The Greensleeves Project

A cast of renowned historical fashion experts has done something truly remarkable: brought the legendary ballad "Greensleeves" to life...have a look at the wonderful video and behind the scenes below, and go to The Greensleeves Project for more information.

 

 

 

Dressing Greensleeves 

Who Was Greensleeves? Behind the scenes 

Shakespeare Bookzines and novel

This Wednesday marks the Bard's birthday, so in honor, more bookzines and a novel o check out if interested and you are able:

England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.
A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.

For more reading (other than the obvious works of the man himself), don't forget to check out my posts on other Shakespeare related novels found here, here, and here, as well as revisiting films like Shakespeare In Love and Anonymous or other classic film adaptations of his plays

Tudor bookzines

More bookzines for the interested, this time on the infamous Tudors:

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Medieval bookzines

Some good reading if you're interested...find them via magazinesdirect.com or digital resellers if you're able

Kings and queens

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General history 

Religion and war

Dressing Up: Tudor style

Another round of fashion excellence from Izabela aka Prior Attire, this time spotlighting the Tudor era...enjoy!

Early Tudor Lady

Tudor Lady

Hawking Party Circa 1520, Flemish style

Middle Class Woman

Middle Class Man

Elizabethan Lady 1570-80

Elizabethan Court circa 1590s

Dressing Up For A Ride

Dressing Up A Man For Court circa 1580-90

Getting Dressed Up: Medieval style

Costume maker Izabela, aka Prior Attire, has made a fantastic series of dress through the ages, starting with the Medieval era...I absolutely love it, it's entertaining, highly informative and her outfits are always fantastic...enjoy!

12th century Lady

14th century Lady

Second half of the 14th century

Houppelande in the 1430s

1460s-80s Lady

1460s middle class lass

1480s/90s Florentine Lady

Late Medieval Man

Empress Matilda

Another video from Lindsay Holiday, this time on Empress Matilda, the "queen who never was" and the inspiration for the character Rhaenyra Targarean in the book Blood and Fire by George R R Martin, and the show House of the Dragon: