medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Stella, have you checked F.X. Weiser, Handbook of Christian Feasts and
Customs and Chambers' The Medieval Stage? If you are interested I can send
you, off-list, a handful of brief references to St. John's day/summer
solstice practices in early medieval texts.
Bernadette Filotas
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Subject: [M-R] St John's Eve
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>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'd be grateful for suggested reading on the feast of the Nativity of St
> John the Baptist. I'm looking for reliable sources on when and where it
was
> first established, how popular it was (plus geographical and chronological
> variations in popularity) and geographical variations on the types of
> prescribed and proscribed festivities that accompanied it. I've come
across
> many a reference to the 'pagan' nature of these festivities, but have yet
> to find a plausible historical analysis of them. Is there one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dr Stella Rock
>
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