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Renaissance Festival Books |
View 253
digitised Renaissance festival books (selected from over 2,000 in the
British Library's collection) that describe the magnificent festivals
and ceremonies that took place in Europe between 1475 and 1700 -
marriages and funerals of royalty and nobility, coronations, stately
entries into cities and other grand events. |
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The
Compendium of Common Knowledge |
A fabulous
resource for the Elizabethan reenactor -- Anything and everything you
ever wanted to know about the period. Includes a full version of the
site's information for downloading and printing. |
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The Corporation of London -- History |
The Corporation
of London is older than Parliament -- read about its history here. Among
other things, this site has a full chronological list of the Livery
companies (=guilds) and their extant websites. |
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World History of the Renaissance |
NM's Creative
Impulse: The Development of Western Civilization -- Renaissance -- a
great resource for the history of the time period. |
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The
Renaissance Faire |
A good general
collection of all things having to do with the Renaissance period with
the reenactor in mind. Some California Renaissance Faire-specific
information included. |
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Histrenact |
A server for all
forms of reenactment and living history -- all around the world. |
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The SCRIBE Network |
*The* place to
find contact information for local events, merchants, and participants
in Faires around the country. |
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The
Directorie of Renaissance Faires |
A
beautifully-laid out site. From the title page: "From here you can find
Faires & Festivals...links to Clans, Guilds, Reenactment Groups,
Musicians and more...Webrings to follow...and even the olde English game
of Farkle. Come in and join us. " |
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Washington
Renaissance Faire Actor's Library |
This site is an
online resource for use by volunteer actors and faire participants, and
contains articles and information on Elizabethan and Renaissance culture
and history, detailed help on creating a persona, preparing for faire,
as well as basic faire information and online actor's registration |
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The
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation |
The official site
of the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, which is company that
runs, among other things, the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure
Faire. Lots of good information. |
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The
Bankeside Schole of Defense |
The Bankeside
Schole of Defense is an historical stage combat school located in
Southern California, dedicated to the study of European swordsmanship
with an emphasis on Italian 16th century rapier fighting. |
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The
Guilds of St. George |
A noble's guild
based out of Southern California, and a wonderful resource on the period
and costuming tips for the well-to-do. |
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The Puritans |
Repent, repent
mightily. Or else these guys will come after you. |
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The
Seadogs |
...site Mark 2.
Her Majesty's Navy, whether they like it or not. A performing group of
Singers, Actors, Musicians, Comedians, and all-around weirdos in the
true Renaissance style. |
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St.
Cuthbert's |
Southern
California's Peasants Guild -- parades, dancing, and general merriment. |
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St.
Michael's |
Barber Surgeons,
those feisty Germans, lots of guys with pointy things. |
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St. Olaf's |
The King of
Sweden and his court; frequent visitors and good friends of our shire. |
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The Poxy Boggards |
The drinking
group with a singing problem. You can order their CDs here, too. |
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Sound and Fury |
An hysterical
acting troupe that performs at Southern Faire. Pretty much what the name
implies. |
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Renaissance Middle Class Costume |
For anyone who
remembers the awe you felt looking at Lisa's new costume last year --
experience it again, for the first time (Lisa herself calls this a
"vanity page" -- but it's a good visual instruction on a very upper
middle class dress). Also a very good shot of Julie in her jester
persona. |
An American Ballroom
Companion: 1490-1920 |
The history
of dance and manners. It is maintained by the Library of Congress and
contains the full text, both in HTML and in TIFF (images of the actual
pages) of over a hundred dancing manuals, books of etiquette and tirades
against the evils of dance, from the 15th to the 20th Century.
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| Blackmoore Forge
and Foundry |
The Fine Forge
Folk. Photos, links, and a tutorial!
(As of now the link does not seem to be working. Updates as I am able to
nail Scott down for the new address...) |
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Hugger
House |
Members Greg and
Bonnie Hemsath's website -- and St. Ives pics! :) |
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Nightwatch Renaissance Band Broken link |
You've heard
their playing at the RenFaire -- now visit their site! |
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ABE
Books |
I'm giving up one
of my biggest secrets to finding rare and out-of-print books: this is a
HUGE search engine connecting hundreds of booksellers from the US,
Canada, and the UK. Want lists are available for the making -- so they
email you when a book is listed. Invaluable for completing your
Roy Strong or A.L. Rowse collection. |
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Acanthus Books |
This site is
instrumental in finding reproductions of period documents: Acanthus
specializes in cookbook facsimile reprints, as well as food history,
dining etiquette, and gardening titles, from antiquity to early 20th
century. |
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Bookfinder |
An uber-search
engine for rare, out-of-print, and hard-to-find books. Thanks to Amanda
at Acanthus for this link. |
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