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![]() Renaissance Faire Fun, Frolic & FashionThese faires and festivals are the closest eventsMy husband John and I took these pictures at the NY Renaissance Faire ![]() That's me hiding behind an ostrich feather fan at one of the many vendor booths. Some of the merchandise for sale at Renaissance Faires ![]() We heard music everywhere we went. There were groups like this one, performing on the balcony of a pub. (Inside you could buy ale and mead, which is a kind of wine made from honey.) There were also lone troubadors wandering the Faire ![]() And of course every fair ![]() This living chess game featured royals, nobles, clergy and peasants as the "pieces" When a piece moved into a square where there is already a piece, the two pieces fought for the square. Fights ranged from verbal battles to the clashing of swords and the audience, divided into teams, cheered and hooted for "their" side and trash talked the opposition. All in Renaissance style ![]() John gets fitted for some Pan horns. As you probably know, Pan is a noisy, merry, lusty god, part human and part goat. Most comfortable in wild places, he is also a wonderful musician, accompanying woodland nymphs on reed pipes while they danced. ![]() No, this isn't one of those dancing woodland nymphs, just me on my way to a Hallowe'en party. But since lots of people dress Costuming Resources![]() These Faires usually feature excellent bellydancers. If you've been inspired to learn or are in search of inspiring Middle Eastern music, check out my Learn To Bellydance page. Renaissance & Medieval inspired Music![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Renaissance inspired music of Blackmore's Night ranges from infectious gypsy dance songs to dreamily romantic mistrel tunes. Some of my favorites are Shadow of the Moon, Under a Violet Moon, Fires at Midnight and their latest CD Ghost of a Rose. Renaissance & Medieval Dancesfor Recorders, Dancers, and Hand Drums by Isabel McNeill Carley Renaissance Dances For Dancers Young and Old with CD by Isabel McNeill Carley Courtly Dance of the Renaissance A New Translation and Edition of the Nobilta Di Dame (1600) by Fabritio Caroso Books about Costuming & Life during Elizabethan & Medieval TimesHow to Plan for Holidays, Weddings, and Reenactments With Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games by Daniel Diehl & Mark Donnelly Medieval Tailor's Assistant Making Common Garments 1200-1500 by Sarah Thursfield Medieval Costume in England and France The 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries by Mary G. Houston Elizabethan Costuming for The Years 1550 - 1580 by Janet Winter Patterns of Fashion The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C1560-1620 by Janet Arnold Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance All 154 Plates from the "Trachtenbuch" by Christoph Weiditz Historic Costume (CD-ROM and Book) From Ancient Times to the Renaissance by Tom Tierney Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph Gies Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Singman Dressing Renaissance Florence Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing by Carole Collier Frick Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony by Madeleine Pelner The Medieval Wedding Guide by Vanessa Hand Shoes and Pattens Finds from Medieval Excavations in London by Francis Grew & Margrethe de Neergaard; illustrated by Susan Mitford TECHNIQUES OF MEDIEVAL ARMOUR REPRODUCTION: THE 14TH CENTURY by Brian R. Price Renaissance Swordsmanship The Illustrated Book Of Rapiers And Cut And Thrust Swords And Their Use by John Clements Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age by Theodore K. Rabb Uppity Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon |
My own collection of handcrafted earrings & necklaces
inspired by the natural healing properties of the stones.
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