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Alana Bennett - Essay on the Society for Creative Anachronism

A student essay on the Society for Creative Anachronism submitted by Alana Bennett as part of her assessment for â€˜ENGL2238: The Medieval in the Modern Worldâ€™, a second year English unit delivered by Professor Andrew Lynch at The…

â€˜The Fight: St George Kills the Dragon VIâ€™ by Edward Burne-Jones

This oil on canvas painting by well-known nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Arthur Moon. It is one of seven paintings from a â€˜St George and the Dragonâ€™ narrative cycle that…

Tags: Aesthetic Pre-Raphaelitism, Armor, Armour, art, artwork, chivalric tradition, chivalry, damsel, dragon, gallantry, George, knight, legend, Myles Birket Foster, myth, New South Wales, NSW, Pre-Raphaelite, Princess Sabra, St George, sword, The Hill, Witley

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…

â€˜Lays of Contemporary Chivalryâ€™

Lays of Contemporary Chivalry (16 May 1885), p. 22.jpg

These light-hearted verses describe the endeavours of a motley band of â€˜gallantsâ€™ with dubious social origins, who jostle and vie for the hand of Lady Podophylline Musa Miggs, daughter of the Baron of Potts Point, in Sydney. These are…

Tags: chivalry, doggerel, knight, knighthood, lampoon, peerage, popular anti-medievalism, satire, social pretention

â€˜Gallantry is backâ€™ St George beer commercial

This advertisement is for the Launceston, Tasmania, brewing company James Boag’s ‘St George’ beer. The slogan of the commercial is ‘Gallantry is back’, which plays on one of the attributes associated with St George, that…

Tags: â€˜gallantry is backâ€™, advertisement, alcohol, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, chivalry, commercial, Crusade, dragon, gallantry, James Boagâ€™s, Launceston, logo, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.

A Knight in The University of Sydney Commem Day Parade, 1937

Hyperlink to a photograph of a Sydney university student participating in the â€œCommem Dayâ€ street parade in 1937, taken by renowned Australian photographer Sam Hood. The student in the photograph appears on horseback and dressed as a…

A Knight and his Lady, University Commemoration Day ("Commem") through streets

Hyperlink to a photograph of two Sydney university students participating in the â€œCommem Dayâ€ street parade in 1937, taken by renowned Australian photographer Sam Hood. The two students in the photograph appear on horseback and in…

Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table Children's Cartoon series

Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table was an animated Australian cartoon series written by Melbourne playwright Alex Buzo with Rod Hull, Lyle Martin, John Palmer and M. Robinson. It was produced between 1966 and 1968. Based on Arthurian…

Tags: Animation, Armour, Arthur, Arthurian legend, Black Knight, cartoon, childrenâ€™s series, chivalry, damsel in distress, dragon, Excalibur, Guinevere, jousting, knight, Lancelot, maiden, Merlin, Morgan Le Fay, rescue, round table, song, sword, television, tv

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