Medievalists.net » Holidays http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 5 Medieval Hanukkah Foods http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/5-medieval-hanukkah-foods/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/5-medieval-hanukkah-foods/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:33:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63068 What was on the table of medieval Jews? Here is a list of five foods that would have been enjoyed during Hanukkah in the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/17/st-patricks-irish-pride/feed/ 0 The Roots of Rhythm: The Medieval Origins of the New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Beignet http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/the-roots-of-rhythm-the-medieval-origins-of-the-new-orleans-mardi-gras-beignet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/the-roots-of-rhythm-the-medieval-origins-of-the-new-orleans-mardi-gras-beignet/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:41:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40562 This paper argues that the beloved Mardi Gras beignet, eaten in advance of the Lenten fast, derives from deep-fried pastries used to break the Ramadan fast by medieval Muslims living in Spain.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/15/the-roots-of-rhythm-the-medieval-origins-of-the-new-orleans-mardi-gras-beignet/feed/ 0 Corpus Christi Plays and the Stations of the Cross: Medieval York and Modern Sydney http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/corpus-christi-plays-and-the-stations-of-the-cross-medieval-york-and-modern-sydney/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/corpus-christi-plays-and-the-stations-of-the-cross-medieval-york-and-modern-sydney/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:37:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40245 The earliest surviving reference to the Corpus Christi festival in York is dated 1322, when Archbishop William Melton commended it as „the glorious feast of the most precious sacrament of the flesh and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ‟. In 1408 the York Guild of Corpus Christi was established „as a confraternity of chaplains and lay persons, with the encouragement of the city government, probably to form the focus of the civic Corpus Christi Day procession‟.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/corpus-christi-plays-and-the-stations-of-the-cross-medieval-york-and-modern-sydney/feed/ 0 Christmas in the Qur’än: the Qur’änic account of Jesus’s nativity and Palestinian local tradition http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/24/christmas-in-the-quran-the-quranic-account-of-jesuss-nativity-and-palestinian-local-tradition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/24/christmas-in-the-quran-the-quranic-account-of-jesuss-nativity-and-palestinian-local-tradition/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:50:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38280 The confluence of this evidence strongly suggests that the traditions associated with Kathisma church gave rise to the rather peculiar account of Christ’s Nativity found in the Quran.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/24/christmas-in-the-quran-the-quranic-account-of-jesuss-nativity-and-palestinian-local-tradition/feed/ 0 Monstrosity in Old English and Old Icelandic Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/31/monstrosity-in-old-english-and-old-icelandic-literature-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/31/monstrosity-in-old-english-and-old-icelandic-literature-2/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:44:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36838 In medieval Europe belief in monsters allowed for corresponding acceptance of the possibility of humans transforming into monsters. In medieval Iceland and Anglo-Saxon England the mixture of Christian and pagan world views and beliefs create a situation where the boundaries are not merely fluid but can be transgressed, in either direction.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/31/monstrosity-in-old-english-and-old-icelandic-literature-2/feed/ 0 The Dangerous Dead: The Early Medieval deviant burial at Southwell, Nottinghamshire in a wider context http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:24:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36832 This was the deviant burial, which had been buried (or reburied) intact along with a further leg and lower arm bone...Without speculating wildly on the implications of the iron studs, it is known that treatment of this sort was accorded to bodies which had died unnaturally or when there was some reason to fear the supernatural’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/feed/ 0 Medieval Halloween! Great books for Ghosts, Goblins, Witches & Ghouls! http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/29/medieval-halloween-great-books-for-ghosts-goblins-witches-ghouls/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/29/medieval-halloween-great-books-for-ghosts-goblins-witches-ghouls/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:13:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36806 Some spooktacular reads to celebrate Medieval Halloween!

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