Quote:“The concentric circles are a particularly effective way of demonstrating the annual pattern of feasts and fasts.”
The relationship of liturgical and pagan festive days is fascinating and easy to understand using this flash application. May day for example is clearly a traditional summer holiday in pre-Christian Eropean cultures and many elements are still popular today, such as the Maypole or the dance around it here in Bavaria.
Medieval Conceptions of Time
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