Search.com: Kingdom of Navarre
• History of the Basques
• Legends and Popular Tales of the Basque People
• Basque Legends
• Wikipedia: Basque mythology
• The Basque Country Page
• Basque people's History

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Moorish & Islam Links

• BBC - Religion & Ethics - Customs – The Five Pillars of Islam.
• Islamic Beliefs – A short summary of islamic beliefs and eschatology.
• Islamic Calendar – Conversion of Islamic and Christian dates.
• Muslim Beliefs – based on Qur'aan and the Authentic Sunnah.
• The Moors - Who were they? – Background and links with focus on Spain.
• Understanding Islam – Muslim customs & traditions.
• Wikipedia: The Moors

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Pictures and Clothing

• Costume History – On The Costumer's Manifesto.
• Jessamyn's Closet – Costume in Medieval and Renaissance Spain and Portugal:
• Basque Costume
• Basque Image Gallery
• Christian Spain: 12th Century
• 12th Century Image Gallery
• Christian Spain: 13th Century
• 13th Century Image Gallery
• Kingdom of Atlantia: Iberian Clothing – an SCA site
• Judaica - Ethnic Postcards – Vintage images of Judaica.
• Near Eastern Women's Clothing – From North Africa and the Levant.
• Old Pictures of Algeria – Prints, paintings, old photos, etc.
• Orientalist Paintings – Mostly pre-raphaelites.
• Pictures of Alhambra – Nice pictures of the architecture

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Knightly Orders of Iberia

• Military Order of Calatrava
• New Advent: Military Order of Calatrava
• New Advent: Order of Saint James of Compostela
• The Military Order of Santiago
• Wikipedia: Order of Santiago
• Women Knights – Note in particular the Order of the Hatchet and the convents of the Order of Santiago.

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Daily Life and Customs

• Historical Fencing Manuals Online -- Swords & Swordsmanship – On the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (ARMA) page
• Recipes for a Medieval Feast for the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
• An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century

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Music

• Wikipedia: Music of Spain
• Iberia: The Music of Spain and Portugal
• Spanish Traditional Music
• A piece of Andalusian music – shortcut to a WAV file.
• Andalusian Music – Andalusian music you can listen to online.
• Andalusian Singing – Another 30-second RealPlayer clip.
• Piece ot traditional Andalusian music – shortcut to a 30-second RealPlayer clip.
• Another piece of traditional Andalusian music – Shortcut to a 30-second RealPlayer clip

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