Escape to romance and revelry at the Northern California Renaissance Faire!  The Faire is open every

Titian painting water damaged after Venice fire Water sprayed by firefighters has damaged a painting by Renaissance master Titian at a Venice basilica, local authorities said Monday. "I saw water dripping from the painting for an hour" after the fire…

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Medieval-Renaissance Conference XXIV The University of Virginia’s College at Wise September 16-18, 2010 Keynote Address Kathryn Reyerson University of Minnesota Merchants and Pirates in the Medieval Mediterranean: A Question of Identity http://www2.u…

Over the summer, I’ve been attending Bristol Renaissance Faire, and working on a new gallery o

Sometimes I wake up from dreams so banal and ordinary that I forget it was a dream. For example, the

After decades of searching, archaeologists have at long last discovered a gateway through the “Danevirke” (“work of the Danes”)  – a formidable wall running through the entire state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. Possibly begun by the Frisians as …

Cape May is preparing to host its first ever Renaissance Festival and the planning has been intense. Auditions were held today for the event, which hopes to mix in professional actors with local talent.. "The people you saw today are…

"…It’s an adrenaline rush. You never know what’s going to happen," said Greg Hopla, who is the Deutschland knight Gregorio,…founder of the Knights of the Realm. Greg’s piercing eyes and long curly hair that dangles from beneath his fighting helmet…

With the help of Google Earth, tracks that may date as far back as the 13th century have been found on a heath in Purbeck, Dorset, England. Covering an area of almost a mile, the tracks were formed over the years by carts and sledges, most especially i…