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In the bleak October of 1347, a bold grim guest arrived on Italian shores.  By 1348, Bubonic Plague had found its way into England. It would take years heaped like rotting cadavers upon those first two—1347 & 48—for the sudden awful grimness of the Plague to creep into the maw and marrow of men’s bones [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/07/gypsies/’;The People of Little Egypt, the lovely Gypsies,  and Cours des Miracles.
Dear Ones, a word on our Sisters of the Caravan,
Official records first noticed Gypsies in Europe about six hundred years ago as the Byzantine Empire was collapsing. They called themselves the ‘Lords of Little Egypt’. It is quite likely that Little Egypt is the [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/14/roma-travelers/’;Part 2 in an ongoing recollection of the Roma in the early 1500’s.
Join me, my friends and readers as we speak of the Roma, and their valiant history.
I remember this story clearly my Dear Ones as told to my by my companion and friend, Sylvie who had heard it from her grandmother, who had a [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/20/gaspara-stampa-poetess-of-venice/’;“Sweet are the uses of adversity” hath writ our beloved Edward de Vere  (to the masses known as Shakespeare), and thus sweetly did one very gifted woman, Gaspara Stampa (1523-1554), use the pain of love to pen what some have boldly declared the finest verse to emerge from an Italian woman during the Renaissance.
She [...]

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Empress of Southern Europe
Italy is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Its most prominent feature is its boot-like shape kicking the island of Sicily. The current Population if Italy is approximately: 58,103,033. Its capital is Roma or Rome. It is considered a separate country with Italy, and has 2.775.000 inhabitants. You can read more about [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/27/the-roma-in-paris-1422-were-they-egyptions/’;Many stories have been told about the Rom during the mid 1400’s to the early 1500’s. During this period strife was intense in France, made worse with the appearance of the Saracens, who appeared at Sisteron, in Provence; and on the 18th. of July, 1422, a chronicler of Bologna mentions the arrival in that town [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/22/the-roma-augsberg-conflicts-in-culture/’;Part 3 in a Series on the Roma of Europe during the Renaissance
Part 1
Part 2
Dear Ones, to continue our discussion…
The Roma were still primarily in the area of Saxony. It was at this time that a process of major historical change began in Europe, reflected in the change in relations towards outsiders, wanderers, and to [...]

url=’http://renaissance-adventures.com/2009/08/31/portland-pirates-ready-to-break-records-and-entertain-the-masses/’;Dates: September 19th and 20th

Location: Cathedral Park, St. John’s Oregon
Times: Saturday 10AM-10PM, Sunday 10AM – 6PM

As seen through the Spyglass of the Faire Reporter. . .that part of the year which is treasured by Pirates near and far is upon us again as the Portland Pirate Festival prepares to open its gates.
In it’s third [...]

….The local Shire of Endewearde is holding a Medieval Festival at Fort Knox on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., where you can get a taste of what the SCA has to offer. This is one of…

Week the first (Saturday through Monday): Tournament style jousting thrice daily by Joust Revolution. Chicago comedian Jeff McClain performs his comedy version of “Hamlet,” condensing the 4-plus hour play to 35 minutes. Other activities: McCrakken Brother’s Mad Scotsman’s Golf Challenge,…