The Elizabethan Festival Cycle
January 9, 2023
Table of Contents The Seasonal Cycle: The Elizabethan Festival Cycle during the 15th and 16th centuries observed the major festivals and feasts of the year
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Table of Contents The Seasonal Cycle: The Elizabethan Festival Cycle during the 15th and 16th centuries observed the major festivals and feasts of the year
It has often been intimated by Shakespeare scholars, dramatists and reviewers that a great number of Shakespeare’s early plays display or contain elements of the
November the 5th is traditionally the most popular celebration of the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, supposedly planned and partly executed by the
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,From this day to the ending of the world,But we in it shall be remember’d;We few, we happy few,
We all no doubt recall the well-known rhyme that helps us to remember the number of days in each month: Thirty days hath September,April, June
Of this time, the Roman Boethius writes: “The world with steady trust,Changes in regular seasons.Seeds that struggle out of earthKeep to pre-determined bounds.Daily the golden
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,Who countest the steps of the Sun?-Seeking after that sweet golden climeWhere the traveller’s journey is done. Where the Youth pined
The gypsy folk of times past often said that when there was no “R” in the month then it was “safe” to eat pork, how
Traditionally the Merry Month of May began with what was known as “Garland Day” on the 1st, probably because the Old Julian Calendar was still
It has often occurred to me that the characteristic archetypes of the season seem to be weighted more towards Winter and the Christmas celebrations with