Alana Bennett - Essay on the Society for Creative Anachronism
Alana Bennett, Andrew Lynch, Aneala Barony, chivalry, costume, Eglinton Tournament, ENGL2238, entertainment, essay, fantasy, fighting, imagined community, J. R. R. Tolkein, Last Tournament, ‘Living history’, medieval names, medievalism, medievalist space, pageantry, postmodernism, recreation, re-creation, re-enactment, romanticised medievalism, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism, student essay, The Medieval in the Modern World, The University of Western Australia, tournament, WA, Western Australia
A student essay on the Society for Creative Anachronism submitted by Alana Bennett as part of her assessment for ‘ENGL2238: The Medieval in the Modern World’, a second year English unit delivered by Professor Andrew Lynch at The University of Western Australia. The author traces the origins and objectives of the SCA as a ‘Living History’ group, and discusses particularly the different levels on which the group operates. She draws a distinction between the recreational aspect of the Society’s activities on the one hand, in the sense that they provides entertainment and create a ‘joint fantasy’ amongst individuals with similar interests, and the ‘re-creational ’ aspect of its medievalism on the other, in which they “reconstruct a semblance of the Middle Ages through material culture and romanticised values systemsâ€.
With thanks to the author for permission to include a copy of this essay.
Bennett, Alana
2011
<span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This work is © Alana Bennett. Under no circumstance is this work to be republished without the express written permission of the author. To cite this work: Alana Bennett: ‘The Society for Creative Anachronism’, 2011, <a href="../../../" target="_blank">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/</a>.</span></span></span>
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Nancy White - Essay on The Society for Creative Anachronism
Andrew Lynch, chivalry, College of Saint Basil the Great, combat, costume, ENGL2238, entertainment, essay, fighting, heraldry, Kingdom of Lochac, Known World Handbook, medieval names, medievalism, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Nancy white, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism, student essay, The Medieval in the Modern World, The University of Western Australia, tournament, Victorian medievalism, WA, Western Australia
A student essay submitted by Nancy White as part of her assessment for ‘ENGL2238: The Medieval in the Modern World’, a second year English unit delivered by Professor Andrew Lynch at The University of Western Australia. In this essay, the author traces the origins, and outlines the principles guiding participation in, the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) - a medieval re-enactment group. She explains the ties of the SCA to Victorian medievalism, and the influence of popular culture through films such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The essay also discusses the research that is invested in the costumes and names chosen by the participants, and the culture of chivalry that underpins the tournaments they host.
With thanks to the author for permission to include a copy of this essay.
White, Nancy
2011
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">This work is © Nancy White. Under no circumstance is this work to be republished without the express written permission of the author. To cite this work: Nancy White: ‘The Society for Creative Anachronism: Origins, Nature and Cultural Labour of its Medievalism’, 2011, <a href="../../../" target="_blank">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/</a>.</span>
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Medieval in the Modern World Essay
English and Cultural Studies, essays, essay, Andrew Lynch, Medieval in the Modern World, Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory, Millennium Swords and Armour, Perth, St George’s Cathedral, SCA, Society of Creative Anachronism, UWA, The University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia, Winthrop Hall
<p>Scans of the essay questions for the English and Cultural Studies undergraduate course Medieval in the Modern World coordinated by Andrew Lynch at the University of Western Australia. Of particular note is question 12 which asks students to write about a ‘medievalist’ feature which they can find in Perth. St George’s Cathedral, Millenium Swords and Armour, and the Society for Creative Anachronism are all provided as examples. This website is also recommended to students for help in understanding medievalism.</p>
For the Medieval in the Modern World course see entry 468 on this website, and <a href="http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/engl/engl2238" target="_blank">http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/engl/engl2238</a>
Lynch, Andrew
University of Western Australia
14 September 2011
Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia
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