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Rivals (14 July, 1900), p. 32.jpg
‘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…

This is one of a series of pre-action photographs taken by photographer Richard Taylor at Nurragingy Reserve in 2011. It shows an ‘old warrior’ displaying steely determination to survive a potentially dangerous encounter. The subject of…

Grey-Company-Battle-V_PMF.jpg
A medieval combat demonstration performed by members of The Grey Company at the Perth Medieval Fayre. The participants here are wearing circa fifteenth-century sallet style helmets and various articles of plate armour, including breastplates to…

Australian infantrymen taking part in the Lord Mayor's Procession march past Buckingham Palace, where King George V was taking the salute. The Lord Mayor's Procession began in 1215, when the citizens of London were allowed to elect a mayor for the…

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Image of Barracks Arch, Perth. What remains was the entrance to a much larger three storey building built in 1866 to house the retired Enrolled Pensioner Force and their families. Architect Richard Roach Jewell created an entrance reminiscent of a…

Chainmail-Haubergeon_Perth Medieval Fayre.jpg
Images of a chainmail shirt (a haubergeon) and hood (a byrnie) made by members of The Grey Company and displayed for the public to try on at the Perth Medieval Fayre. Chain mail was used extensively in the middle ages to fashion protective garments…

The website and advertisements for Four Season Gutter Protection feature four cartoon medieval foot soldiers wearing helmets and brandishing shields and weapons – flails (a type of mace) and spears or pikes. The heads of the weapons are in the…

Knight-wearing-Great-Helm_PMF.jpg
Image of a recreationist knight wearing a ‘Great Helm’ style helmet at the Perth Medieval Fayre. The Great Helm is a cylindrical helmet that encloses the entire head, with a flat top and eye slits for vision. It was adopted as the…
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