Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository

A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Guest Blog - Helen Lashbrook on Bath, so closely associated with Jane Austen

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Introducing Helen Lashbrook, historian with particular interest in the Second World War, who as a Heyer fan kindly agreed to write a piec...

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Saturday, 24 December 2011

A few more Renaissance games and pastimes for Yule

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The holiday season of Yule called for many boisterous games to be played amongst the adults, when for the twelve days of Christmas, in an...

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Toys and games of Jane Austen’s time

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Pictures and information taken from ‘Antique toys and dolls’ by Constance E. King Antique Toys and Dolls Reflecting on the number and ...

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Friday, 9 December 2011

The Hawks and Falcons of the Renaissance and Medieval Mews

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from Frederick II of Hohenstaufen's book, de arti venandi cum avibus As we move towards the Christmas feast I thought I’d lo...

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Sarah: Well, let me see, I'm a bibliophile, Ailurophile, technophobe and practising to be a grumpy old woman. I get irritated by glaring anachronisms in fiction, and I love to read a well researched book. I live in East Anglia in England, and I love the history that surrounds me there. My major field of interest is in textiles; I also sew.

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