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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture C. S. Watkin's review of Mairi Cowan, Death, Life and Religious Change in Scottish Towns, c.1350-1560 (Manchester U.P., 2013) in History, vol. 100, p. 122, opens: 'Mairi Cowan's study opens with the inscription cut into a bell, cast in or before 1460, the year in which it was hung in the church of St Giles, Edinburgh, which announced the functions of its ringing: lamenting the dead, summoning the living, subduing thunderbolts.' any use? Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Cannon To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [M-R] occasions for bell ringing medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I'm working on some English post-Reformation churchwarden's accounts, for St Mary Redcliffe, in Bristol. I note that in the mid-C16 bells are rung at full peal for major events such as a royal coronation. Does anyone here know whether such practises, ie the ringing of the bells to mark 'secular' events, has medieval roots, and any good literature on which kinds of events where rung for before the Edwardian reformation? For information, at St Mary Redfciffe by the C18 the bells are rung for a range of annual events, as well as commemoratively for major historic turning points: -- examples of the latter include the Gunpowder Plot, the restoration of Charles II, or the Coronation day of the reigning monarch; of the former, the annual arrival of the judge to the city on his circuit, etc. They are also rung for one-off events such as a major military victory or the birth of a royal child. Some trouble is taken to calibrate the scale of the peal to the significance of the event. Jon http://joncannon.wordpress.com/ ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion