Write Your Own Shakespearean Sonnet The poetry that endures from the Renaissance expresses love, reflects on the season of our lives, and demonstrates refined wit. With our help, you can put pen to paper and compose your own renaissance sonnet for a loved one.
Renaissance Fashion Police
We reveal how by the second half of the fourteenth century, laws governing dress had been instituted throughout most of Europe. Penalties for violations included fines, time in pillories, cursing by the clergy, excommunication, banishment and even flogging!
Your Faire Wedding
Our guide to Renaissance-themed wedding venues
Wedding Fashions for Lords and Ladies A very special section of period wedding attire
Medieval City Life
Discover how the privileges of the medieval city were afforded to its citizens, who were granted access to commercial trading, regulated quality beer, exemption from tolls, and the settlement of disputes through a court of peers.
The English Coronation
by Mary Franz
COLUMNS:
Letters to the Chonicler
Did Thou Know?
Castle Lore
Feasts & Holiday
The Castle Kitchen
Proclamations
On the Internet
Digging Into the Past
Renaissance Art News
Living History
Court Jester
Period Poetry
The Costumer's Creation: Designing Your Wedding Gown Using a Muslin
