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The medieval year was punctuated by various festivals, many of which had their roots in ancient traditions. These events enlivened the changing months and seasons.
a calendar of medieval feasts and festivals · a year of celebrations in the middle ages · the winter festivals of plough monday and candlemas · lent and easter in the middle ages · summer festivals in the middle ages
Lammas Day was one of the oldest medieval festivals, a feast with pagan origins. It was a celebration of the end of the growing season and the gathering of the harvest.
lammas day- celebrating the harvest in the middle ages · a medieval feast day in august · the origins of lammas day · the importance of the harvest in medieval times · medieval rituals and superstitions attached to lammas day
May Day was one of the most popular medieval festivals because it celebrated the end of a long, hard winter.
may day in medieval times · origins of may day · medieval feasts and festivals · bringing in the may in the middle ages · crowning the may queen
The feast of Candlemas is celebrated on 2 February, forty days after Christmas. In medieval times, it was the day when all church candles were blessed for the year ahead.
candlemas in medieval times · how candlemas was celebrated in the middle ages · how candlemas was celebrated in medieval times · candlemas and st bridget · medieval feasts and festivals
The Medieval New Year was celebrated with the Feast of Fools, an event which took its inspiration from the Roman celebrations for the god Saturn.
the medieval feast of fools · celebrating new year in the middle ages · how new year was celebrated in medieval times · the origins of the feast of fools · the catholic church and the feast of fools
The festival of Michaelmas, 29 September, marked the end of harvest time and a turning of the weather and seasons. The feast had both Christian and pagan origins.
the medieval feast of michaelmas · celebrating the harvest in the middle ages · the origins of the feast of michaelmas · the quarter day of michaelmas · celebrations to mark the end of the medieval harvest


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