medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
If I understand it correctly, parishioners were expected to process to their cathedral church at pentecost - pentecostal processions. They carried banners which, it has been suggested (for England, in the 12th century) explains the height of the nave. It seems that the processions did actually take place, as bishops of large dioceses appointed alternative venues because of the distance, during the 12th century in England. Later, of course, the obligation was commuted (usually called smoke penny or smoke farthing). This is based on Martin Brett, The Church under Henry I, and the additional information in the BritAc volumes of English Episcopal Acta. Sorry to be so Anglocentric.
D.
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