Leisure Activities in Medieval Europe
What type of festival was held right before the Lenten season and was a way to release impulses?
Carnival
What type of festivities honored a specific saint associated with a particular city or town?
Saint's Day Festivities
How were leisure activities in medieval Europe often organized?
According to the religious calendar and the agricultural cycle
What were communal leisure activities that often involved violence and bloodshed, such as boxing and bullfighting?
Blood sports
What is the name of the holiday on November 1st that commemorates all of the fallen saints?
All Saint's Day
In what way were most leisure activities in medieval Europe characterized?
Communal in nature