Renaissance Character Development:
Choosing & Developing A Character
If what you're seeking is choosing and developing a character you're perhaps in the wrong place. We do supply a rennies page within our website that has further details on becoming a rennie but hopefully the following links will help you further develope your Renaissance faire character.
The above links will give you a detailed description of the historical and legendary aspects of each character you may what to become. Regardless if you want to act as King Henry, a wrench, pirate, fairy, or some other character. Here are a couple of websites you may want to go to in order to help you're character become fully developed.
Friends of MD Faire: Build A Character
Atthefaire: Building Character
Costume Creation Help
Choosing Your Character's Name
While developing your Renfaire character why not develope a name. Whether you choose to dress/act as a pirate, faerie, or an elf the following links will help you decide and develope your character's name.
What's Your Elf Name?
What's Your Fairy Name?
What's Your Hobbit Name?
What's Your Pirate Name?
Renaissance Langauge & Talk
I'm sure you've noticed the way that performers and artistians talk at the Renaissance festival. The following websites will help you learn the language and a few other languages.
Link Guide to Renfaire Accents
Basic Faire Accent
Proper Elizabethan Accents
Further Renfaire Accent Help
A Guide to Renaissance Speech
Royals and Nobles:
Chronology:
http://tudors.crispen.org/chronology/index.html
http://experts.about.com/e/0/1554.htm
Renaissance Kings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/renaissance/intro_renaissance.shtml
http://www.renofkings.org/cgi-bin/rokcaf.pl?P=henryviiibio
http://www.omnibusol.com/mediev2.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/genealogy.html
Legendary King Arthur:
About King Arthur
http://www.walespast.com/article.shtml?id=67
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/history/pages/kingarthur.shtml
http://www.walesonline.com/info/hist/arthur.shtml
http://www.walesonline.com/info/hist/arthur.shtml
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/kingarth/1intro.html
http://www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk/
King Henry VII:
http://tudorhistory.org/henry7/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page15.asp
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Henry_VII.htm
Prince Arthur of Wales:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ArthurTudor.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-prince-of-wales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur,_Prince_of_Wales
Henry VIII:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tudor.htm
http://tudorhistory.org/henry8/
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page19.asp
http://wwp.royalhistory.com/england/monarchs/henryviii/
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Henry_VIII.htm
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/HenryVIII.html
Renaissance Queens & Ladies:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/renaissancewomen.html
http://tudorhistory.org/queryblog/2006/01/question-from-elizabeth-renaissance.html
http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/links/Renaissance_Sites/History.html
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=2457
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medrenqueens/
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medbritishqueens/
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medieval/
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/tudor/
http://virgil.org/dswo/courses/med-ren-survey/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/links/ren.html
Prisoners Of The Tower 1100 – 1941:
Two of the wives of Henry VIII were prisoner and victims of the London Tower, here is a list of
other famous prisoners of the Tower of London.
http://www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/content.asp?ID=950
The Six Wives of Henry VIII:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/sixwives/
http://tudors.crispen.org/6wives/index.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/wives.html
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/troyals.html
http://www.larmouth.demon.co.uk/sarah-jayne/wives/wives.html
Elizabeth I:
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/elizabethi/
http://www.elizabethi.org/us/
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizabib.htm
http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page46.asp
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/eliz1.html
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/engrenai.htm
Catharine de Medici:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de_Medici
http://www.answers.com/topic/catherine-de-medici
Mary of Guise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Guise
http://www.lordbothwell.co.uk/endofregency.html
http://encyclopedia.com/html/M/MaryGuis.asp
Queen Mary of Scots:
http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfammqos.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/maryqosbio.html
http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page134.asp
http://www.aboutscotland.com/mqsh1.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~zzz12/index.htm
Lady Jane Grey:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_lady_jane_grey.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/janegrey.html
http://www.britannia.com/history/ladyjane/janefram.html
http://historymedren.about.com/library/date/bl079.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey
http://members.aol.com/ladyjanegreyref/
http://www.nndb.com/people/016/000086755/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/G/Grey-Lad.asp
http://home.earthlink.net/~elisale/janegrey.html
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/JaneGrey.html
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/GRA_GUI/GREY_LADY_JANE_1537_1554_.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/grey_lady_jane.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/jane_the_quene/index_english.html
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/JaneGrey.html
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/JaneGr.html
http://thegriffin.thegriffinweb.co.uk/page3.html
http://www.tocatch.info/en/Jane_Grey.htm
http://cat.xula.edu/tpr/links/grey/
http://www.ladyjanegrey.org/
http://tudorhistory.org/jane/
Lady Catherine Grey:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_lady_jane_grey.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/janegrey.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/tudor/p/catherine_grey.htm
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/CatherineGrey.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/cathgrey.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Catherine_Grey
http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/nevillisabella.htm
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Thread/389275
http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/cgrey.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relatives.html
http://www.kathylynnemerson.com/who.html
http://tudorhistory.org/people/cgrey/
Lady Mary Grey:
http://store.payloadz.com/detail.asp?c=13&s=25&i=7932&m=12163
http://www.britannia.com/history/ladyjane/marygrey.html
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Lady_Mary_Grey
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryGrey.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mary_Grey
http://www.answers.com/topic/lady-mary-grey
Knights & Peasants:
Knights & Others
http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/backissues/templar.html
http://www.britannia.com/history/arthur/knights.html
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/history.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0859127.html
http://www.kofc8600.org/history_of_the_knights.htm
http://www.alnwickcastle.com/younghistory.php
http://www.kingarthursknights.com/default.asp
http://www.templarhistory.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grey,_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk
Knight Life:
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/knightsarmor/a/kl1define.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/blknighttoc.htm
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/castles.htm
http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/Ency/ktale.html
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/
Knights of the Round Table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur
http://www.greatdreams.com/arthur.htm
http://www.arthurian-legend.com/
http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/tales.html
http://www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk/king-arthur-knights.htm
http://web.doverpublications.com/cgi-bin/toc.pl/0486267016
Sir Lancelot:
http://www.kingarthursknights.com/knights/launcelot.asp
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/CAMELOT/lanmenu.htm
http://www.arthurian-legend.com/more-about/more-about-arthur-6.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/lancelot.html
http://healing.about.com/od/knightlancelot/index.htm
http://www.sirlancelot.com/
Sir Gareth of Orkney:
About the Knight
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/knights/orkney/gareth.html
http://www.kingarthursknights.com/knights/gareth.asp
http://www.arthurian-legend.com/summary-mort-darthur-07.php
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/garmenu.htm
http://www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk/arthurs-knights/sir-gareth.htm
http://www.njkingdom.com/kingdom/encyclopedia/gawain.html
http://www.haverford.edu/engl/faculty/maudwebpage/WebArthur/spoils/Gareth.html
Robin Hood:
http://www.legends.dm.net/robinhood/
http://www.boldoutlaw.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood
http://www.robinhood.ltd.uk/robinhood/
http://www.io.com/~tittle/books/robin-hood.html
http://www.kellscraft.com/Robinhood/robinhoodcontent.html
If you like pirates, patriots or any other sea barring characters this is the right page for you... This page will include a listing of other links, films, entertainers, stories and poems that deal with this subject..
Famous Fictional Pirates
Here is something to think about. Try to think of at least one famous pirate name off the top of your head... Do the names Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain James Hook, and Blackbeard the pirate one of the pirate names you thought off?
Captain Jack Sparrow known for one of his quotes: "A dishonest man you can rely on to be dishonest, its the honest ones you have to watch out because you never can predict when their going to do something stupid" "Savvy?" And Captain James Hook featu red in many films such as "Hook" "Peter Pan" and books such as "Peter Pan" and "Peter and the Starcatchers".
If you want to learn more about fictional pirates and know the real names of legendary pirates, please go to the following websites.
Famous Fictional Pirates
Famous Historical Pirates
Historical Pirates
More Pirate Names
Pirates Grove- Names
Pirate Films & Books
Everyone likes a good book or movie right? Well why not read a good book or rent a good movie one Friday night. Here are a few websites that offer several good lists on pirate movies and books.
Movies:
Pirate Films List
More Pirate Films
Hook
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Caribbean
Return to Treasure Island
Swashbuckler
Treasure Island
Books:
Dead Men Tell No Tales Book List
Buccanner Book List
Beagle Bay Pirate Books & Films List
Pirate's Realm Book List
Patriot Pirates by Robert H. Patton
Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie
Peter and the Star Catchers, by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
Scourge of the Seas: Buccaneers, Pirates & Privateers by Angus Konstam
The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss
The History of Pirates, by Angus Konstam, and David Cordingly
The Pirate Hunter : The True Story of Captain Kidd, by Richard Zacks
The Pirates Laffite by William C. Davis
The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirate History & Legends
Pirates are probably one of the characters you're bound to see at any Renaissance faire, whether it be walking around the streets of the faire or watching a performance.
Either way pirates have been part of folklore and song. Here are a couple of websites that explain all the information you may want to know about pirate ships, folklore and other random facts about pirates.
Blackbeard the Pirate
Pirate Mythology
The Jolly Roger History
Discover Pirates of Haiti
Legendary Pirates
Folklore of Florida's Pirates
Patriots, Pirates, Privateers,etc
History of Pirates of the Caribbean Patriots & Loyalists
Patriots and Loyalists
Peoples History
Pirates Homepage
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates & Privateers
Pirates of the Spanish
Pirate Ships
What is a pirate without his/her ship? Here is a list of links to find out more about the history and names of famous pirate ships.
Pirates of the Caribbean Ships
Pirates and their Ships
Types of Pirate Ships
Pirate Ship History
More about Pirate Ships
List of Pirate Ships
Miscellaneous Pirate Stuff
Random pirate stuff. There is a link within this list that allows you to find your very own Pirate Name, and the closest pirate faire.
What's Your Pirate Name??
General Pyracy Info
Pirate Info
Pirates Realm
Pirate Faire Info
The Pyracy Forum
Talk Like A Pirate
More Pirate Names
Here are a couple of missed pirate name links....
Famous Pirates
Pirates Biographies
More Infamious Pirates
Pirates that are Famous
Ravenheart Pirates
More info on Pirates
Famous Pirates
Vleonica's Pirates