Festivals in Europe
Functions of festivals in Early Modern Europe
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'What were the functions of popular festivals, etc. in Early Modern Europe? And why
did the authorities, civil and ecclesiastical seek to control or suppress them?'
In Early Modern Europe festivals were the setting for heroes and their stories, to be
celebrated by the populace. They posed a change from their everyday life. In those days
people lived in remembrance of one festival and …
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…be seen as the tools of St. John the Baptist, and
therefore a combination of the two elements of popular and ecclesiastical culture was
obvious. It looks as if the Medieval Church took over the festival and made it theirs. The
same thing happened to the Midwinter Festival, which became linked with the birth of
Christ, on 25 December. There are many more examples to be found, such as the
connection between St. Martin
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