The group is named after Rognvald Ingvarson, a commander of the Varangian Guard (who fought for the Byzantine Empire) from Sweden. The club’s banner is based on the serpent design of a eleventh-century runic inscription in Uppsala that Rognvald had made. Their website includes photographs of the runestone, as well as other designs based on Viking Art, including the ‘gripping-beast’ motif.
For their website see http://www.rognvaldslith.com/
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Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society is a re-enactment group founded in 2003 and based in Lismore, New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 700-1200 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Rus, and Vikings. Combat and weapon training with swords, spears, axes, staves, shields, javelins, archery, chain mail, and helmets is carried out. Rognvald’s Lith (Rognvald’s troop) do public performances, including educational performances for schools.
The group is named after Rognvald Ingvarson, a commander of the Varangian Guard (who fought for the Byzantine Empire) from Sweden. The club’s banner is based on the serpent design of a eleventh-century runic inscription in Uppsala that Rognvald had made. Their website includes photographs of the runestone, as well as other designs based on Viking Art, including the ‘gripping-beast’ motif.
For their website see http://www.rognvaldslith.com/
For their website see http://www.freewebs.com/coffsmedguild/
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Korffs Haven Medieval Guild are a re-enactment group based in Coffs Harbour, or Korffs Haven, in New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 1066-1166 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Normans, Crusaders, Highlanders (of Scotland), and Vikings. Combat and weapon training with swords, spears, staves, shields, slingshots, archery, chain mail, and helmets is carried out. Other medieval activities are also re-created, including cooking, clothes-making, feasting, games, and craft (woodwork, leatherwork, felting, embroidery, dyeing, sewing etc.). The group’s website features a useful section on making medieval clothes, including patterns.
For their website see http://www.freewebs.com/coffsmedguild/
The baptismal font is a rare example of the Australian
public’s practical use of, and interaction with, an actual medieval item for many generations.
For the original dating see http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7424.
For the revised dating see http://hobart.catholic.org.au/history/st-marys-cathedral
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Repair work on St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, in 2008 brought to light the possibility that a baptismal font in the Cathedral may be from the medieval Norman period. The cylindrical font has elaborately carved columns and Romanesque arches. The Romanesque style was popular in Normandy and was introduced to England following the Norman conquest in 1066. It is thought that the font was brought to Hobart from England by Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866) in 1844. When the antiquity of the font was first discovered, the Cathedral administrator told ABC News in 2008 that it may date
back to the ninth century, but as Normandy was not formally established until 911 this is unlikely. More recently it has been suggested that the font comes
from the Norman period in England and is dated c. 1066-1200. Research into the font is continuing.
The baptismal font is a rare example of the Australian
public’s practical use of, and interaction with, an actual medieval item for many generations.
For the original dating see http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7424.
For the revised dating see http://hobart.catholic.org.au/history/st-marys-cathedral
For their website see http://www.aaf.org.au/displays
]]>Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc. is a medieval re-enactment group based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the ‘Dark Ages’, or early medieval period, especially the 8th century through to the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Geographically the focus is on northern Europe and Britain, featuring such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and Vikings. The group run educational classes for school groups from primary through to tertiary students. The sessions usually run for two hours and include a mixture of fighting and speaking. They have a number ‘Display Packages’ to choose from that focus on major figures such as Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror, and various aspects of society including crafts, clothing, the Old English language, religion, law, monetary systems, armour and weapons.
For their website see http://www.aaf.org.au/displays
For their website see http://www.aaf.org.au/
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Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc. is a medieval re-enactment group based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the ‘Dark Ages’, or early medieval period, especially the 8th century through to the Norman invasion of England in 1066 (images about this event from the Bayeux tapestry are featured on their website). Geographically the focus is on northern Europe and Britain, featuring such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and Vikings. Members participate in combat, arts and crafts, and food, with their website claiming that you can ‘feast on food that William the Conqueror [c. 1028-1087] would have eaten’. The group run educational classes for school groups and do public performances.
For their website see http://www.aaf.org.au/
For their website see http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm
]]>Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society are a New South Wales re-enactment group who own The Danelaw, a 120 acre property in a pine forest between Sydney and Canberra that is used by re-enactment groups. The property includes a fort, axe- and knife-throwing areas, a tournament ring, as well as trebuchet’s, a type of catapult used in siege warfare from the twelfth century. The Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society were formed in the mid-1980s by James Adams as the Medieval Martial Arts Association of Southern Sydney. They adopted the current name in 2002. Members re-enact warfare methods with authentic costumes and weapons from throughout the medieval period, including such groups as Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Crusaders, Normans, Saracens, and the knights of the High Middle Ages. The property is named after the Danelaw of England, that part of England conquered and settled by the Vikings in the second half of the ninth century, and where aspects of ‘Danish’ law were used.
For their website see http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm