The Renaissance Faire is a peculiar event that sprouted from a high school history project in Southern California during the early 1960’s. It has grown into a sub-culture that spans across the United States, Canada and Europe. Some events are solid historically based events, others are hysterical spectacles of flesh and fantasy, clinging to a thread of Renaissance history…
I see "rennies" running around at faire with loads or "stuff" hanging off the belt, mugs, cups, keys, pouches, modern fanny packs... It's authentic (well...modern fanny packs aren't) and very accurate according to period representations. I wanted to craft a blurb showing period examples of what the lower classes would be toting around with them as they strolled about...
All the images are taken from works of art that fall into the years of Elizabeth's reign. Everything from knives, to lanterns, to keys, to mugs...to alms boxes...
