Origins of Easter

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Easter today is marked by chocolate eggs and two Bank Holidays - in the Medieval world it had a deeply spiritual significance.

But it wasn’t without its share of celebration and merrymaking too.

In this episode, Matt Lewis explains the origins of many Easter traditions in the Medieval period, and how our ancestors knew how to fuse together religious worship with a bit of fun.

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1:05.0	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Matt Lewis.
1:10.0	Easter Sunday is one of the church's most significant festivals.
1:15.0	Today it's marked by chocolate eggs and in the UK two bank holidays to denote its importance.
1:21.0	In the medieval world it had a deeply spiritual significance that has lost its grip for many today.
1:28.0	But it also had its share of celebration and merry making too.
1:33.0	The importance of Easter in the medieval Christian calendar can be seen by the 40 days of fasting that led up to it.
1:40.0	The 40 days of fasting then became a reason to celebrate Easter not only because of the salvation of the soul,
1:47.0	but also the return of the food you've been missing for so long.
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