- A medieval Christmas, Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble

Ensemble: Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble Album: Thys Yool - A Medieval Christmas Video: Horae ad usum romanun (XV secolo) • December has started, as I said before for this month I will only release music about the Christmas festivities, obviously very popular in the Middle Ages. Most of the traditions still present in our western society were born right in the medieval centuries, it’s no wonder then that there are enough songs on the theme of the nativity of Christ. The concept of Christmas was born around the 5th century AD. by Pope Leo I with the intention of replacing the pagan rites of the Saturnalia, celebrations dedicated to Saturn and to Nature falling asleep during Winter; and of Sol Invictus or the Invincible Sun, which was reborn at the end of the Winter Solstice, on December 25, a period in which the days begin to lengthen in the planet’s northern hemisphere, thus confirming the Sun’s reaffirmation over the world. Leo