123 8 1266 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. Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.winthropsingers.com">www.winthropsingers.com</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 The Winthrop Singers Subject The topic of the resource Nicholas Bannan, choir, Gregorian chant, Hildegarde of Bingen, Guillaume Machaut, performance, Perth, School of Music, St Georgeâ€™s College, University of Western Australia, WA, website, Western Australia, The Winthrop Singers. Description An account of the resource The Winthrop Singers is a choir formed in 2007 following collaboration between the School of Music at The University of Western Australia and St George’s College. The choir are led by Dr Nicholas Bannan and regularly perform at St George’s Chapel and elsewhere. Their repertoire often includes music from the medieval period, including Gregorian chant and works by Hildegarde of Bingen, and a special performance of Guillaume Machaut’s ‘Messe de Nostre Dame’ in 2009. More information on The Winthrop Singers can be found at <a href="http://www.winthropsingers.com">www.winthropsingers.com</a> and <a href="http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/concerts/special-events/singers">www.music.uwa.edu.au/concerts/special-events/singers</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Winthrop Singers, The University of Western Australia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Websites choir Gregorian chant Guillaume Machaut Hildegarde of Bingen Nicholas Bannan performance Perth School of Music St Georgeâ€™s College The Winthrop Singers. University of Western Australia WA website Western Australia https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/c81016ffd48be3322551b7ab32b76f38.JPG e07405640492668335d2b72c1e3041f2 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 2592 Width 1944 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/98b1b09f16e0ac98d9fe9c49d9bc0eb3.JPG bf084c5fc87dcc2dd7693aed832538e4 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 2592 Width 1944 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/1dce4cbf2a1bde219e61557c319bc491.JPG 28d2c84173d92080f432ed224ad316d4 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 2592 Width 1944 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. 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. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph;JPEG 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 Boer War Memorial, Launceston, Tasmania Subject The topic of the resource Arched window, blind arcading, Boer War, Boer War Memorial, Gothic, heraldry, kite shield, Launceston, lion, lion passant, memorial, monument, niche, Norman, pointed arch, sculpture, shield, statue, Tas, Tasmania, war memorial, Sylvanus Wilmot. Description An account of the resource This memorial commemorating troops from Northern Tasmania who participated in the Boer War, referred to as the 'War in South Africa' on the monument, was erected in 1904. It can be found in City Park in the city of Launceston and was made by the local stonemason Sylvanus Wilmot. The memorial is inspired by medieval ecclesiastical Gothic architecture, and features a pointed arched â€˜windowâ€™, blind arcading, and statues. There are four niches that in a Gothic church would usually contain statues of saints, but here they instead contain statues of soldiers. The statue of a woman on top of the memorial holds a wreath and a kite, or Norman, shield. The heraldic shield features a lion in the passant position. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McLeod, Shane Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 26, 2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 3xDigital Photograph arched window blind arcading Boer War Boer War Memorial Gothic heraldry kite shield Launceston lion lion passant memorial monument niche Norman pointed arch sculpture shield statue Sylvanus Wilmot Tas Tasmania war memorial. https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/b6d7b53f7e838472c20afd0e19f0385c.JPG bb05e3e63ccf324707070c99e2132af8 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 2592 Width 1944 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/72fed74db96b0ba951eac4988a9cc3b7.JPG 7f3bf9a140f9d58fd7467af31f6f5ed8 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 2592 Width 1944 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. 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. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph;JPEG 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 St Georgeâ€™s Chapel Exterior, Perth, Western Australia Subject The topic of the resource Anglican, arched window, blind arcading, buttress, Celtic cross, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Talbot Hobbs, lancet window, parapet, Perth, pointed arch, Archbishop Riley, St Georgeâ€™s Chapel, St Georgeâ€™s College, stained glass, tower, tracery, University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia. Description An account of the resource St George’s Anglican Chapel is the chapel of St George’s College, a residential college for students attending The University of Western Australia in Perth. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1928 by Archbishop Riley and the chapel was designed by Sir Talbot Hobbs. Unusually, the red brick chapel is built north-south rather than east-west like most churches. St George’s Chapel is built in the Gothic Revival style, and features side buttresses, pointed-arched windows and entrance, crenelated parapets at the top of the two towers, and lancet windows and  tracery on the large stained glass window above the entrance. The chapel is topped by a stone ring-headed, or Celtic, cross, a style popular in much of Britain and Ireland during the medieval period. For St George’s College see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/83">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/83</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McLeod, Shane Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 17, 2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright Relation A related resource <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/83">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/83</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 2xDigital Photograph Anglican Archbishop Riley arched window blind arcading buttress crenellation Gothic Gothic Revival lancet window parapet Perth pointed arch St Georgeâ€™s Chapel St Georgeâ€™s College stained glass Talbot Hobbs tower tracery University of Western Australia WA Western Australia. 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/a56392e035eb56b1b0e792ef4da26c09.bmp 78fe6be48622f4de9b4529f8da9ed478 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 ‘The Sagamen’, The Bulletin, 2 May 1907 Subject The topic of the resource armour, battle-axe, conquest, dragon ship, Francis William Ophel (1871-1912), Freya, heroism, Iceland, Norns, Odin, paganism, runes, sagas, shields, Skaldic tales, spells, swords, Thor, Valhalla, Valkyrie, Vikings, violence, warriors. Description An account of the resource ‘Prospect Good’ was the nom de plume of the gold prospector, fossicker, and bush poet, Francis William Ophel. This poem, ‘The Sagamen,’ is filled with vivid imagery drawn in the style of Old Icelandic sagas (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.142). According to Ophel’s logic, the content of these Skaldic tales is no different from speeches and editorials designed to legitimize nineteenth-century imperial narratives; they cleverly subvert truth and disguise real-life events under a nuanced and textured layer of bravado and heroic deeds where violence is praised and overvalued. In contrast, Ophel’s is likely suggesting here that there is nothing glorious about slaughter, plunder, theft and rapine, and the over reliance on strong-arm tactics. Presumably the political rationale for this strategy is formed along the lines of: ‘they’ did it ‘back then,’ so it must be alright for ‘us’ to emulate ‘now’; but Ophel, who realises that this reasoning is mendacious, states plainly and firmly in The Sagamen’s final couplet: “The naked truth is hidden / Beneath a web of words". Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource â€˜Prospect Goodâ€™ (Francis William Ophel) 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 2 May 1907, p.43 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) Armour battle-axe conquest dragon ship Francis William Ophel (1871-1912) Freya heroism Iceland Norns Odin paganism runes sagas shields Skaldic tales spells swords Thor Valhalla Valkyrie vikings violence warriors https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/88d3e8f40c7f1256ba83ed4874da3a8f.JPG a28e6673bb077ff86f484c104835fe9a 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 2592 Width 1944 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 in the Classroom Description An account of the resource This Collection traces the development of academic medievalism in Australiaâ€™s universities, and explores the disciplineâ€™s complex ideological affiliations. In this Collection you will find items relating to: the medievalist content of educational programmes, such as examples of university unit outlines; the teaching of the medieval through processes of medievalism, such as in demonstrations of medieval cooking or fighting techniques; and references to the medieval in modern educational debates and contexts. 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. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph;JPEG 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 Hurdy Gurdy demonstration Subject The topic of the resource Alana Bennett, conference, demonstration, hurdy gurdy, instrument, music, performance, Perth, poem, â€˜Receptionsâ€™, University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia. Description An account of the resource This photograph shows Alana Bennett playing a six stringed Phoenix Standard hurdy gurdy made by Helmut Gotschy in Germany (<a href="http://www.gotschy.com">www.gotschy.com</a>). The hurdy gurdy is a stringed instrument played by using a crank-turned wheel. It developed from fiddles and was first used during the medieval period. The predecessor of the hurdy gurdy, the organistrum, is first mentioned in a treatise found in a manuscript written at Augsburg (Germany) in c. 1100. Alana presented a paper at the ‘Receptions: Medieval and Early Modern Cultural Appropriations’ conference held at The University of Western Australia in August 2012 and gave an impromptu demonstration of the hurdy gurdy during a break. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McLeod, Shane Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 18, 2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Photograph â€˜Receptionsâ€™ Alana Bennet conference demonstration hurdy gurdy instrument music performance Perth poem University of Western Australia WA Western Australia. https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/5ed387ff8ed17e3ff1fb203380bae4bb.JPG 0efae0416f2b2908854185d737ead01f 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 1944 Width 2592 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/08506c6c2a1724c56467d3850f6d377a.JPG d7132c9df8a510c7d4a392d4d6424cc2 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 1944 Width 2592 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/57ea616d3d07db19371733f936e19771.JPG 6748eb54bf1ce09899c39f95bd7d134a 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 2592 Width 1944 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. 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. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph;JPEG 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 St Peterâ€™s Church exterior, Fingal, Tasmania Subject The topic of the resource Anglican, arched window, bellcote, buttress, Fingal, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, pointed arch, porch, St Peterâ€™s, Tas, Tasmania. Description An account of the resource St Peterâ€™s Anglican Church, dedicated in 1867, is in the town of Fingal, Tasmania. The stone church is built in the Gothic Revival style, and features buttresses, pointed-arched windows and entrance, a porch, and a bellcote. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McLeod, Shane Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 27, 2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 3xDigital Photograph https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/3786fd3e81c6924ee607494755f3886b.jpg 4b603fb5a0f81aa2ad294bbd2dd8545d 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 825 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 ‘The Old Squire’, The Bulletin, 28 May 1908 Subject The topic of the resource â€˜As it is in the Days of Now,â€™ Black Death, conquest, despotism, famine, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), honour, ingratitude, justice, king, knight, knighthood, loyalty, neglect, noble, pestilence, plague, Old Swithin, rescue, service, sickness, siege, Sir William, squire, Swithin, sword, Virland (Old Estonia). Description An account of the resource The Bulletin, which was resolutely “anti-imperialist” in its outlook, published a range of verses, ballads and other “poems in which the Middle Ages were represented as despotic and barbaric” (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.143). While ‘The Old Squire’ doesn’t do this explicitly, it is undeniably a “tale of faithful service unrewarded” (D’Arcens, p.144). Here we again follow the adventures of Sir William, Henry Lawson’s cuckolded knight from ‘As it is in the Days of Now’ (See <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020</a>). Sir William, his squire, the King and the narrator ride into Virland with the intention of conquering the City, only to find the inhabitants suffering in the throes of the Black Death. Sir William is portrayed in the poem as arrogant and thoughtless for failing to appreciate the longstanding and faithful service of his squire, Old Swithin. After dutifully clearing out the dead from the City, Swithin collapses after trying to rescue a child from plague infested quarters. He is portrayed as noble in character but, unjustly, not in name; instead, ‘His heart was ever pained, / because of that old knighthood / that he should once have gained’. When his worth is finally recognised and the King attempts to knight him at the end of the poem, it is too late for he is already dead. While not an outright attack on all authority, this poem “implicitly condemns aristocratic arrogance and the [...] inequity of the feudal system” (D’Arcens, p.144). 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 28 May 1908, p.40 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/1020">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) â€˜As it is in the Days of Now â€™ 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)