The Confraternity of Malemort offers you the opportunity to bring back to life the particular history of your region and so make it brighter. Our brotherhood is a non-profit association located at Namur, Belgium, and offers itself as a creator and stager of medieval spectacles and pageantry.

The Confraternity of Malemort is composed of men and women who are devoted to history enthusiast persons and trained to re-create a medieval ambience. It stages events that allow the spectators to experience the everyday life of our brave ancestors. Knights and mercenaries fight in violent battle while jesters and fire-breathers entertain. The cannons thunder! Swords jingle! Curious children touch the weapons, and ask questions. Quick, take a picture!

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All the scenarios come from Confraternity's directors or are especially written for those contracting for its services. Its specialists in historical and heraldry search through local chronicles and annals to find details to make the Confraternity's re-creations vivid and accurate.

The Confraternity employs armor and weapons replicating those of the period of the Hundred Years' War, and takes particular pride in the historical accuracy of all of its equipment and costuming. The Confraternity sets up a medieval encampement, that spectators may visit, handling the weapons, inspecting the other equipment, and seeing for themselves the care with which these replicas have been crafted. The food and drink served during the banquet are made according to medieval recipes as possible. There are no french fries on a table of the Confraternity.

The Confraternity is able to stage large events or small tournaments with jousting on horseback, medieval music and singers, acrobats, tumblers, and more. It can provide the background for television or motion picture productions based on medieval themes, or for events such as medieval conferences, educational demonstrations, or anniversaries and birthdays. It can also cooperate with others in staging large banquets, Medieval Days, or entire battles. The cost of its services in contracted on the basis of the size of the production desired, and takes into account the amount of ornament, weaponry, armor, and the number of participants needed.

The Confraternity invites all those fascinated by the Middle Ages to join its ranks. Are you ready to train to use medieval weapons or to learn other skills of the past? The Confraternity welcomes participants of all qualities and kinds: lords and peasants, smiths, horsemen, historians and acrobats are all welcome if they share the Confraternity's love for the Middle Ages, The Confraternity has no political or economic agenda except that of rejoicing in our common historical heritage.