Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society, New South Wales
James Adams, Anglo-Saxon, archery, armour, axe-throwing, battle, catapult, Celt, Crusades, Danelaw, Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society, England, fort, knife-throwing, knight, law, Medieval Martial Arts Association of Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, re-enactment, Saracen, siege engine, sword, tournament, trebuchet, Viking, website.
<p>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.</p>
<p>For their website see <a href="http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm">http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm</a></p>
Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society Inc
Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society Inc
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Saracen Estates Winery, Margaret River
Crusade, Crusades, Margaret River, Saracen, Saracen Estates Winery, scimitar, sculpture, sculptures, shield, sword, tourism, WA, South West, south-west, warrior, Western Australia, winery, wine
<p>This photograph is of a life-size bronze sculpture of a Saracen warrior at the entrance to the cellar of Saracen Estates Winery on Caves Road in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The warrior is mounted and carries a curved sword, known as a scimitar, and a round shield. Saracens were first mentioned by Roman authors and in the medieval period the term was often used to describe all Arabs, or even all Muslims. They were particularly associated with those fighting the European Crusaders during the medieval Crusades to the Holy Land.</p>
The website of the winery can be found at <a href="http://www.saracenestates.com.au/Home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.saracenestates.com.au/Home.aspx</a>.
McEwan, Joanne
24 July 20111
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