Find out what Renaissance weddings would have sounded like from the wedding service in the Book of Common Prayer, by Thomas Cranmer in 1662.
People during the Renaissance actually bought this stuff. Get advice to ensure a child's sex, keep spouses faithful, and avoid miscarriages.
Usual methods of flirting not working? Renaissance fan offers advice about how to kiss a lady's hand and how to make her "knees buckle."
Essay analyzes the misogynistic archetypes of the Court Wanton, the Bossy Bourgeoise, and the Insatiable Strumpet in Renaissance literature.
Italica Press offers purchasing details for a collection of sixteen love stories written during the Italian Renaissance.
Offers a history of renaissance love songs and their authors. Take a look at the lyrics to songs like Greensleeves.
Read the lyrics to several Renaissance love songs or study the lives and works of their authors with this useful study guide.
See drawings and photographs of wedding dresses dating back to the Renaissance that are made by a modern dressmaker for modern weddings.