When:
December 11, 2014 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2014-12-11T14:00:00+00:00
2014-12-11T15:00:00+00:00
Where:
Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Ashmolean Museum
University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Cost:
£5/£4
Contact:
Anglo Saxon Christmas
With Professor M. J. Toswell, University of Western Ontario
Thursday 11 December, 2–3pm, Ashmolean Lecture Theatre
Aelfric was the most prolific writer of sermons in late Anglo-Saxon England; amongst his many sermons, three were about the birth of Christ. This lecture takes these sermons as a starting point to explore the Anglo-Saxon Christmas and considers the earlier traditions of midwinter festivals and how they merged with Christian nativity stories. Professor Toswell will discuss food, holiday, liturgy and how the days of Christmas would have been spent in a local eorl’s household.
Tickets are £5/£4 concessions and booking is recommended as places are limited.