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Ancient Arts Fellowship, Canberra
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc. is a medieval re-enactment group based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the ‘Dark Ages’, or early medieval period, especially the 8th century through to the Norman invasion of…
Ancient Arts Fellowship Educational Sessions, Canberra
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc. is a medieval re-enactment group based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the ‘Dark Ages’, or early medieval period, especially the 8th century through to the Norman invasion of…
Tags: ACT, Alfred the Great, Ancient Arts Fellowship, Anglo-Saxon, Armour, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, clothing, costume, craft, Dark Ages, display, early medieval, education, language, law, monetary system, Norman, Old English, performance, re-creation, re-enactment, religion, school, school displays, society, viking, website, William the Conqueror.
“Receptions: Medieval and Early Modern Cultural Appropriations†Conference Poster
This poster advertises the 2012 annual conference of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (at The University of Western Australia) and the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, which was held at UWA on 17-18 August 2012. The theme of the…
Tags: appropriation, Call for papers, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, CMEMS, conference, cultural encounters, education, exchange, legacy, literature, Perth, Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, PMRG, The University of Western Australia, tradition, universities, university, UWA, WA, Western Australia
‘Living by the sword’
The anonymous online article ‘Living by the sword’ appears in volume 4 of the Leatherwood Online – Tasmania’s Journal of Discovery website and was posted in June/July 2007. It is about professional swordsman Stephen Hand of…
‘Alfred Was Great King’
‘Alfred Was Great King’ is an anonymous article that appeared in the Charters Towers, Queensland, newspaper The Northern Miner in 1954. The article is about the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon/English king Alfred of Wessex, or Alfred the Great.…
Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum Activity Sheet
These two photographs show one of three activity packs aimed at children which were available at the Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum exhibition held at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The exhibition included various items…
‘Lecturer says our Universities are still “Mediaeval”’, The Argus, 7 January 1955
This article from The Argus in 1955 quotes Mr W. A. Townsley, a lecturer in Political Science, on the outlook of Australian Universities as ‘still mediaeval’. Criticising lecturing on the reasoning that it turns out ‘poorly…
(Old) State School, Launceston, Tasmania
(Old) Launceston State School is on Paterson Street in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features a bellcote, lancet windows, tracery, and buttresses. The building is now a Launceston College…