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Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood: The Fantastic Imagination in European Culture (UWA)

One of two posters for the second and third year undergraduate course ‘Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood’ offered at The University of Western Australia. The course includes European folk and fairy tales, and examines their place …

Knightqueste Myspace Profile

A hyperlink to the Myspace music profile for Australian metal band, Knightqueste. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Knightqueste have utilised elements of a typically 'masculinised' medieval past. In particular, there is a strong focus on…

Medieval in the Modern World

A second and third year undergraduate unit taught at The University of Western Australia. The unit was created by Andrew Lynch and features novels, poetry and film from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reinterpreted medieval…

Medievalism and Youth Culture Masterclass

An invitation to postgraduate students and early career researchers to attend the ARC Masterclass â€˜Medievalism and Youth Cultureâ€™. The Masterclass is to be held at The University of Western Australia on December 6, 2011, and is led by…

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

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

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

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