tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post2103196666852737900..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: New Year's QuestionBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-70418240161539646982007-03-15T09:24:00.000-07:002007-03-15T09:24:00.000-07:00Medieval Folklore states: "Both dates were maintai...<I>Medieval Folklore</I> states: "Both dates were maintained as New Year's Day in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; for example, in England March 25 was the beginning of the year for governmental record keeping, but January 1 was the date for New Year's celebration." This fits with what I've gleaned elsewhere.wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916774745613441512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-72311579398702310782007-02-28T05:52:00.000-08:002007-02-28T05:52:00.000-08:00Ack, I don't really know the answer to this questi...Ack, I don't really know the answer to this question, except that SGGK definitely starts and ends with the "Circumcision Calender" New Year (i.e., Jan. 1). According to the Handbook of Dates for Students of English History, "1 January was occasionally treated as the beginning of the year of grace in the Middle Ages." But if you go back to the Anglo-Saxons, Bede preferred the Christmas reckoning. And finally, under the "Christmas Day" section, the Handbook says, "The whole octave of the Nativity was, of course, a time of high festival, so that in practice the new beginning on 25 December and the older reckoning from 1 January sometimes shaded into each other." (Note: 1 January is the "older" reckoning because it coincides with the Roman civil calendar and was still used through the 7th century, according to the Handbook.) So that last bit seems to explain SGGK.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-53308418128249492112007-02-27T15:55:00.000-08:002007-02-27T15:55:00.000-08:00My undestanding from reading Juliet Barker's 'Agin...My undestanding from reading Juliet Barker's 'Agincourt' is that there were many different systems. New Year might be Christmas or Lady Day, apparently some even tried Easter! So it depends on which country and when, and possibly which chronicler.Silfrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353280779611677336noreply@blogger.com