Behold : A soundtrack of sorts for a festive medieval Spring celebration.
In the middle ages, along with the new food to eat and the cattle grazing, a useful thing about spring festivals was that if you were a villager, rather than a noble with a great hall, you couldn’t really have huge communal feasts during the winter. The only building in a village likely to be big enough was the church, and along with being hard to heat, people tended to shy away from using those for secular celebrations.
When the weather started turning warmer, they could all meet outside on the village green and save on heating bills. This was one of three weeks of holiday for the medieval worker, and was marked by feasting, dancing, and parties. It was also one of the three times of the year, along with Christmas and Easter, when vassals were given new clothes.
As always,
*** ENJOY ***
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