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'The Anglo-Saxon World' Unit

Second year undergraduate unit â€˜The Anglo-Saxon Worldâ€™ coordinated by G.J. Tulloch at Flinders University. Although the unit focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature of the eighth to eleventh centuries, including an introduction to the Old…

Tags: Adelaide, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, England, fantasy, Flinders University, Graham Tulloch, J.R.R. Tolkien, pop culture, popular culture, South Australia, The Hobbit, Tolkien, universities, university

'Romancing the Medieval' Unit

Level 3 undergraduate unit â€˜Romancing the Medievalâ€™ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive…

Swordcraft

Swordcraft is a live medieval re-enactment roleplaying game in which players wear realistic costumes and fight with realistic-looking weapons made of rubber and foam, and padded arrows. For photographs see the Gallery on their website. The group is…

Tags: Archery, Armour, arrow, battle, costume, fantasy, game, J.R.R. Tolkien, Melbourne, Orc, performance, re-enactment, roleplay, Swordcraft, The Lord of the Rings, Vic, Victoria, Warhammer, weapons, World of War

Mythistory: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the Medieval Imagination

Aposter for the second and third year undergraduate course ‘Mythistory’ offered at The University of Western Australia. The course examines popular science fiction and fantasy films and literature of the twentieth and twenty-first…

SIMS Medieval

In SIMS Medieval, the latest instalment of the virtual reality SIMS computer game series, players control a number of different heroes and characters ranging from kings and queens to knights, merchants, priests and blacksmiths. They send these…

Tags: bard, battle, battles, blacksmith, castle, characters, computer, computer game, EA Games, fantasy, game-play, gamers, graphics, heroes, king, kingdom, knight, life-simulation, medieval setting, medievalism, merchant, queen, quest, SIMS, simulation, skirmish, treaty, virtual world, war, weaponry, wizard, wizardry, wizards

Thorngrove Manor Hotel, Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills

Thorngrove Manor Hotel, Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills. The building functions as a luxury boutique hotel and was designed and built by owner Kenneth Lehmann. Described as having romantic castle-inspired towers and fantasy turrets, the…

Tags: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, castle, crenellation, fantasy, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Kenneth Lehmann, recreation, SA, South Australia, Stirling, tower, towers, turret, turrets, Victorian Gothic

Thorngrove Manor Hotel

Image of Thorngrove Manor Hotel, Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills. The building functions as a luxury boutique hotel and was designed and built by owner Kenneth Lehmann. Described as having romantic castle-inspired towers and fantasy turrets, the…

Tags: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, castle, crenellation, fantasy, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Kenneth Lehmann, recreation, SA, South Australia, Stirling, tower, towers, turret, turrets, Victorian Gothic

Thorngrove Manor Hotel, Stirling, Adelaide hills

Thorngrove Manor Hotel, Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills. The building functions as a luxury boutique hotel and was designed and built by owner Kenneth Lehmann. Described as having romantic castle-inspired towers and fantasy turrets, the building…

Tags: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, castle, crenellation, fantasy, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Kenneth Lehmann, recreation, SA, South Australia, Stirling, tower, towers, turret, turrets, Victorian Gothic

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