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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2004 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-42.1.26
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Abstract
26 E nglish L an g u ag e N otes 8 H o ld e n 126. 9 P u ritan hostility to ce leb ratio n o f C hristm as cam e to a statu to ry h e a d in 1644, w hen th e L o n g P arlia m en t o rd e re d D ec em b e r 25 to b e observed as a fast day “in o r d e r th a t all m ig h t call to re m e m b ra n c e th e ir own sins a n d those o f th e ir fo refath ers in tran sfo rm in g a day sacred to th e m e m o ry o f C hrist in to an occasion o f revelry.” [Godfrey Davies, The Early Stuarts 1603-1660, 2nd ed. (O xford: C laren d o n , 1976) 307.] 10 N o rm a n E. M cLure, ed., The Letters o f John Chamberlain (Westport: G reenw ood Press, 1979) II: 333. All dates cited in this p a p
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2004