[Ansteorra] Happy New Year!

[Irena Fridenberg]

Galen, that is funny!  I love studying history, so many quirky things!
Happy New Year to you!
Katrine

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Galen of Ockham, OP <
galen.of.ockham at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Calendars are pretty neat and tidy these days. Essentially the entire
>   world works off the same system (at least for business purposes). It
>   was not so easy in the past:
>
>
>   "If we suppose a traveler to set out from Venice on 1 March 1245, the
>   first day of the Venetian year, he would find himself in 1244 when he
>   reached Florence: and if after a short stay he went on to Pisa, the
>   year 1246 would already have begun there. Continuing his journey
>   westward, he would find himself again in 1245 when he entered Province,
>   and on arriving in France before Easter (16 April) he would be once
>   more in 1244." [Cheney, C.R. (ed), Revised by Michael Jones. A Handbook
>   of Dates for Students of British History, New Edition. Cambridge
>   University Press. 2000. p. 8.]
>
>
>   March 25 was considered New Year's Day in many countries. For example,
>   England and its colonies used March 25 until they transitioned to a Jan
>   1 start of the year when they adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752.
>
>
>   Why the 25^th of March? One theory is that it was close to the spring
>   equinox and also was a prominent date on the Church calendar: the Feast
>   of the Annunciation, informally known as "Lady Day".
>
>
>   If wearing your garb in public isn't sufficient to get the attention of
>   non-SCA folks, try wishing them a "Happy New Year" today!
>
>   --
>
>   Magister Galenus Ockhamnesis
>   Friar Galen of Ockham, OP
>   A Study in Natural Philosophy: [1]http://medievalscience.org
>   Chirurgeon's Point: [2]http://chirurgeon.org
>
>   xb
>
> References
>
>   1. http://medievalscience.org/
>   2. http://chirurgeon.org/
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