Medievalists.net » Purgatory http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 St George’s Day: A Cultural History http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/st-georges-day-a-cultural-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/st-georges-day-a-cultural-history/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:26:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47088 The modern celebration of St. George’s Day, frequently associated with intense English nationalism, grew out of a religious feast that commemorated a Middle-Eastern individual who died protesting an intolerant empire.

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