Christmas: Its Origin and Associations
by W. F. Dawson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dawson, W. F. (William Francis)
- Title
- Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Turgut Dincer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs
- Subject
- Christmas -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22042
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22042
- Release Date
- July 10, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CHRISTMAS: — ITS ORIGIN AND ASSOCIATIONS, — ITS HISTORICAL EVENTS AND FESTIVE — CELEBRATIONS DURING NINETEEN — CENTURIES: — DEPICTING, BY PEN AND PENCIL,
- 2.W. F. DAWSON. — LONDON — ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. — 1902. — PREFACE.
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — THE HERALD ANGELS. — CHAPTER I. — THE ORIGIN AND ASSOCIATIONS OF CHRISTMAS. — The Place of the Nativity. — CHAPTER II . — THE EARLIER CELEBRATIONS OF THE FESTIVAL. — CHAPTER III. — EARLY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN BRITAIN. — CHAPTER IV. — CHRISTMAS, FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO MAGNA CHARTA. — CHAPTER V. — CHRISTMAS, FROM MAGNA CHARTA TO THE END OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES. — CHAPTER VI. — CHRISTMAS UNDER HENRY VII. AND HENRY VIII. — CHAPTER VII. — CHRISTMAS UNDER EDWARD VI., MARY, AND ELIZABETH. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHRISTMAS UNDER JAMES I. — CHAPTER IX. — CHRISTMAS UNDER CHARLES I. AND THE COMMONWEALTH.
- 4.CHAPTER X. — CHRISTMAS FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE II. — CHAPTER XI. — MODERN CHRISTMASES AT HOME. — CHAPTER XII. — MODERN CHRISTMASES ABROAD. — CHAPTER XIII — CONCLUDING CAROL SERVICE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
- 5.INDEX
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