he Medieval Centre's primary mission is education on the literature, arts, culture, history and daily life of the 14th century in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer. Based in Lafayette, LA; our goal is to dispel many of the myths associated with the medieval period using living history to connect ideas from a variety of academic disciplines.

e have diligently worked to build living history programs that we can perform for a variety of audiences. To encourage use of our expertise in schools, we have designed teacher's workshops and we generated a wide variety of educational resources. These resources include a professionally developed educational resource guide with student activities that are centered on state accountability standards in the arts, history, literature, and science. Experts extensively review our educational materials for accuracy. We believe that this attention to detail and commitment to educational excellence is our greatest strength.

ey to the success of the Medieval Centre is our active membership. Meeting twice a month, they focus on learning improvisational acting skills, costuming, medieval history, persona development, dialect/linguistics, medieval literature, and demonstration skills. The Medieval Centre owns a wide variety of period-appropriate props and costumes to support these activities.

f you have a love of history, would like to learn Medieval period crafts, and would like to pass on your knowledge to others, we need your help! We provide training to anyone interested in the living history of the Medieval period. In exchange, we ask that you help us with our interpretive programs. Assistance can come in many forms: Helping with construction of our planned Medieval Croft, teaching a craft to other people, assisting with fundraising events, or participating in our interpretive programs for school groups.