Mission Statement: The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international non-profit volunteer educational organization. The SCA is devoted to the research and re-creation of pre-seventeenth century skills, arts, combat, culture, and employing knowledge of history to enrich the lives of participants through events, demonstrations, and other educational presentations and activities.
The College of Lyonsmarche is a local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., located in the university cities of Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington (and the surrounding Palouse) as well as the college towns of Lewiston ID and Clarkston WA and surrounding areas continue east along the Clearwater river to Orofino & Kamiah ID or head south to Grangeville ID and that is still Lyonsmarche. The SCA is a large international effort, with local branches throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Much of our efforts are geared toward creating an organization with a medieval ‘feel’. In our efforts to do so, the many areas encompassed by the SCA are broken into “Kingdoms” with the occasional regional subdivision of a “Principality”; local branches known as Baronies, Shires, Colleges, Cantons and other designations based on population sizes. The College of Lyonsmarche is part of the administrative region called the “Inlands” within the Kingdom of An Tir which includes Oregon, Washington, the northern Idaho, and British Columbia. The Inlands other branches include: The Barony of Wastekeep (WA Tri-Cities – Kennewick, Pasco & Richland), Canton of Akornebir (Walla Walla & Dayton WA), The Barony of Wealdsmere (Spokane WA area),The Barony of Vulcanveldt (Yakima WA area), and the College of Cranehaven (Wenatchee WA area)
Detailed information concerning the SCA can be gathered from their SCA.ORG official web site and the An Tir Kingdom website.
If you would like to read more about Lyonsmarche history, visit our somewhat out of date Lyonsmarche An Tir Wiki page.
There is a medieval SCA event happening almost every weekend in the Kingdom of An Tir: https://antir.org/events/.