How To Use Thee and Thou

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How To Use Thee and Thou

By Leicester on Saturday, March 30th, 2013 | Comments Off

Language: Thee and Thou This is not grammar you are taught in school, but simply the ordinary way people talk. Your excuse for incorrect usage cannot be that you were poorly educated. Say: “How art thou“, never “how are thee” What wouldst thou have of me? I will go with thee. Thou art a rogue. When the next word begins [...]

Money in Elizabethan England

By Leicester on Saturday, March 30th, 2013 | Comments Off

Money and Coinage The Basics All coins are silver or gold, including the pennies. In times not too long past, copper was used to extend (debase) the coinage without actually spending any more silver. But no money is actually minted as a copper coin. If someone gives you a modern copper penny, laugh and tell [...]

Elizabethan Cookery

By Leicester on Saturday, March 30th, 2013 | Comments Off

What We Eat Elizabethan cookery is generally sweeter than today’s; meats are often cooked with fruits, producing a mix of sweet and savory. Some medical texts advise against eating raw vegetables as engendering wind (gas) or evil humours. It is important to remember that while many things were period somewhere, not everything was eaten in every part [...]

Life In Elizabethan England

By Leicester on Saturday, February 9th, 2013 | No Comments

Just about anything you could want to know about life in Elizabethan England is found in Maggie Secara’s book, Life in Elizabethan England – A Compendium of Common Knowledge. Food, clothing, manners, religion, occupations … it’s all in there. Here, for your reading pleasure and edification is a link to the entire book. Enjoy!

Common Sayings We Got From Shakespeare

By Leicester on Monday, July 16th, 2012 | No Comments

Today’s well-educated person uses an average of 18,000 words in their lifetime. Shakespeare used over 34,000 different words in his plays, thousands of which he simply made up (accessible, barefaced, exposure, lament, paternal, puke, roadway, schoolboy, and watchdog.) Many of his phrases have fallen into everyday use in our language today, including A [...]

Knight Tournaments: Fatality or Fame?

By Leicester on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | No Comments

Knight Tournaments: Fatality or Fame? By: Susan Thread As symbols of respect in addition to valor, knights turned out to be a staple amongst stuff that demonstrated how it ended up being within the Middle Ages. If you have researched them close enough, knights are an intriguing mix of all the things that made males [...]

Food & Cooking In The Renaissance

By Leicester on Friday, April 27th, 2012 | No Comments

You have to wonder what people ate and how food was prepared in the Renaissance. Of course they didn’t go around munching on turkey legs like we see at modern Renaissance Faires; turkeys came from the new world and didn’t exist in Europe. Food was obviously of fairly good quality or we wouldn’t be here [...]

What’s In A Name? Finding Your Renaissance Alter Ego

By Francis Walsingham on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 | No Comments

Are you tired of people named “Chastity Sweetlips” or “Jake Tosspot”? Do you want a source of REAL names for Elizabethan England? Thanks to Chris Laning for sharing links to some great resources for finding a true Renaissance name for your character. Here are the links; http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairnames/ You may also be interested in this site, [...]

Renaissance Festival Jewelry And Its Significance

By Francis Walsingham on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

Renaissance Festival Jewelry And Its Significance By David Lawson Renaissance jewelry was worn as a means of decoration, but had lots of meaning as well. Much of the inspiration behind these works of art were nature, life experiences and religion. Some of them were very simple depending on the gems and stones that were used, [...]