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https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/78e0cd2d3093c6da7c6889dbd6238770.pdf
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Medievalism at the Foundations
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This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials.
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<p>Newspaper Article in The Western Argus.</p><p>National Library of Australia - <font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34593995" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-<wbr>article34593995</a></font></font></p>
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The Mace of Parliament
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authority, black rod, British Empire, ceremony, cross, crown, custom, decoration, emblem, harp, House of Commons, House of Lords, John Beckett (1984-1964), King, Legislative Assembly, Long Parliament (1653), mace, medieval customs, medieval tradition, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), orb, ornamentation, Parliament, parliamentary officials, parliamentary personnel, politician, ritual, rose, royal bodyguard, sergeant, serjeant-at-arms, Speaker, symbol, symbol of office, thistle, tradition, Usher of the Black Rod, Victoria, Victorian House of Parliament, waratah, warfare, weapon, weaponry, weapons
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In this article from the Western Argus, the significance and history of the mace in parliamentary proceedings is explained. The author describes the mace used in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a sceptre surmounted by a cross, an orb and the crown of England. It is also decorated with the waratah flower of Australia, the rose of England, the thistle of Scotland and the harp of Ireland. The symbolic and ceremonial function of the mace in the opening and closing of parliamentary proceedings is explained, and the history of the mace as a weapon of medieval warfare is noted. The article suggests that the association of the mace with parliament is likely to originate from the medieval period: “In medieval England the king appointed a Royal bodyguard of stalwart men, gaudily uniformed, and each bearing a mace. They came to be known as serjeants-at-arms. When Parliament was divided into two Houses – the Commons and the Lords – two serjeants-at-arms were provided from the King’s bodyguard. The institution has survived. With the serjeant-at-arms has remained the mace, not as a weapon but as a symbol of office; and gradually the mace came to be associated with all the ceremonies and customs of the Commonsâ€. The article goes on to explain the traditional rivalry between the House of Commons and the House of Lords concerning the superior authority of the mace or its equivalent in the House of lords, the black rod (in the keeping of The Usher of the Black Rod). Traditional and symbolic rituals involving the mace and the black rod are also described. If the Usher of the Black Rod approaches the House of Commons to summon the Speaker, for example, the door is ceremoniously closed on him and he is required to knock three times and beg admittance. Similarly, the serjeant-at-arms is not permitted to enter the House of Lords without first surrendering the mace to the doorkeeper.
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Anon.
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National Library of Australia
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The Western Argus
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12 January 1932, p. 29.
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The Western Argus
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Digitised Newspaper Article
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English
authority
black rod
British Empire
ceremony
cross
crown
custom
decoration
emblem
harp
House of Commons
House of Lords
John Beckett (1984-1964)
king
Legislative Assembly
Long Parliament (1653)
mace
medieval customs
medieval tradition
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
orb
ornamentation
parliament
parliamentary officials
parliamentary personnel
politician
ritual
rose
royal bodyguard
sergeant
serjeant-at-arms
Speaker
symbol
symbol of office
thistle
tradition
Usher of the Black Rod
Victoria
Victorian House of Parliament
waratah
warfare
weapon
weaponry
weapons