Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan

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Author

Miles, Clement A.

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Robert Ledger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs

Subject

Fasts and feasts

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19098

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19098

Release Date

August 21, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Christmas In Ritual and Tradition, — Christian and Pagan — by Clement A. Miles — Published by T. Fisher Unwin 1912
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — PREFACE 5 — CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION 15 — PART I —THE CHRISTIAN FEAST — CHAPTER II — CHRISTMAS POETRY (I) 29 — CHAPTER III — CHRISTMAS POETRY (II) 53 — CHAPTER IV — CHRISTMAS IN LITURGY AND POPULAR DEVOTION 87 — CHAPTER V — CHRISTMAS DRAMA 119 — POSTSCRIPT 155 — PART II —PAGAN SURVIVALS — CHAPTER VI — PRE-CHRISTIAN WINTER FESTIVALS 159 — CHAPTER VII — ALL HALLOW TIDE TO MARTINMAS 187 — CHAPTER VIII — ST. CLEMENT TO ST. THOMAS 209 — CHAPTER IX — CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE TWELVE DAYS 227 — CHAPTER X — THE YULE LOG 249 — CHAPTER XI — THE CHRISTMAS-TREE, DECORATIONS, AND GIFTS 261 — CHAPTER XII — CHRISTMAS FEASTING AND SACRIFICIAL SURVIVALS 281 — CHAPTER XIII — MASKING, THE MUMMERS' PLAY, THE FEAST OF FOOLS, AND THE BOY BISHOP 295 — CHAPTER XIV — ST. STEPHEN'S, ST. JOHN'S, AND HOLY INNOCENTS' DAYS 309 — CHAPTER XV — NEW YEAR'S DAY 319 — CHAPTER XVI — EPIPHANY TO CANDLEMAS 335 — CONCLUSION 357 — NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 361 — INDEX 389
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI ( Detail ) Frontispiece — MADONNA AND CHILD 13 — MADONNA ENTHRONED WITH SAINTS AND ANGELS 31 — JACOPONE IN ECSTASY BEFORE THE VIRGIN 40 — THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS 55 — THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT: THE REST BY THE WAY 70 — SINGING “VOM HIMMEL HOCH” FROM A CHURCH TOWER AT CHRISTMAS 71 — THE NATIVITY 89 — A NEAPOLITAN PRESEPIO 108 — CALABRIAN SHEPHERDS PLAYING IN ROME AT CHRISTMAS 112 — ST. FRANCIS INSTITUTES THE PRESEPIO AT GRECCIO 114 — THE BAMBINO OF ARA COELI 115 — THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS 121 — THE SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM 140 — THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI 154 — NEW YEAR MUMMERS IN MANCHURIA 161 — CHRISTMAS EVE IN DEVONSHIRE —THE MUMMERS COMING IN 229 — THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS-TREE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 263 — CHRISTMAS MORNING IN LOWER AUSTRIA 281 — YORKSHIRE SWORD-ACTORS: ST. GEORGE IN COMBAT WITH ST. PETER 297 — THE EPIPHANY IN FLORENCE 337
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.CHRISTMAS POETRY (I) [8] {1}
7. 7.CHRISTMAS POETRY (II)
8. 8.CHRISTMAS IN LITURGY AND POPULAR DEVOTION
9. 9.CHRISTMAS DRAMA
10. 10.POSTSCRIPT
11. 11.Part II —Pagan Survivals
12. 12.PRE-CHRISTIAN WINTER FESTIVALS — I. Sacrificial and Sacramental Practices. — II. The Cult of the Dead and the Family Hearth. — III. Omens and Charms for the New Year.
13. 13.ALL HALLOW TIDE TO MARTINMAS — All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days. — Guy Fawkes Day. — Animal Masks. — Martinmas.
14. 14.ST. CLEMENT TO ST. THOMAS — St. Clement's Day. — St. Catherine's Day. — St. Andrew's Day. — The Klöpfelnächte. — St. Nicholas's Day. — St. Lucia's Day. — St. Thomas's Day.
15. 15.CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE TWELVE DAYS — Christmas Eve. — The Twelve Days.
16. 16.THE YULE LOG
17. 17.THE CHRISTMAS-TREE, DECORATIONS, AND GIFTS — The Christmas-tree. — Christmas Decorations. — Christmas and New Year Gifts.
18. 18.CHRISTMAS FEASTING AND SACRIFICIAL SURVIVALS — Feasting Customs. — 292 Relics of Sacrifice.
19. 19.MASKING, THE MUMMERS’ PLAY, THE FEAST OF FOOLS, AND THE BOY BISHOP — Christmas Masking. — Mummers’ Plays and Morris Dances. — The Feast of Fools. — The Boy Bishop.
20. 20.ST. STEPHEN'S, ST. JOHN'S, AND HOLY INNOCENTS’ DAYS — St. Stephen's Day. — St. John's Day. — Holy Innocents’ Day.
21. 21.NEW YEAR'S DAY
22. 22.EPIPHANY TO CANDLEMAS — The Epiphany. — Post-Epiphany Festivals. — Candlemas.
23. 23.CONCLUSION
24. 24.NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY — CHAPTER I. —INTRODUCTION — PART I. —THE CHRISTIAN FEAST — CHAPTER II. —CHRISTMAS POETRY (I) — CHAPTER III. —CHRISTMAS POETRY (II) — CHAPTER IV. —CHRISTMAS IN LITURGY AND POPULAR DEVOTION — CHAPTER V. —CHRISTMAS DRAMA — POSTSCRIPT — PART II. —PAGAN SURVIVALS — CHAPTER VI. —PRE-CHRISTIAN WINTER FESTIVALS — CHAPTER VII. —ALL HALLOW TIDE TO MARTINMAS — CHAPTER VIII. —ST. CLEMENT TO ST. THOMAS — CHAPTER IX. —CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE TWELVE DAYS — CHAPTER X. —THE YULE LOG — CHAPTER XI. —THE CHRISTMAS-TREE, DECORATIONS, AND GIFTS — CHAPTER XII. —CHRISTMAS FEASTING AND SACRIFICIAL SURVIVALS — CHAPTER XIII. —MASKING, THE MUMMERS’ PLAY, THE FEAST OF FOOLS, AND THE BOY BISHOP — CHAPTER XIV. —ST. STEPHEN'S, ST. JOHN'S, AND HOLY INNOCENTS’ DAYS — CHAPTER XV. —NEW YEAR'S DAY — CHAPTER XVI. —EPIPHANY TO CANDLEMAS — CONCLUSION
25. 25.INDEX
26. 26.FOOTNOTES

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