Renaissance Faires: A Sign of Rebirth and Renewal

Technically the term Renaissance stands for ‘rebirth’. The rebirth of the countryside and the appearance of fresh young shoots and spring lambs and calves, promising a plentiful supply of grain and meat for the summer and autumn to come. The faires are a celebration of this new life. The Renaissance Faires with their jesters and mummers, their actors and minstrels, were attended by everyone in the surrounding area who came to be entertained, fed and watered with the food and drink laid out for everybody to partake in the celebrations.

These periods of celebration of the end of winter and beginning of spring are reenacted in around the world in the form of Renaissance Fairs that involve dressing up, entertainment and lots of food and drink presented to represent the period in history being celebrated.

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Renaissance Faires - Living in Medieval Times

During the Renaissance period, winters were known to be harsh, and many people failed to survive. You had to work to live in these far-off days, and those that were unable to work did not survive. What little food there was had to be hidden away before it was taken by the landowners and lords for their own winter stores. There were no shops to pop into in those days. You were left to forage for your own food, so there is no surprise in them celebrating the end of winter in this way.

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