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Citadel Medieval Society

Citadel Medieval Society is a living history group based in Queensland. The group were founded seventeen years ago and focus on two time periods and locations: the port of La Rochelle, France, in c. 1370 during the Hundred Years War; and the German…

â€˜Afternoon in Chartres Cathedralâ€™ by Salvatore Zofrea

This woodblock print, from Salvatore Zofrea’s Appassionata collection, was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by the Italian-Australian artist in 2002. Depicting a scene in Chartres Cathedral, it features the gothic arches, vaulted…

Tags: Appassionata, architecture, art, Art gallery of New South Wales, Cathedral, Catholicism, Chartres Cathedral, church interior, ecclesiastical building, France, French Gothic, gothic architecture, print, Salvatore Zofrea (b.1946), stained glass, window

Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble

Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble was founded by mezzo soprano Helen Dell in Melbourne, Victoria, in 2007. Their concert program includes Loveâ€™s Paradise â€“ love stories and songs from twelfth and thirteenth-century France; Songs from…

Tags: drama, France, Helen Dell, Iberia, Melbourne, music, performance, poetry, song, Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble, Vic, Victoria

No 'Robin Hood' financial transaction tax coming to Australia, says Wayne Swan

This article from the online news site Perth Now reports on Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swanâ€™s decision not follow the lead of European nations such as France and introduce a financial transactions tax to deal with economic crisis. Such…

The Rouen clock: Medieval inspiration for London Court, Perth.

These photographs compare the clock face at the Hay Street end of London Court in Perth with Le Gros Horloge, or the Great Clock, at Rouen in Normandy, France, on which it is based. An article in The West Australian newspaper in 1937, and repeated on…

Tags: clock, France, H. Hope-Jones, Le Gros Horloge, London Court, newspaper, Normandy, Perth, replica, Rouen, the Great Clock, The West Australian, WA, Western Australia

Meeting of Chamberlain and Eden clad as medieval admirals

CanTimes 1937 Frid 3 Sept Punch Cartoon Chamberlain and Eden as Medieval Admirals.pdf

A â€˜Punchâ€™ cartoon of Neville Chamberlain (Primer Minister of the UK) and Anthony Eden (his Foreign Secretary) depicting them as medieval admirals watching a serpent titled â€˜Mediterranean piracyâ€™, saying â€˜I say, even in…

Sir John Monash knighted by King George V in France

General Sir John Monash was created Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 1 Jan 1918, and Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George on 1 Jan 1919. He is seen receiving his knighthood as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 12…

Tags: Bertangles Chateau, dubbing, France, King George V, knight, knighthood, Knighthood Ceremony, Military Costume, Military Honours, Order of the Bath, Orders of Knighthood, Sir John Monash, World War 1

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