> Richard Landes mentions Matthew Paris and the 'Jubilee' in the context of
> 1250. This was the Hebraic Jubilee of 7 x 7 + 1. Boniface VIII's annus
> sanctus or anno santo of 1300 was based on the new century or 100 (i.e.,
> A.D.) and not the Hebraic 50.
where wd such a "century" notion come from?
> The New Testament emphasis of the papal Holy
> Year was such that the Old Testament word 'Jubilee' was omitted from papal
> pronouncements.
there is evidence from a number of sources that the jubilee idea was
already in play possibly as early as the year 1100 (and dare i say 1000),
and i don't see why century-long periods should exclude 50-year ones.
[see the treatment of the pope's celebration of 1300 by Hillel Schwartz's
*Century's End*.]
rlandes
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