Update for March 12, 2008

I bet you all were starting to wonder why nothing had been posted in just forever. Well, I've been a bit busy working on a secret project since November. In early March I participated in a persona pentathlon competition where I had to create 5 items that a person in history would have made, eaten, worn or used.

This was a fun challenge and I really enjoyed it. Doing this was a personal challenge for me and although I didn't win, it was a victory that I completed the entries and just made it to the event.

I wasn't able to finish all of the documentation to the degree that I wanted to before the event, so I will be writing it up and posting on the Articles page as PDF files when they are completed.

Other updates will be coming soon, but in the meantime I'd like to direct you to my blog where I post ad-hoc research on a weekly basis.

Update for August 9, 2007

Lots of updates for today!
First off, there's the new art research page on The Schlappe, Burgher and Landsknecht styles and a new diary Diary of a Landsknecht Schlappe

I've also put up a Catalog page, where I'm currently selling Schlappen and will be adding new items in the future

There's also a full array of pattern drafting tutorials for body blocks and sleeves, and a convenient measurement sheet in the How To's & Tutorials section.

Welcome to The Curious Frau

The focuses of this site are:

  • Early Modern Germany (aka. Renaissance Germany, 16th c. Germay); its material culture (clothes, food, furniture) and social culture (people, relationships, religion).

  • Helping and inspiring others in their research efforts through pointers to research tools, books and how to get started.

  • Gluten-free recipes for modern and renaissance dishes.

Please have a look around, and if you have any questions please email me at m_mc_nealy AT Yahoo DOT com.