Photos from Crownsville, Maryland

battle-ax-hurling / Hurling a battle ax at yellow-and-red target at Renaissance Festival

chalk-rubbings / Woman in middle of a chalk rubbing

courtier / Courtier at Renaissance Festival

empty-jousting-field / After knights have left the field at Renaissance Festival

end-of-day / Leaving the festival at the end of the day, cars stacked in the distance

festival-crowds / Crowds at festival during octoberfest at Renaissance Festival

glass-blowing / Glass blowing results at Renaissance Festival

harpist / Harpist at renaissance faire

henry-viii / Henry VIII with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

jericho / Jericho of attrition.org

joust-1 / Knights on horseback at joust

joust-2 / Knights on horseback at joust

joust-3 / Knights on horseback at joust

jousting-1 / Green and yellow knight on horseback at Renaissance Festival

jousting-2 / Green and yellow knight on horseback at Renaissance Festival

jousting-3 / Herald at joust at Renaissance Festival

jousting-4 / Knights battling on horseback at Renaissance Festival

jousting-5 / Green and yellow knight on horseback at Renaissance Festival

jousting-6 / Blue knight on horseback at Renaissance Festival

king-henry-the-eighth / King Henry the Eighth

knight-statue / Statue of knight at Renaissance Festival

knights-jousting-1 / Knights on horseback jousting

knights-jousting-2 / Knights on horseback jousting

knights-jousting-3 / Knights on horseback jousting

man-weighing / Man weighing woman on scale against rocks at Renaissance Festival

mock-swordfight / None-too-serious swordfight between St. George and, well, the Dragon at Renaissance Festival

renaissance-faire / Crowds at Renaissance Faire

renaissance-faire-entrance / Entrance to Renaissance Faire

renaissance-faire-joust / Knights preparing for joust

renaissance-festival-actor / Actor at Renaissance Festival

royal-court / Royal court at Renaissance Festival

scaling-a-castle-wall / Scaling a castle wall at Renaissance Festival

sword-swallower-after / Sword swallower after, at Renaissance Festival

sword-swallower-before / Sword swallower before, at Renaissance Festival

the-queen / Her Majesty the Queen at Renaissance Festival

troubador / Wandering minstrel at Renaissance Festival

wandering-minstrels / Wandering minstrels

wooden-dragon-statue / Man-and-dragon statue