1 8 13 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/ab2d919baf9fb62efb96403d31d3cad7.jpg 94cc75f1545b892066429d323cade7e9 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3494 Width 635 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘On Tapestry’, The Bulletin, 14 July 1910 Subject The topic of the resource Ballad, chivalry, Courtly Love, crusade, E. J. Brady (1869-1952), Holy Land, joust, knight, romance. Description An account of the resource This engaging “McCrae-like medieval narrative ballad” (John B. Webb, “A Critical Biography of Edwin James Brady 1869-1952” PhD Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1972, p.95) concerns the fortunes of a triad of ill-starred lovers. On one hand there is brave Sir Maurice, the wealthy and impetuous knight who excels in chivalric conduct but who is tragically slain while crusading in the Holy Land. On the other is the golden-haired Lady Alice, a romantic counterpart for him who naively “vowed [...] Her Lord he’d be”. Unknown to either of these two quixotically tempered day-dreaming protagonists is the real target of Cupid’s dart, the “crow-haired” ladies maid, who recognises from the outset that her suit is hopeless, and who must content herself with plaintive prayers and “A [hasty] daylight glance.” The tragedy of the missed opportunity that is all too often ‘staring you in the face’ is a theme that Brady also favours and highlights in his less accomplished, more light-hearted medievalist poem, ‘On Keira (See: <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032</a>).’ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E. J. Brady Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 July 1910, p.39 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Relation A related resource <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Ballad chivalry Courtly Love Crusade E. J. Brady (1869-1952) Holy Land joust knight romance https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/2d8d6c9a5a74bd5046879a271c48efd5.jpg 4a7152e6e61289286b5e25d4d9ab07dc Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3505 Width 1127 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘As it is in the Days of Now’, The Bulletin, 12 March 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Absent lover, anti-nostalgia, chivalry, critique, cuckoldry, Courtly Love, false friendship, gold, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), Holy Land, honour, knight, knighthood, Lady Clare, Noblesse oblige, reputation, romance, Sir Antony Mark, Sir William, the Crusades. Description An account of the resource This poem, which is best described as “an anti-nostalgic demystification of chivalric heroism” (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.143), draws a link to the medieval past to suggest that little has changed with regards human behaviour. ‘As it is in the Days of Now,’ is a tale of cover-up, falsity, and cuckoldry. Here, everyone but Sir William is aware of an affair that took place between his Lady and his best friend while he was fighting in the Holy Land. The poor man even unwittingly drinks wine in the company of his rival and false friend. Lawson’s ubiquitous narrator states, “And the true friend pledges the false friend thrice.” Lawson refuses to romanticise love in accordance with medieval notions of chivalry. Lust and cupidity are here disguised and subsumed into ‘noblesse oblige,’ and Lawson’s poem rather denigrates selfish ‘knightly’ behaviour, with its false friendships, cuckoldry, and risible notions of Courtly Love. The poem in fact, is an angry riposte to nineteenth-century nostalgia and naiveté as it relates to the individual’s lack of nous and foresight. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry Lawson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12 March 1908, p.39 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Absent lover anti-nostalgia chivalry Courtly Love critique cuckoldry false friendship gold Henry Lawson (1867-1922) Holy Land honour knight knighthood Lady Clare Noblesse oblige reputation romance Sir Antony Mark Sir William the Crusades https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/5374e6eab04f9ddcd31e7d77e18d5f13.jpg 2152b77e462dfc8f304eb7c3602fa17f Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3431 Width 1632 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Chivalry’, The Bulletin, 15 September 1904 Subject The topic of the resource chivalry, Creeve Roe, death of chivalry, debate, Petrarch, romance, â€˜Romanceâ€™, sonnet, tradition, Victor Daley (1858-1905). Description An account of the resource At the time Victor Daley composed this poem, a debate had erupted over whether chivalry and romance, at least within the Australian context, were dead. That was certainly the argument put forward in an earlier poem, ‘Romance’ by L. D., which was published in The Bulletin in 1885. In December 1902 Victor Daley wrote his own explanation (See Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.139), beginning: “They say that fair Romance is dead, and in her cold grave lying low.” Nearly two years later, in September 1904 and writing under the pseudonym Creeve Roe, Daley penned this more credible hypothesis for the continued survival of chivalry and romance. Although in this later poem the medieval content is limited to a fleeting reference to the elaborate sonnets of Petrarch (d. 1374) and the veneer of archaic-sounding expressions, it is prefaced with an explanation that ties it to the debate over the death of chivalry and romance. In Daley’s previous poem ‘Romance’ (1902), we find more explicit Arthurian references to “Gold Gudrun, and Guinevere,” and “Merlin wise,” and “Castle Perilous, beyond the dark Enchanted Wood.” While Daley’s poem ‘Romance’ underlines the continued existence of romantic sensibilities despite the fact that, as a rapidly developing country, Australia was dominated by Mammon and Machinery (See D’Arcens, p.139), the light-hearted Creeve Roe poem offers a more practical and mischievous solution. The surest way, says the poet, for the continuance of chivalrous behaviour in an Australian setting, is for women to live up to the impossible standards imposed on them by tradition and the whimsy of men. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Creeve Roe (Victor Daley) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 15 September 1904, p.15 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) â€˜Romanceâ€™ chivalry Creeve Roe death of chivalry debate Petrarch romance sonnet Victor Daley (1858-1905) https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/bb5e63d32858184396039dae640d53d9.jpg d7fb9512ada579b7157dc0e69b9be903 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3499 Width 752 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Rivals’, The Bulletin, 14 July 1900 Subject The topic of the resource absent lovers, Boer War, chivalry, courtly love, Creeve Roe, favour, gift, heroism, Isabel, knight, maiden, marriage, romance, Sir Comfort, Sir Valour, soldier, valour, veldt, Victor Daley (1858-1905). Description An account of the resource ‘Rivals’ is an interesting attempt by medievalist writer Victor Daley to transform what must have been a fairly commonplace incident at that time into something more than it seems. The poem describes a young man, Sir Valour, taking leave of his sweetheart (“My Lady Fair”), and going off to fight in the Boer War. The leave-taking is transformed into a medieval tale, a deliberately romantic historicization of the present (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.110), whereby the couple pledge true love and the lady presents him with a token of her favour, before he sets out for foreign lands. In her knight’s protracted absence, Sir Comfort, an older and much wealthier man, slyly wins the favours of “Sweet Isabel,” and marries her. This turnaround is presumably hastened by the giving of a number of beautiful and very costly items: “Some simple rubies, strings of pearls / And diamonds for [her] hair.” Here Creeve Roe contrasts the stark unpleasant realities of the war with quasi-medieval ‘courtly’ values. The final scene, when the young man dies “in lands remote,” with Isabel’s name upon his lips, is one of shattered dreams and misplaced expectations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Creeve Roe (Victor Daley) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 July 1900, p.32 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal Article (Microfilm) absent lovers Boer War chivalry Courtly Love Creeve Roe favour gift heroism Isabel knight maiden marriage romance Sir Comfort Sir Valour soldier valour veldt Victor Daley (1858-1905) https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/f2ea23f307d73ef64a42007decc5eb29.jpg 38e6038199730aa22baceedba77d75f8 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 2817 Width 2476 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Journal (microfilm) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 'Romance' Subject The topic of the resource Alice Werner (1859-1935), castle, chivalry, â€˜Creeve Roeâ€™, Gothic medievalism, knight, L. D. (1859-1935), Lucia Di Valle Rojana (1859-1935), melancholia, poetry, romance, tournament, Victor Daley (1858-1905) Description An account of the resource The long-vanished past is briefly reconfigured in this sad and poignant poem. It allows us a fleeting glimpse of what has (or may have) been, even though we find ourselves standing in the waking world â€œUnder blue skies in a fair land.â€ True Romance, it suggests, has gone the way of stately knights in armour, beautiful â€˜maidens forlorn,â€™ castles, and all the accoutrements and trappings of the chivalric medieval past. In gothic literary fashion the buildings, mores and customs have all crumbled, decayed, and vanished, and the poem â€œlament[s] the irredeemable loss of this world, which â€˜Ages ago [...] faded out and diedâ€™â€ (Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910 Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.139). While these verses do convey sadness and melancholia, Australia was a new land, at least in terms of European settlement and influence, and so it can be concluded, as Louise Dâ€™Arcens suggests, that that, â€œthis melancholy poem is not coupled with any attempt to reanimate the spirit of nostalgia in the presentâ€ (Dâ€™Arcens, p.139). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource L. D. (Alice Werner aka Lucia Di Valle Rojana) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 15 August 1885 (p. 22) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (microfilm) Language A language of the resource English â€˜Creeve Roeâ€™ Alice Werner (1859-1935) castle chivalry Gothic medievalism knight L. D. (1859-1935) Lucia Di Valle Rojana (1859-1935) melancholia poetry romance tournament Victor Daley (1858-1905) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™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. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL To view this image, 1.  go to: <a href="http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/CollectionSearch.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/CollectionSearch.jsp</a> 2.   search by artist or title. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Loving Cup Subject The topic of the resource Art, Arthurian, Arthurian romance, chivalry, cup, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Gouache, ivy, knight, legend, medieval clothing, nostalgia, Pre-Raphaelite, replica, romance, SA, South Australia, Victorian, watercolour Description An account of the resource This work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a renowned nineteenth-century painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, depicts a young woman in a voluminous medieval-looking gown raising a golden cup decorated with a heart shaped design to her lips. In her other hand she clasps the lid of the cup to her breast. A lace cloth, ivy (the symbol of fidelity) and 4 brass plates (2 depicting deer, 1 depicting Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit and the other showing Hosea and Joshua with a bunch of grapes) are visible in the background. This painting is one of three watercolour replicas that Rossetti produced in 1867 of an oil painting that is currently held by the National Gallery of Western Art, Tokyo. The frame of the original painting is inscribed "Douce nuit et joyeux jour/ A chevalier de bel amour (Sweet night and pleasant day/to the beautifully loved knight)," which suggests that the woman is toasting her recently departed knight. The source of these words is uncertain, but it is thought that Rossetti, well-known for his poetry as well as his artwork, probably wrote it himself. (For more on the Tokyo painting, see <a href="http://collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/P.1984-0005.html" target="_blank">http://collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/P.1984-0005.html</a>). The Arthurian theme and subject matter of the painting are typical of Rossetti’s work from the mid-1850s, and the work of the second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood more generally. As Elizabeth Prettejohn suggests, these paintings convey a sense in which the “the world presented in the pictures is somehow distant or remote from the everyday”. They depict scenes of leave-taking, but the circumstances are left untold, and we do not learn the fortunes of the figures involved. This, she suggests, “contrasts abruptly with the narrative specificity of most Victorian painting, and of earlier Pre-Raphaelite pictures. The precise detail in the drawings gives us a medieval world that is apparently complete in itself, but to which we as spectators only have partial access” (Elizabeth Prettejohn, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Publishing, London, 2000, pp.106-7). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Art Gallery of South Australia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c 1867 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Art Gallery of South Australia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Gouache on paper, 52.6 x 35.9 cm art Arthurian Arthurian romance chivalry cup Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) Gouache ivy knight legend medieval clothing nostalgia Pre-Raphaelite replica romance SA South Australia Victorian watercolour Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Streets Description An account of the resource This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/7370157/under-merlins-spell/" target="_blank">http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/7370157/under-merlins-spell/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource â€˜Under Merlinâ€™s Spellâ€™ Subject The topic of the resource Arthur, Australian television, BBC series, broadcasting, Camelot, Channel 10, dragon, entertainment, film, folklore, Gaius, Guinevere, Johnny Capps, magic, medieval legend, Merlin, Morgana, mythology, re-interpretation, romance, Shine Drama, television series, wizard Description An account of the resource This entertainment piece from The West Australianâ€™s online edition reviews the BBC series Merlin (2008). At the time the article was written in 2010, the second season of the series was being aired on Australian television by Channel 10. The characters and setting of the show are based on figures and places from Arthurian legend, however, the plot focuses on the lives of the characters prior to the mythologised events of the medieval legend. The characters include Merlin, Arthur, Guinevere, Gaius and Morgana, and the story is set in Camelot. Merlinâ€™s Producer, Johnny Capps, is quoted as saying that they needed a mythological tale and he thought that Merlin â€œjust seemed to be right for re-interpretation for a 21st- century audienceâ€. On the motivation for the plot, he continued: â€œWe decided to start before they were famous because what appealed to us was a story of empowerment. What if we had a young Arthur who was not yet King and Merlin as a young wizard, coping with trying to be a teenager and at the same time his destiny and extraordinary power? And we subverted the expectation around Guinevere by making her a lowly servant girl." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saunders, Amanda Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://thewest.com.au/" target="_blank">Thewest.com.au</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The West Australian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9 June 2010 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The West Australian Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online newspaper article; URL Language A language of the resource English Arthur Australian television BBC series broadcasting Camelot Channel 10 dragon entertainment film folklore Gaius Guinevere Johnny Capps magic medieval legend Merlin Morgana mythology re-interpretation romance Shine Drama television series wizard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50339347" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50339347</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Medieval Romance Subject The topic of the resource Ó”lfred, Alfred the Great (848/9-899), Anglo-Saxon, â€œAnglo-Saxon Chronicleâ€, annals, army, Asser, Athelney, battle, book, book review, Chippenham, chronicle, Danelaw, Danes, East Anglia, Edington, Ethandune, Guthrum, historical romance, invasion, Jeffery Farnol, king, â€œLife of Alfredâ€, novel, recreation, romance, romanticisation, siege, â€œThe King Livethâ€, victory, Vikings, war, Wessex, West Saxon, Wiltshire Description An account of the resource In this review of Jeffery Farnol’s historical romance “The King Liveth”, the novel is recommended to readers who appreciate the “picturesque recreation of the England of those far off [Anglo-Saxon] days”. Set in the ninth-century and culminating in the Battle of Ethundane (Edington) in 878, the reviewer claims that this tale of Alfred the Great is based on evidence from chronicles. This most likely refers to the “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”, and perhaps Asser’s “Life of Alfred”, both written during Alfred’s reign. After being forced to flee to the marshes around Athelney following the invasion of the Viking great army led by Guthrum (where the burning of the cakes episode mentioned by the reviewer supposedly happened), Alfred was able to rally an army and defeat the Vikings. The survivors fled to Chippenham but following a two-week siege they asked for a treaty. A peace treaty followed by which Guthrum and his leading supporters were baptised and the following year they settled East Anglia (part of the ‘Danelaw’), where Guthrum reigned until 890. For a copy of the book’s cover and the dust jacket summary, see: <a href="http://newportvintagebooks.com/gallery/farnol/pages/Far_KingLiveth_UK.htm" target="_blank">http://newportvintagebooks.com/gallery/farnol/pages/Far_KingLiveth_UK.htm</a>. For more on Alfred, see Patrick Wormald, ‘Alfred (848/9–899)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; [<a href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/183" target="_blank">http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/183</a>, accessed 15 June 2011]. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anon. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia, <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50339347" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50339347</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The West Australian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 May 1946, p. 4. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The West Australian Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digitised Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English â€œAnglo-Saxon Chronicleâ€ â€œLife of Alfredâ€ â€œThe 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