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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, Halloween, and 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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Social life and customs, Popular culture, Holidays, Folklore, Festivals, Fetes nationales, Fetes religieuses, Dagelijks leven, M¿urs et coutumes, Jours feries, Religieuze gebruiken, Manners and customs, Volkscultuur, Culture populaire, Moeurs et coutumes, Jaargetijden, Histoire, Feestdagen, Rites and ceremonies, Fetes, Sociale geschiedenis, Fiction, general, Great britain, social life and customs, Folklore, great britain, Popular culture, great britain, Great britain, historyPlaces
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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
2001, Oxford University Press
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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
Feb 15, 2001, OUP Oxford
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The stations of the sun: a history of the ritual year in Britain
2001, Oxford University Press
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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
November 13, 1997, Oxford University Press, USA
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Stations of the sun: a history of the ritual year in Britain
1996, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
List of Maps and figures
Page xvii
1.
The Origins of Christmas
Page 1
2.
The Twelve Days
Page 9
3.
The Trials of Christmas
Page 25
4.
Rites of Celebration and Reassurance
Page 34
5.
Rites of Purification and Blessing
Page 42
6.
Rites of Hospitality and Charity
Page 54
7.
Mummers' Play and Sword Dance
Page 70
8.
Hobby-Horse and Horn Dance
Page 81
9.
Misrule
Page 95
10.
The Reinvention of Christmas
Page 112
11.
Speeding the Plough
Page 124
12.
Brigid's Night
Page 134
13.
Candlemas
Page 139
14.
Valentines
Page 146
15.
Shrovetide
Page 151
16.
Lent
Page 169
17.
The Origins of Easter
Page 179
18.
Holy Week
Page 182
19.
An Egg at Easter
Page 198
20.
The Easter Holidays
Page 204
21.
England and St George
Page 214
22.
Beltane
Page 218
23.
The May
Page 226
24.
May Games and Whitsun Ales
Page 244
25.
Morris and Marian
Page 262
26.
Rogationtide and Pentecost
Page 277
27.
Royal Oak
Page 288
28.
A Merrie May
Page 295
29.
Corpus Christi
Page 304
30.
The Midsummer Fires
Page 311
31.
Sheep, Hay, and Rushes
Page 322
32.
First Fruits
Page 327
33.
Harvest Home
Page 332
34.
Wakes, Revels, and Hoppings
Page 348
35.
Samhain
Page 360
36.
Saints and Souls
Page 371
37.
The Modern Hallowe'en
Page 379
38.
Blood Month and Virgin Queen
Page 386
39.
Gunpowder Treason
Page 393
40.
Conclusions
Page 408
Notes
Page 428
Index
Page 519
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