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Harvests, herbs and the Virgin Mary: August customs from the Middle Ages
August 14, 2020
August is the month of the harvest, and most customs of this month involve harvest in one way or another. August 1 is Lammas,...
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Traditional customs for June centre on the summer solstice – midsummer, as it has been known in English since the Anglo-Saxon period. The precise...
Walks and flowers: May customs worth reviving
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Most traditional May customs have two key elements, fortunately both still available to enjoy even in lockdown: walks and flowers. Not only the summer...
There were many contenders for England’s patron saint. So how did we end up with George?
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The saint’s romantic story and his association with royalty meant that he was not as easily forgotten as some of his medieval rivals
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A young woman is singing her baby to sleep, crooning words of tenderness: “Lullay mine liking, my dear son, my sweeting; lullay my dear...
How to feast like a medieval Catholic
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Stop teaching our children lazy anti-Catholic myths
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Textbooks are distorting medieval history and ignoring the era's rich Catholic culture
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There’s something about the word “medieval” which makes some people behave very strangely. As Professor David Paton recently noted on the Catholic Herald website,...
This Lent, rediscover Oxford’s forgotten poet
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William Herebert was one of the first people to turn Latin hymns into English poetry
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