@david_castleton Fascinating! & a great description of the
#BoyBishop tradition too.
#Christmas 🎄 ☃️
For a change from our current leaders, shall we try a #BoyBishop?
Celebrating #OTD 6Dec the feast of #StNicholas & traditions explored in last year's thread:
🧵 https://h-net.social/@ClaireFromClare/111531472836477908
🎨 Stowe Breviary, painted in Norwich c.1322-25.
6 Dec is the Feast of #StNicholas, patron saint of children. It was celebrated in medieval England with the appointment of a #BoyBishop, empowered to give orders & sermons & distribute largesse to the poor - a focus for festivities & frivolities, at Clare Castle as elsewhere. The #tradition was suppressed by Henry VIII, but survives... https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/01/customs-and-traditions-boy-bishop.html
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6 Dec is the Feast of
#StNicholas, patron saint of children. It was celebrated in medieval England with the appointment of a
#BoyBishop, empowered to give orders & sermons & distribute largesse to the poor - a focus for festivities & frivolities, at Clare Castle as elsewhere. The
#tradition was suppressed by Henry VIII, but survives...
https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/01/customs-and-traditions-boy-bishop.html 🧵 1/4
#medieval #feast #LadyOfClare @medievodons @histodons
Customs and Traditions: The Boy Bishop
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