Birth of the Gregorian calendar

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Many of us are seeing in a new year, but of course there are, even today, several different ways of marking dates and years in various parts of the world. The most popular calendar, though, is the Gregorian, introduced in October 1852 by Pope Gregory XIII.

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Christina Faraday to find out how and why the Gregorian calendar was introduced, the impact it had on people’s lives, and the serious debate and, in some countries, centuries long resistance to its use.

This episode was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Many of us are seeing in a new year, bringing out our calendars and hanging them on the fridge
0:08.5	or the kitchen and wall, adding dates of birthdays, celebrations and important events.
0:14.5	Not everyone in the world operates on the same calendar of course.
0:18.0	There are several different ways of measuring years and dates in operation globally right
0:22.0	now.
0:23.0	The Chinese, Ethiopian, Persian, Islamic, Jewish and Balinese calendars are all used.
0:29.8	But the most popular calendar system in the world is now the Gregorian and I want to
0:35.2	take you back to when that calendar was introduced.
0:39.4	I want you to imagine living in a world where your calendar right down to the day and day
0:44.8	to the week is completely different to the calendar of other people not living halfway
0:50.7	around the world but just a few miles away just across a border.
0:55.2	How would you know when to celebrate birthdays, name days or religious festivals?
1:00.6	How would you write letters and relay information to others if dates were involved?
1:05.6	How would you make travel plans if one country's dates differed to others?
1:10.5	Well this is exactly what happened in 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian
1:16.9	calendar which replaced the Julian calendar.
1:20.3	But not every country chose to adopt the new way of reckoning time.
1:25.3	The change provoked serious debate and in some cases centuries long resistance.
1:31.4	How do we explain this opposition?
1:34.0	What were the effects of two different calendars on the lives of early modern people?
1:39.1	And what was the reason for changing the calendar in the first place?
1:43.0	To learn about these neurological changes and their impact, I'm delighted to welcome back
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