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Ancient Viking Ships
An article on page 46 of the Brisbane newspaper The Queenslander on May 26, 1932. The public interest piece reports on the decision of the Norwegian government to reconstruct the Viking-Age Gokstad ship from the pieces recovered during excavation. It…
Tags: Brisbane, Gokstad, Norway, Norwegian, Qld, Queensland, reconstruction, ship, shipbuilding, ships, The Queenslander, viking, vikings
"This Must Not Happen Here"
This photograph from the Canberra Times depicts a ghetto in Poland during Nazi Rule. A group of Jewish people can be seen wearing armbands. Their treatment is conemned by the reporter as an example of medieval barbarity, with the caption suggesting…
‘The Madness of King Kenneth’ Article
An article by Max Anderson in the Adelaide Hills Magazine about Thorngrove Manor Hotel in Stirling. The building functions as a luxury boutique hotel and the article includes an interview with the architect and builder, owner Kenneth Lehmann. The…
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Beorg-wic
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…
Ancient Arts Fellowship Educational Sessions, Canberra
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…
Tags: ACT, Alfred the Great, Ancient Arts Fellowship, Anglo-Saxon, Armour, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, clothing, costume, craft, Dark Ages, display, early medieval, education, language, law, monetary system, Norman, Old English, performance, re-creation, re-enactment, religion, school, school displays, society, viking, website, William the Conqueror.
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Canberra
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…
Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble
Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble was founded by mezzo soprano Helen Dell in Melbourne, Victoria, in 2007. Their concert program includes Love’s Paradise – love stories and songs from twelfth and thirteenth-century France; Songs from…
Tags: drama, France, Helen Dell, Iberia, Melbourne, music, performance, poetry, song, Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble, Vic, Victoria
Camelot Cottage, Launceston, Tasmania
Alice’s Cottages offer romantic B&B accommodation in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. One of the cottages is called ‘Camelot Cottage’ (named after the castle and court of KingArthur), and it features ‘Merlin’s…