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Window of Old Testament Kings, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
‘The Old Squire’, The Bulletin, 28 May 1908
Tags: ‘As it is in the Days of Now, ’ Black Death, conquest, despotism, famine, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), honour, ingratitude, justice, king, knight, knighthood, loyalty, neglect, noble, Old Swithin, pestilence, plague, rescue, service, sickness, siege, Sir William, squire, Swithin, sword, Virland (Old Estonia)
Maxwell Mead
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How Sir Bedivere cast the Sword Excalibur into the Water
Morgan Le Fay
Carnivale King and Queen, Balingup Medieval Carnivale
The Mace of Parliament
Tags: 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
A Medieval Romance
Tags: “Anglo-Saxon Chronicleâ€, “Life of Alfredâ€, “The King Livethâ€, Alfred the Great (848/9-899), Anglo-Saxon, annals, army, Asser, Athelney, battle, book, book review, Chippenham, chronicle, Danelaw, Danes, East Anglia, Edington, Ethandune, Guthrum, historical romance, invasion, Jeffery Farnol, king, novel, Ó”lfred, recreation, romance, romanticisation, siege, victory, vikings, war, Wessex, West Saxon, Wiltshire