elow, you will find a number of essays on various topics having to do with the Renaissance; some are Faire-specific, some are not. All are presented for the edification of our members and the general public.
Please contact the Webmaster if you have an essay you would like to include.
Games
and Gambling in the Elizabethan Era
a collection of day to
day pas'times
compiled by Lynda Clinton
Victuals During
the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
a brief discourse of what
people ate
by Tracy Johnston
Food for Times of Want
on how nettles became a food, a possible
explanation by Karen M. Cockrell (used by permission)
Renaissance
Food and Drink Bibliography
compiled by Elizabeth Pruyn and
Angela Grimes
Period
Needlework
being a gener'l description of many fine textile
crafts
by Helen Abramovitch
Mother Watkins' Textile Primer
being an essay on textiles
for the middle class
by Kara McLeod
By Richard Foss
Superstitions
of the Elizabethan Era
by Richard Foss
Notes on Guilds
and Professions
By Richard Foss
St. Ives' Costuming Guidelines
St. Ives' Membership Expectations
Faire Survival Guide
by Donna Flood
Character Planning Guide, Elizabethan Middle Class By Richard Foss
The Veneroso
Rules (a.k.a. The Faire Brat Rules)
being an essay on successful
parenting at Faire, by three of the most successful Faire Brats
we know. Required reading for all St. Ives parents and highly endorsed
by the St. Ives management team.
By Christina, Nick, and Teresa
Veneroso
Tobacco is
an Indian Weed
by King James VI of Scotland
By the Numbers
being a book review/commentary on Elizabethan economics and the
plight of the Yeoman by Dewar Hastings