On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Deborah Dale wrote:
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> Michelle,
>
> Thanks for the response. I'm looking specifically for info
> on what might have happened at these feasts--and also whether
> this was a day or evening event. I know Haskins' book, though what I'm
> looking for I cannot find here (unless I've read past it).
> Also--would appreciate
> any references on 'feast-eves'--in 14th century England.
>
> D. Dale
>
> On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Michelle Sauer-Bures wrote:
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> > Hi, your official 400th subscriber here--
> >
> > I'm posting this in response to D. Dale's request for info on Mary
> > Magdalen (Feast day July 22, I believe). Her cult reached a peak of
> > popularity between the 13th and 15th centuries, and her vita was a
> > "bestseller." In some cases, severe penances were meted out to people who
> > worked on her feast day.
> >
> > I suggest that one of the books you consult be Susan Haskins' <Mary
> > Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor> Harper Collins 1993. I utilized this great
> > book for a conference paper (in part on MM) that I gave last year at the
> > ACMRS.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> Try Ronald Hutton's *The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual
Year, 1400-1700* (OXUP, 1994)--I've not finished it yet, so no
guarantees, but it's full of "eve" material you might find helpful.
John Parsons
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