ClaireFromClare, 6 months ago to histodons 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
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
ClaireFromClare, 6 months ago Nowadays #SalisburyCathedral appoints a Chorister Bishop. (Any news this year, #Salisbury residents?) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/05/chorister-12-becomes-bishop-45-minutes/ 🧵 2/4 #BoyBishop #tradition #chorister #ChurchOfEngland #CofE @churchofengland
Nowadays #SalisburyCathedral appoints a Chorister Bishop. (Any news this year, #Salisbury residents?) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/05/chorister-12-becomes-bishop-45-minutes/ 🧵 2/4 #BoyBishop #tradition #chorister #ChurchOfEngland #CofE @churchofengland
ClaireFromClare, 6 months ago At Bury St Edmunds, Ely & Ipswich the #BoyBishop distributed coin-like tokens, probably exchangeable for food, sweets or alms. Thanks to metal detectors, many have been found in recent years: https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/why-worthless-coins-found-in-suffolk-are-now-treasured-9313690/ 🧵 3/4 #medieval #archaeology #MetalDetecting #MetalDetector #MoyesHall #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk #Ely #Ipswich
At Bury St Edmunds, Ely & Ipswich the #BoyBishop distributed coin-like tokens, probably exchangeable for food, sweets or alms. Thanks to metal detectors, many have been found in recent years: https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/why-worthless-coins-found-in-suffolk-are-now-treasured-9313690/ 🧵 3/4 #medieval #archaeology #MetalDetecting #MetalDetector #MoyesHall #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk #Ely #Ipswich
ClaireFromClare, 5 months ago Recent find of a token relating to Boy Bishop festivities: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/12/bury-st-edmunds-christmas-token-unearthed-in-norfolk/ 🧵 8/ #BoyBishop #StNicholas #OxburghHall #Oxborough #Norfolk #BuryStEdmunds #medieval @medievodons
Recent find of a token relating to Boy Bishop festivities: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/12/bury-st-edmunds-christmas-token-unearthed-in-norfolk/ 🧵 8/ #BoyBishop #StNicholas #OxburghHall #Oxborough #Norfolk #BuryStEdmunds #medieval @medievodons