{"id":17651,"date":"2022-09-13T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=215751"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:23:06","slug":"winter-is-coming-the-anglo-saxon-year","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/winter-is-coming-the-anglo-saxon-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter is coming: the Anglo-Saxon year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dr David Musgrove\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>How did the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/anglo-saxon\/facts-anglo-saxons-dates\/&quot;\">Anglo-Saxons<\/a> think about changing seasons? Did they have the same months and use the same calendar as we do? What were the main festivals they celebrated, and why was winter such an important period for Anglo-Saxon poets? Eleanor Parker, author of <em>Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year<\/em>, reveals more in conversation with David Musgrove.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-215751-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/HistoryExtra20220927-d7d986a.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/HistoryExtra20220927-d7d986a.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/HistoryExtra20220927-d7d986a.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Eleanor Parker is the author of <em>Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year<\/em> (Reaktion, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/winters-in-the-world-a-journey-through-the-anglo-saxon-year\/9781789146721&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Winters-World-Journey-through-Anglo-Saxon\/dp\/1789146720?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/winters-in-the-world\/eleanor-parker\/9781789146721&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr David Musgrove Published: Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 12:00 am How did the Anglo-Saxons think about changing seasons? Did they have the same months and use the same calendar as we do? What were the main festivals they celebrated, and why was winter such an important period for Anglo-Saxon poets? 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