December 6 - The Feast of St Nicholas and the Boy Bishop

Today, 6th December is the Feast of St Nicholas, or St Nicholas of Myra, the 4th century Bishop of Myra. In medieval and Tudor times, it was the traditional day for the election of a boy bishop would undertake all of the duties of a bishop from the 6th December until 28th December, Childermas (Holy Innocents' Day).

 

You can find out about the tradition of Boy Bishop, and how and why Henry VIII put an end to it, and how it's been revived today, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/QLtx-l95is0

 

You can find Claire at:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com 

https://www.tudorsociety.com

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https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/

https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles 

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https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ 

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