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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture With regard to Glastonbury, you might try James Carley, Glastonbury Abbey (with additional subtitle). I'm sure that he must go into the "Thorn of Glastonbury" tradition, given his wide interests in things re: Glastonbury traditions, etc. best Grover Zinn --On Monday, March 15, 2004 2:56 PM +0000 Johan Bergstrom-Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear Paul, > > You might consider the folk-lore surrounding the "Thorn of Glastonbury", > a hawthorn which supposedly grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea > and which blooms around Christmas time apparently. I'm not sure when > this legend dates back to, or where to advise you to look for > bibliography, but perhaps others can help on this. Of course today > Glastonbury - with its growth of 'occult' shops - strikes many Christian > pilgrims as both a saintly and sinister place! Best wishes, > > Johan > > --- > Mr. Johan Bergström-Allen > Flat 2, 74 Walmgate, > York, YO1 9TL, U.K. > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MP Bryant-Quinn > Sent: 15 March 2004 14:37 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [M-R] The Crown of Thorns > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Dear all, > > There is a consistent tradition in 15th century Welsh religious verse > that the Crown of Thorns was made from what in Welsh is called > ysbaddaden, namely `whitethorn' or `hawthorn'. This may merely be some > local peculiarity, but Grigson does note that `the hawthorn has > slightly sinister associations in > folklore: above most plants in the far west of Europe (it is) a > supernatural tree'. > > Does anyone know of any parallels? > > Best wishes, > > Paul > > M.P. Bryant-Quinn > Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies > Aberystwyth > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Grover A. Zinn Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences William H. Danforth Professor of Religion 101 Cox Building 70 N. Professor Street Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 440-775-8410 FAX: 440-775-6662 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html