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Romanticism and caricature | English literature 1700-1830 | Cambridge University Press

Romanticism and caricature | English literature 1700-1830 | Cambridge University Press
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The curious ways medieval England found cheer in the depths of winter

The curious ways medieval England found cheer in the depths of winter These historic rituals provided welcome, if strange, distraction in the gloomiest months Plough Monday traditions continued to evolve into the 20th century Credit: Getty Day-by-day, the evenings are getting lighter. Hope and spring are on the horizon. Yet on greyer mornings, when the chill is more biting, the hurdles of eight more weeks of winter (mostly stuck indoors) impedes the view. Perhaps you’re relying on little rituals to get you through the day: a faux commute complete with takeaway coffee, or a post-6pm cocktail. We ve lost our usual means of spicing up January: Saturday nights at the pub or a cosy weekend away are off the menu this year.

Scrooge and Albert | History Today

Scrooge and Albert Christine Lalumia sees the 1840s as the key moment in the creation of the modern celebration of Christmas. Today it is somewhat of a cliché to say that Christmas as we know it in Britain was either invented or largely created by the Victorians. In fact, historians never seem to tire of debating the role of the Victorians in forming our modern concept of the Christmas celebration. Was it invention or re-invention? Was it an act of myth-making or simply a case of repackaging older traditions in a form that suited their modern age and appealed to the general mood?

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