In past centuries, the time for exchanging gifts was New Year’s Day rather than Christmas.
Duc Jean de Berry enjoyed giving and receiving; Paul de Limbourg and his brothers often participated in the festivities, presenting the prince with an object worthy of their artistry.
The Duke sits at his table, surrounded by friends. Behind him the blaze [...]
Archive for February 17th, 2009
Medieval Art: January in Les Tres Riches Heures
Posted in Arts and Culture, History, Medieval, tagged France, holidays, medieval, tradition on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Folklore: Lions, Lambs, and March
Posted in History, Tradition, tagged tradition on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” is probably the most famous and popular saying about this transitional month. But why those particular animals? Some authorities believe that the lion and lamb saying has a heavenly connection. The constellation Leo, the lion, is rising in the east at the beginning [...]
Historical Fiction: Daughter of York, by Anne Easter Smith
Posted in Book Review, History, tagged England, France, historical fiction, medieval on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Lady Margaret
Life in two medieval courts, those of England’s Yorkist King Edward IV and the Duke of Burgundy’s Charles the Bold, is the focus of Daughter of York. As the youngest sister of the King of England, Margaret has no life of her own, subject to the decisions of her brother, and [...]
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