Renaissance fan's definitions

lute

The lute refers to both any plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back as well as specifically an instrument from the family of European lutes. Lute and oud both descend from a ommon ancestor, with diverging evolutionary paths.

And it is played a lot at Renaissance faires.

Queen Elizabeth I is portrayed as playing a lute.

by Renaissance fan December 12, 2006