The Edge of Light
“It was the time of year to prepare the fields for the corn crop, and all along the road Alfred’s party could see oxen toiling slowly up and down the fields of manor and village, the farmers behind steering the plows, furrowing the earth for the seeds of barley, wheat, and rye, that would be sown as soon as the plowing was done.
“March is not the best of times for a wedding feast,” Alfred remarked to Elswyth. They were fording a small forest stream on the second day of their journey to Croxden m...anor in Mercia and he raised his feet a little to keep them from getting wet. It was true that weddings were rarely held in the spring. Spring was a time when both food and fodder were scarce after the winter. And there was the added factor that the church forbade marriages during Lent. In Anglo-Saxon England, weddings were far more likely to be held in autumn than in spring.
“Athulf and Hild were to have married last October,” Elswyth replied as Silken splashed tentatively through the cold running water.MoreLess
“March is not the best of times for a wedding feast,” Alfred remarked to Elswyth. They were fording a small forest stream on the second day of their journey to Croxden m...anor in Mercia and he raised his feet a little to keep them from getting wet. It was true that weddings were rarely held in the spring. Spring was a time when both food and fodder were scarce after the winter. And there was the added factor that the church forbade marriages during Lent. In Anglo-Saxon England, weddings were far more likely to be held in autumn than in spring.
“Athulf and Hild were to have married last October,” Elswyth replied as Silken splashed tentatively through the cold running water.MoreLess
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