Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in BritainOUP Oxford, 15.02.2001 - 560 Seiten Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today. |
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... of England and Wales 1658-1667 (1993), The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year 1400-1700 (1994), and The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft (1999). The Stations of the Sun A HISTORY OF THE RITUAL.
... of England and Wales 1658-1667 (1993), The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year 1400-1700 (1994), and The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft (1999). The Stations of the Sun A HISTORY OF THE RITUAL.
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... pagan , all rituals are treated with the same attention . The result is a colourful and absorbing history in which Ronald Hutton challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past and the festivals of the present ...
... pagan , all rituals are treated with the same attention . The result is a colourful and absorbing history in which Ronald Hutton challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past and the festivals of the present ...
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... pagan origins without any further attempt to investigate it ; the ' search ' consisted of no more than a portrayal of surviving customs . It was during the 1970s that my own interest in folklore caused me to project a study of the ...
... pagan origins without any further attempt to investigate it ; the ' search ' consisted of no more than a portrayal of surviving customs . It was during the 1970s that my own interest in folklore caused me to project a study of the ...
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... pagan origins for British folk customs had recently been forcefully challenged by eminent folkorists — an omission which the present book should , as said , fully correct . In the same year , however , the only work devoted to those ...
... pagan origins for British folk customs had recently been forcefully challenged by eminent folkorists — an omission which the present book should , as said , fully correct . In the same year , however , the only work devoted to those ...
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... pagan celebration at that time. It is even possible that, being (by definition) a Syrian, he was guessing at what had happened in Rome and that there had in fact been no pre-Christian celebration upon that date. Whatever the truth of ...
... pagan celebration at that time. It is even possible that, being (by definition) a Syrian, he was guessing at what had happened in Rome and that there had in fact been no pre-Christian celebration upon that date. Whatever the truth of ...
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Mummers Play and Sword Dance | 70 |
HobbyHorse and Horn Dance | 81 |
The May | 226 |
May Games and Whitsun Ales | 244 |
Morris and Marian | 262 |
Rogationtide and Pentecost | 277 |
Royal Oak | 288 |
A Merrie May | 295 |
Corpus Christi | 304 |
The Midsummer Fires | 311 |
Misrule | 95 |
The Reinvention of Christmas | 112 |
Speeding the Plough | 124 |
Brigids Night | 134 |
Candlemas | 139 |
Valentines | 146 |
Shrovetide | 151 |
Lent | 169 |
The Origins of Easter | 179 |
Holy Week | 182 |
An Egg at Easter | 198 |
The Easter Holidays | 204 |
England and St George | 214 |
Beltane | 218 |
Sheep Hay and Rushes | 322 |
First Fruits | 327 |
Harvest Home | 332 |
Wakes Revels and Hoppings | 348 |
Samhain | 360 |
Saints and Souls | 371 |
The Modern Halloween | 379 |
Blood Month and Virgin Queen | 386 |
Gunpowder Treason | 393 |
Conclusions | 408 |
Notes | 428 |
Index | 519 |
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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain Ronald Hutton Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
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