16th Century

Making Half Timbered Thatched Roof Country Cottages

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Here’s a nice photo tutorial on making half timbered, thatched roof country cottages.

Clockpunk Blog

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Clockpunk is like Steampunk — except it’s set in the Renaissance. The science fiction sub-genre is set in a Renaissance where technology that was invented many years later comes into play. Here’s a new blog called DaVinci Automata dedicated to the genre. Plenty of ideas here — especially if you already (as many of us do) own Renaissance era figures.

I remember playing a game at a Chicago convention some years ago called DaVinci something-or-other that involved a large number of Leonardo DaVinci’s war engines. It was a lot of fun.

Medieval and Renaissance Flags For Download

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The Krigsspil site has a huge number of medieval and renaissance flags available for downloading.

Flags For 14th, 15th and 16th Century European Armies

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Vexillia has a selection of free flags for various European armies from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. These include 100 Years War, Wars of the Roses, as well as Spanish, Swiss, Landsnechts, Savoyed, Venetian and Imperialist.

Look in the right hand sidebar on the page for the links.

Early English Books Online

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For people interested in original sources, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and ProQuest have released some 25,000 texts dated from 1473 to 1700. Content is available in a variety of formats. Available immediately are some 25,000 books, with an additional 40,000 planned for the future.