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https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/ed1ce0a5393e9f2d2c516dd25973a8e7.pdf
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Medievalism on the Streets
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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.
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"Jest and Quip. Undergrads' Day Out. Mirth in City Streets"
Subject
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Brisbane, Brisbane Courier, "commem day", commemoration procession, jesters, "medieval mummers", mummery, mummer, Queensland, student pranks, university student, University of Queensland.
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This article taken from The Brisbane Courier in 1929 discusses undergraduate students from the University of Queensland taking to the streets on "Commem Day". The author compares them to medieval mummers.The anonymous author also explains that on commem day students put on the cap and bells of jesters. Jesters were pranksters and jokers often employed to provide entertainment, whilst mummers perform in comic 'mummers' plays'. Both of these traditions date back to the medieval period.
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Anon.
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The National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21402277" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21402277</a>
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The Brisbane Courier
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04 May 1929, p.19
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National Library of Australia
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Newspaper Article
"commem day"
"commemoration procession"
"medieval mummers"
"student pranks"
"University of Queensland"
"university student"
Brisbane
Brisbane Courier
jester
mummer
mummery
Queensland