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Medieval â€˜Coppergateâ€™ Shoes

Awl Leather, established in 1991, is a manufacturer of footwear, bags, belts and other leather accessories. They are also saddlers. This online catalogue features a selection of medieval style shoes, including several â€˜Coppergateâ€™,…

Tags: Awl Leather, bags, belts, coppergate shoes, leather, leather goods, medieval clothing, medieval footwear, saddlers, Saxon shoes, shoes, Viking shoes, York

'Close Combat'

This is one of several â€˜battleâ€™ images from the NEMAS Easter Gathering in Armidale, NSW, in 2008. A number of medieval re-creation enthusiasts are engaged in close combat. They are armed with swords and what look to be mostly kite…

â€˜Table Itemsâ€™

This photograph features a collection of â€˜representativeâ€™ dining utensils from the Damascus (Knights of St John) re-enactment group. Pictured is a turned wooden bowl, a serrated-edged knife with a carved handle, a steel fork with two…

Tags: candle-holder, Crusades, dining utensils, eating, fork, goblet, knife, knight, Knights of St John, mealtimes, medieval implements utensils

Detail of a mounted Knightâ€™s leg at Ironfest

This close-up image of a mounted knightâ€™s leg was taken at Ironfest in 2008 by the photographer Richard Taylor. It reveals a blend of contemporary customs and traditional workmanship, for modern re-enactments of jousting require utmost…

Tags: â€˜Ironfest, â€™ joust, Armor, Armour, body armour, caparison, combat, Full Tilt, greave, heraldry, horse, jousting, kneecup, knight, Lithgow, New South Wales, NSW, plate armour, poleyns, re-enactment, reenactment, Richard Taylor

Crowd of Veiled Women, Corpus Christi at Manly

A photograph taken by photographer Ted Hood during the Corpus Christi Mass at Manly, New South Wales, in 1934. The picture shows a group of veiled women kneeling in the crowd. They are (less noticeably) also interspersed with men, and this group most…

Combat Demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale

A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2010.

Tags: Armour, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, battle, carnival, carnivale, chivalry, combat, demonstration, display, Donnybrook, fair, fayre, festival, fight, fighting, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval, Perth, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, sword, swords, tournament, WA, weaponry, weapons, Western Australia

â€˜Soldier at a Medieval Faireâ€™

This is a â€˜frozenâ€™ combat image taken at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre by photographer Richard Taylor in 2011. It depicts a participant dressed in a Norman style helmet complete with a chainmail collar known as an avential or camal, and…

â€˜The Black Knightâ€™

This detailed action photograph of two knights jousting was taken at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre by Richard Taylor in 2011. Considerable attention to detail is evidenced by quality gear and trappings. Note the blunt headed lance and knightly…

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